On Job Openings the Minimum Wage and Being Middle Class by Bruce Krasting - Feb 13, 2013 9:37 pm Bottom line? $100 an hour is the minimum wage for a person with a family in NY. The Prez is offering $9.
What's Up With These Trust Funds? by Bruce Krasting - Feb 12, 2013 6:32 pm I think that FERS and MRS are adding to the Debt Owed to the Public in a significant way.
CBO - The Coming Raid on Social Security by Bruce Krasting - Feb 10, 2013 11:30 am Some interesting footnotes in a CBO report.
4 Contrarian Views by Bruce Krasting - Feb 8, 2013 3:01 pm The forecast for me is 12-18 inches. I'm hoping it pushes three feet.... Some odds and ends:
On The Money by Bruce Krasting - Feb 6, 2013 11:20 am There will be some talk, but there will be no action.
CBO - Everything Is Going To Be Really-Really Great! by Bruce Krasting - Feb 5, 2013 4:42 pm Everything is going to be on easy street....Chicken in every pot.
The President Shoots?? by Bruce Krasting - Feb 2, 2013 9:55 pm I used to hold onto my option for the last shot in the hope of the elusive double. It was showboating, but one time I hit it, and it was (almost) better than sex. (I was maybe 19 at the time)
On Laundering Black Money - And Gold? by Bruce Krasting - Feb 2, 2013 9:12 am Do the "deciders" in the globe want to enrich those that are now parking hot money in gold? "No" is the answer.
Stocks and Capital Flight - Old and New by Bruce Krasting - Jan 30, 2013 1:06 pm The “tipping point” occurs at about the time when the local stock market returns fall below the currency depreciation.
Cane the Bankers? by Bruce Krasting - Jan 28, 2013 11:02 am A billion folks in the west would be quietly applauding....
Obama - "End Football!" by Bruce Krasting - Jan 27, 2013 4:56 pm "There's something deeply American about the violence of this sport."
To the Fed - Defer this! by Bruce Krasting - Jan 26, 2013 12:53 pm The fact that this report exists, confirms to me that some Fed members are increasingly uncomfortable with those risks.