"The Rent is Too Damn High": Too Damn Bad

Jimmy McMillan, the 2010 New York gubernatorial candidate who spiced up the race with his racy quip "The rent is too damn high," is now facing eviction. His rhetoric during the campaign was great. He tapped into voter frustration. He knew how to set off a...

USA loses its AAA: Will the Nation Stay Afloat?

If an employer's accountant failed so badly to manage the company's books that the company's credit was adversely affected, the accountant would be fired on the spot. If a ship's pilot was so inept, that he crashed the vessel into the rocks despite...

Appeal to the American People who Pay

For those Americans who know what it means to make ends meet, and who actually do it .. . For those of you forced to balance a budget with a dwindling income. . . For those of you who have the sense to pay your debts and save some dollars and cents for a rainy day. ....

USA loses it AAA

So Standard & Poor's has downgraded the United States' credit risk to AA+.We all new this was coming.This is how the market works. Even nation-states cannot remake the rules. If they cannot service their debt, they will be saddled with higher interest...

Reflection on Janice Hahn's Debt Ceiling Vote

I applaud Congresswoman Hahn's rejection of the recently-passed Debt Ceiling Compromise. I despise her reasons for doing so.She claimed to have heeded the will of her constituents, who "overwhelmingly asked me to oppose this deal.” Her culling a 55% majority...