More reading about manufacturing and the economy: Where do your things come from?
Whose Economy Do Your Purchases Support?
Made in the USA?
Where do items for your home business come from?
Made in the USA
Fun Friday: Ode to a Chinese boycott
Where Does Your STUFF Come From?
Interesting reading from CNN this morning that indicates that the housing market might be steadying: Existing home sales rebound in August – Sep. 23, 2010. This is clearly impossible. I mean, I’ve been reading propaganda from the National Association of Realtors articles for months now that absolutely, positively indicated that without additional housing tax credits…
The GOP Debate last night was big on drama but short on specifics – especially when it came to the economy. Almost all of the candidates touted the need to grow the economy and reform the Tax Code but offered little in the way of details about how to best do this with two exceptions:…
Today, my first grader will get up on stage and have quite possibly the last music recital of her (so far) brief academic career. Together with my third grader, she will sing numbers they’ve been working on for most of the semester. I’ve been told to expect “Brown Eyed Girl” for one of them –…
Yesterday was Career Day at my kids’ school. So, around 9:00 a.m., I found myself standing in front of a room full of kids, touting the virtues of staying in school. I recited the saga of being the first in my family to go to college. I talked about how I loved what I do…
In San Mateo County, California, the Board of Supervisors is holding a closed-door session to deal with a $20 million mistake. As mistakes go, it’s a pretty big one. The San Mateo County Superior Court awarded Genentech, a self-described profitable biotech firm, $20 million in a recent court case. Genentech had filed suit against the…
Would you report your neighbor for cheating on their taxes? What if you got paid for doing it? San Francisco has, for the last five years, offered up to 10% of the take for members of public who turn in their neighbors for failing to pay their fair share of taxes. It’s not the only…
