Tag: Recession

In computer programming I have always been a proponent of naming data items, objects, programs, files, etc with names that essentially describe what they do or what they contain. Makes sense…but it’s not always followed and often leads to misunderstandings and code errors years later. Which brings us to the…

More to come on minimum wage…but let’s start here on a rainy Sunday:

John Harvey asks a darn good one, too. Why on earth, in a period of chronic unemployment, would we purposely set out to lower the spending of a major sector in the macroeconomy? Where do President Obama and Congressman Ryan think the businesses where government money was spent will make…

If you want to understand the motivation of the 99% and the whole #Occupy movement, you need look no further than the Social Security Administration’s just-released data on 2010 paychecks.  Avert your eyes, TeaOP, it’s data!  You will not be able to comprehend it, so move on to the next…

The Republicans have been excoriating the democrats, since Obama has taken office, that they are “tax and spend” liberals. They say elect us because we have a plan to give more Americans back their money and fix the deficit. I know others have given me grief for saying the repubs…