An investor would need to be  delusional and irrational to buy this market right now!

Mitt"corporations are people" Romney is a dishonest serial flip-flopper. His campaign is a fountain of misinformation, disinformation and false information. I do not believe the American people will be fooled by Romney. He is the candidate of the powerful, the privilaged and the moneyed. We don't need more tax cuts for...more

The comment which stated that labor unions destroyed the middle class is so far off the mark it is disturbing someone would repeat such right wing rubbish. The labor unions actually helped create the large and vibrant American middle class. One of the main issues which has effected the middle class is the inequity of i...more

"Golfpal" Did you read the article, that 1.1% drop is largest since the Great Depression. The headline is not exaggerating the significance of what is occurring.

This poll is not noteworthy....it doesn't mean anything because it is not conducted in a scientific manner. During the "W" Bush & Dick "deficits don't matter" Cheney administration 4.8 trillion dollars was added to the national debt. Since Obama took office, the continuation of the Bush policies(unfunded wars in Iraq a...more

What are the size criteria of the cities being compared?  You got New York City as number 16 on the list which has a population of at least 8 million and a metro area of 18 million and you also have small size cities on the same list. There is no way one can compare some of these cities across-the-board simply because ...more

Virtually every city on your list was at one time an industrial manufacturing center and now many of the jobs are gone, many of those jobs are now overseas. Also, many of the cities on your list are surrounded by metropolitan areas which are 2 and 3 times the size of the core city itself, in population and geographic a...more