Interesting article talking about how GM says they are repaying their loans, but in actually they are just using TARP monies instead. Taking government money from one pocket to put in the other pocket.
Category: Economic
Things having to do with economic / financial issues.
Clayton Christensen, His Health, and His Ideas for Healthcare
Great article about Clayton Christensen.
Clayton Christensen beat a heart attack, advanced-stage cancer and a stroke in three years. Here’s what he learned about life, death and fixing the health care system.
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0314/features-clayton-christensen-health-care-cancer-survivor.html
Anne Korin on Energy Independence
Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget
Interesting exercise/calculator by the NY Times for figuring out how you would balance the budget: Link
“Spending like a drunken sailor”
From Worland Wyoming…
“I object to the press suggestion that Obama and Congress are spending money like a Drunken Sailor.
As a former Drunken Sailor, I quit spending when I ran out of money..”
Lt Hargraves
USN Retired
Worland
Visualizing Obama’s $100B Budget Cut
Avertible Catashophe
Very eye-opening article about how the Government’s bureaucracy has gotten in the way of cleaning up the gulf. Simply jaw-dropping:
Who is paying taxes?
Did you know that only about 50% of the U.S. population will owe any taxes in 2009? Great chart looking at who is paying taxes in 2009. Link
Obamaman Can!
Great, funny videos!
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