Why is all the blame on unions? Have you no clue what the special interests have done in Washington DC or any other state, county or local official? Unions do protect workers rights, however they do protect themselves too. If we want to get rid of unions fine, but let's be fair for everyone and get rid of ALL lobyists ...more

Why is all the blame on unions? Unions do protect workers rights, however they do protect themselves too. If we want to get rid of unions fine, but let's be fair for everyone and get rid of ALL lobyists and special interests and make it a level playing field for all.

Coming to a real estate investment near you: Thanks to Obamacare, real estate investments are taxed an additional 3% to aid in the funding efforts of those who don't have health insurance. Let's get rid of the insurers and revert back to a time when hospitals weren't for profit and I think we'll have an easier solution...more

Brutus, You see no problem because you aren't looking at the whole picture. Houses are getting bought up, falsely elevating the value of properties. Many of these still sit vacant. The investor is doing nothing with some of these properties waiting for the value to climb only to turn around and sell it. Good for the in...more

Taxes on sales commissions are even higher, which is standard. However my last commission check for 2012 was taxed at a rate of 39%, all taxes considered fed, state, medicare, social insecurity. My first commission for 2013 was taxed at 59% WTF! 59%.

This is a problem created by both sides. Those of you who are fixated on pointing the finger solely at libs or at cons are missing everything. Regardless of what party is in office or who controls Congress, the middle class has been collapsing every single year for many years, across many administrations. Wake up! Prob...more

This is a problem created by both sides. Those of you who are fixated on pointing the finger solely at libs or at cons are missing everything. Regardless of what party is in office or who controls Congress, the middle class has been collapsing every single year for many years, across many administrations. Wake up! Prob...more

Tired of the Spending747, when are you going to wake up, along with people such as yourself that think that Obama or just Bush are the only culprits? Both are part of the problem along with the rest of the gang in DC currently and in many years previous; but as long as we simple-minded voters continue to buy into the i...more

Jug, I agree with you only partially. The unemployment rate has only dropped as much as it has because those who were on unemployment no longer qualify for the benefits so they no longer register in the unemployment statistics. Real unemployment is around 18% currently. Obama gets credit for the drop in the publicized ...more