Ideally everyone should be insured but the country needs its "ditch diggers" too and they are the ones  that occuppy the poor paying jobs with no benefits. They have no money to carry a health insurance policy and furthermore  a cheap one with a high deductible with 50 to 75 percent copays won't help them as they can't...more

Unmemployed whose benenfits have run out or coudln't get them in the first place are not counted. People in part time jobs that want to work full time are not counted usually. The official unemployment is rather a bogus number that doesn't reflect the whole picture. For a more accurate figure that counts the groups I m...more

The government subsidizes these companies low wages and lack of benefits by providing food stamps, Medicaide and subsidized housing.

I went to SF often when my brother was in the Navy and lived on the west side of the Presidio overlooking Lincoln Blvd in the military housing there. I figured out where many movies where filmed and did my own movie tours. It was fun. This was in the 80s and early 90s. That military housing is no longer being used and ...more

They will be worth a look.

Maybe the most desirable properties. I don't think tract homes are appreciating like that anywhere. Real estate was overheated before the bust. Prices can't up and up forever while wages stagnate or decline. This is just common sense. We already tried having a bs economy based on frenetic real estate activity and not m...more

Someone asked can Congress get any more stupid? Oh yes, it's a bottomless pit but many of their seemingly inane actions are really the result of doing the bidding of lobbyists. The majority of senators and particularly representatives, are lobbyist owned.

oh good, I always liked this song

lets see if it is working now