Criticism

My Laid Off Co-Worker is Better Off Unemployed Than Working – 99 Weeks Off, Same Income!

October 9, 2011

I bumped into an old co-worker at the gym.  We used to be shift supervisors together back in the day.  Our professional paths meandered in different directions over the years but we’ve always kept in touch.  It turns out, he was just let go and after expressing my concern, he actually joked, “I’m better off […]

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Viral Rant on US National Debt. Hilarious. Awesome. EPIC…

October 7, 2011

One of my buddies posted this to his Facebook page and I couldn’t stop laughing out loud at how awesome this rant is.  It’s full of humor, rage, and TRUTH.  You know how I feel about the deficits and the predicament future generations of Americans are left with.  If this doesn’t hammer it home, I […]

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Occupy This – Rebuttal to Nonsensical Occupy WallStreet Demands

October 5, 2011

Today, I came across a piece of screed published in the Occupy WallStreet forum that is both laughable and alarming.  It’s laughable because the demands are so absurd that it belongs on a Saturday Night Live skit.  It’s dangerous because it demonstrates the naivety and gullibility that so many Americans actually align themselves with.  I […]

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What If Unemployment Benefits Were Structured as a Loan Instead of a Freebie?

September 18, 2011

There are a lot of strong emotions on either side of the Unemployment Benefits discussion.  On one hand, there are the current unemployed who are pretty miserable right now.  Many can’t find a job commensurate with their skill set and prior pay rate and they’re burning through their savings.  They’re sick of hearing politicians, the […]

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3 Ways Older Americans Are Going to Wreck Your Life

September 11, 2011

I have nothing against old people.  I adored my grandparents and I’ll be old some day and I may well be in the same position, but given the demographic shift America is facing and the economic realities we’re now dealing with, the elderly population in America is set to screw you three ways to Tuesday.  […]

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Renters Are Deluding Themselves – Here’s Why

August 16, 2011

It’s en vogue now to be “anti-homeownership” given the recent crash in home prices and all the shenanigans the mortgage companies, banks and Wall street firms pulled over the past several years.  People tend to use the recency effect and confirmation bias to formulate their opinions which dictate important lifestyle and financial decisions. Before you […]

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