When I was in college I worked as a package handler at a UPS warehouse.  Damaged boxes would get set aside and a girl would come by to patch them up and send them on their way.  She got the idea to bring personal address labels to work so the packages would be delivered to her house.  Some plainclothes security guys ca...more

The article doesn't mention that Al Jazeera is owned by the Qatari government.  I guess environmental Al didn't mind taking those petroleum dollars.

Unsustainable levels of national debt act like a boat anchor on our economy.  That is why we've had sub-par economic growth since the recession "ended."  Sub-par economic growth equals fewer jobs for those looking and it also means little to no wage growth for those lucky enough to get a job.  People think this will al...more

So, it appears those death row turkeys in the picture got the last laugh.  I'm just hoping we're talking about turkey poop and not something added by the human workers at the turkey plant.

Honestly, I feel like a sucker for going to work everyday and paying my bills and taxes on time.  It feels like I'm the only one left who isn't gaming the system for some type of handout or free benefit.

This country is being driven into the dirt economically.  Pretty soon, unemployed Americans will be illegally crossing over the Mexican border searching for work.

President Obama.  The greatest economic mastermind since Jimmy Carter.

I read a news story about a guy who was collecting social security disability plus private disability insurance from Liberty Mutual.  Unlike the US government, private disability rolls are not skyrocketing because non-goverment insurance providers will send investigators to video claimants.  This guy was was shown movi...more

To me, the best part of all this is that he's raising taxes another $1 trillion and his budget still never balances over the next decade.  Obviously he's a lawyer, not an accountant.