Throughout the 64 year period from 1947–2010, Individual American tax payers have paid over three-and-a-half times more in taxes to the Federal Government than have American corporations. Total individual...
I am sick and tired of all the BS re the U.S. economy being floated around out there, as well as all the finger pointing and how it can be fixed. I've been listening to defacto Republican spokemen such as...
opinion by Rory Cripps | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 156 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
The budget deficit is approximately $1.6 trillion. The debt (amount of money owed by the government) is almost 10 times that amount. The budget deficit rose dramatically during the height of the financial...
What bothers me, is that the American people have gotten many wake up calls throughout the past few years, still many of them remain asleep. What's really scary is that we've seen how our law maker's failure to exercise proper oversight in conjunction with the "free...
A white man shot x amount of people in such and such a place. No doubt he’s a right wing anti-government extremist. He did it because Michele Bachman, Glen Beck, Bill O’Reilly, Fox News, the Tea Party, along...
opinion by Rory Cripps | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 490 views | 4 recommendations | 25 comments
While much of the nation is snowed under, parts of Florida appear as though it's Fall instead of winter. I took these neighborhood pics early this morning.
I venture to say that American truck drivers have a better pulse on the economy than do many, if not most, economists and financial experts. That's not to say that truck drivers can provide a mathematical model...
The American economy in its present form is unsustainable. Indeed it's a false economy--a voodoo economy--based on thin paper and false hopes and promises. Every month, throughout the past three years,...
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As a one-time recovering Republican and now a small "r" republican/independent my two cents here, for what it's worth, is as follows: the Republicans would have us believe that reducing taxes for ...
Since April 2009, over a million first-time American job seekers have been looking for a job every month but there are no jobs out there for them.Unemployment Rate Climbs In November To 9.8 PercentAmerica's Economy...
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According to the latest unemployment figures issued by the Bureau Of Labor Statistics (BLS), the unemployment rate increased to 9.8 percent in November. It was 9.6 percent during the months of August,...
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One of my favorite movies is the Dead Poets Society. There's always been pressure put on America's kids to get into "the college of their choice". I, myself, attended a small and very elite private high school...
opinion by Rory Cripps | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 265 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
We grew up during the late 50s and 60s in a comfortable middle/middle-class American environment. We lived in relatively small to medium-sized homes, in a relatively small and insular neighborhood, but with the benefit of a panoramic view of the Manhattan skyline, no ...
One of the most frustrating things is watching someone continue down the road to perdition or hell as it's commonly called. It's especially frustrating for one who may have many of the right answers and the right strategies to help that person get on track and lead a...