Why is this even news? Stocks go up routinely on good news and down on bad news. It's not about supply and demand anymore.

Quote from JJ "now we are stuck with higher taxes to pay unsustainable pensions that these public sector teachers and cubicle workers think they are entitled to"   I AM entitled to my pension... I paid for half of it AND the state gov't FORCED me to get into this program. So YES I WANT MY MONEY!   Now... if they wo...more

Dr. Harry... you are wrong. 9.1 % only includes people who are ACTIVELY looking for work. The ones who gave up and got on welfare are NOT included. The 9.1 is a very INACCURATE figure. You must be one of the big bosses who is clueless.... but taking all the money.

Actually we'd be better off if we didn't have these. NONE of these are necessities.

@ Jon Garrett -- you must be one of them who gets free internet, food, cigarettes, liquor, cell phones, transportation, insurance, housing, etc at my expense. Get a job. And yes cut the subsidies to ALL millionaires and billionaires. We help the "poor people"... awww its not there fault they cooked meth and went to pri...more

CUT WELFARE!!!! Welfare projects account for 50% of the "budget." There is NO talk of cutting it. As a matter of fact they will be getting a raise.   Why is it that if I live with this kind of "budget" I lose everything, but it's just business as usual in gov't?   What a joke.

"OK, enough with the global warming bashing already. We just had 3 weeks of record-breaking triple-digit temperatures here in Texas, and by record-breaking I mean 5 to 10 degrees broken.  I just spent July the 4th at an outdoor picnic where the temperature was 111. You can't tell me global warming doesn't exist"   ...more

Neon pink, green, yellow... the list goes on and on... paint of the mid to late 80's.