Category: U.S. Economy
Just A Few Things to Consider...
09/24/11 01:39, by OGRE / (Jeff), Categories: Welcome, News, Background, In real life, On the web, History, Politics, G-20, Strange_News, Stimulus Spending, U.S. Economy I recently had an interesting conversation with a few people commenting on a BBC article (I'm jefff1979). We were discussing the riots in the UK. more »
The USPS is in Dire Straits Again
09/05/11 10:24, by OGRE / (Jeff), Categories: Welcome, News, Background, On the web, History, Politics, U.S. Economy Obama: It's The Fault of Congress/Republicans That We're In This Economic Mess
08/21/11 10:05, by OGRE / (Jeff), Categories: Welcome, News, Background, On the web, Politics, Stimulus Spending, U.S. Economy According to Obama, the Republicans in Congress are the reason that we are in this mess. Obama is hopeful that the American people have a very short memory and won't pin the blame where it belongs.
Speaking in the key election state of Iowa, Democr… more »
Too Big To Fail, or Too Big To Function?
08/05/11 17:20, by OGRE / (Jeff), Categories: Welcome, News, Background, In real life, On the web, History, Politics, Stimulus Spending, U.S. Economy, Financial Reform Legislation Is the US government "Too Big To Fail?"
As I see it, Too Big to Fail means "Too Big to Function" I think the term was coined to encompass a situation where poor decisions land an abnormally large group of people in a bad situation. The answer (at lea… more »
Planned Obsolescence
08/05/11 06:02, by OGRE / (Jeff), Categories: Welcome, News, Background, In real life, On the web, History, Politics, Stimulus Spending, U.S. Economy, Financial Reform Legislation It's already starting; Moodys is starting to point to a downgrade in the US "AAA" bond rating. Strange considering that borrowing more was supposed to fix the credit problem. The US is starting to operate a lot like General Motors. The government has ma… more »
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