Obamcare is a tax, you wait! All its going to do is mean less money to you and me. The government will claim its part of your income and it will put you in a different tax bracket so the government can keep more. Look at how the government is requiring companies to report it on your paycheck. Unless you itemize so you ...more

Everything you wrote here is happening to my family and its not stopping. After 1-1/2 yrs being out of work with only temp jobs and  finally getting a full time job I worry about SS for retirement. The recent news report about the survey that said only approximately 60% of tax payers itemized and took the mortgage dedu...more

I got a gift certificate and will not be going back. as one person noted, The food is as terrible as I remembered it. Its way over salted and the free glass of wine was too sweet for my taste. Of course the place was packed so don't understand how they are losing money. They cut back on the all- you -can eat soup and s...more

Obviously I am not in the same yuppie class as the writer. I do shop more than once a week at my local Trader Joe's and appreciate the value and selection they offer for such limited space. As for Whole foods I have 3 in my area including one that has a brew pub yet I find them over priced for what they offer and rarel...more

Give me a break, Our symbiosis between labor and government has only been around since 1880? Sorry Mr. Mellyn but I have been to Europe and stayed awake in history class and the precursor to unions was guilds which coexisted with government since the 1400's the Germans got it right with the expectation of price verses ...more

This is just another Krispy Creme Story. How do you justify the P/E multiple and the price of the stock. Just compare this company to someone like MacDonald or Starbucks. The number of store's the number of employee's the number of countries its in world wide. Look beyond the hype, the food, the experience, feel good i...more

Two points I want to make, Anthony  seems to like commodities and thinks if the dollar sinks inflation will kick in and costs will rise boosting commodities. But if the world economy is slow then with no demand there is no pressure for commidties to rise. Second I agree with him on how to grow the economy comparing pub...more

Readers have complained before that Jim doesn't take into account overseas taxes. I am glad in this case he has even provided a link to a chart that shows rate for different countries.  I think in the current global economic slowdown companies linked to real estate and commodities or that supply equipment are going to ...more

I heard on the news this past week that a Chinese company is buying movie theater chain AMC. I also wonder about the news that multi-million dollar home sales are up in Calif. near areas that have large Chinese populations. I am going to speculate that the smart money in China is moving money that is denominated in dol...more