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Congress is making Americans think better of their hemorrhoids
Americans have a higher opinion of hemorrhoids than they do of Congress, according to Public Policy Polling. They also like witches, the IRS, the DMV and even jury duty better. Half Americans,...
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I can’t think of a better way to undermine confidence in the economy than what Congress is doing right now. I talk about it with Will Ripley of Denver’s 9News, as well as the battle between Apple and...
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Always the low price means always the low wage at Walmart
Here comes another round of complaining about Walmart’s poverty wages and it’s employees left to depend on public assistance. A group called OUR Walmart plans a Congressional Forum on Walmart jobs...
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It’s not a financial crisis; It’s a crisis of character
By Dr. Jack London The October debt-ceiling deadline mired the United States in yet another financial crisis. It was the fourth one this year. Remember the New Year’s Eve fiscal cliff aversion? Or the...
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Most Americans say nation is on the wrong track
Eighty percent of Americans say the nation is going off on the wrong track, according to a new Harris Poll. That’s up from 71% last month. The damage came amid a 16-day government shutdown. Click here...
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Former Microsoft manager confesses greed in insider trading case
Brian D. Jorgensen, a 32-year-old former senior portfolio manager at Microsoft, was extraordinarily contrite after feds filed both civil and criminal insider trading charges against him. “It was just...
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Banks own Congress, Congress owns banks
More than half of all members of Congress are millionaires, according to a study by the Center for Responsive Politics, and among their favorite investments are the very financial giants they bailed...
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Talk is a policy tool for Yellen, and this week it worked well
Janet Yellen’s first appearance before Congress as our new chairman of the Federal Reserve this week inspired a 200-point rally in an otherwise slumping stock market. She let everyone know that the Fed...
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