Category Archives: Money

I’m rich

December 22, 2008 – 5:14 am

No, really. So are you. Think about it:
1. You didn’t go to sleep hungry last night.
2. You didn’t go to sleep outside.
3. You had a choice of what clothes to wear this morning.
4. You hardly broke a sweat today.
5. You […]

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How much is it worth?

November 1, 2008 – 4:17 am

Your 401k? It’s likely worth less today than it was a year ago. What would it be under the plans we’re hearing about now?

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Daily Obama fact

October 7, 2008 – 7:49 am

Spent 8 years as a Director on the Joyce Foundation board.
Why is this important? Given his comparatively short career this is a huge chunk of time. More importantly, the Joyce Foundation attempted to sway the Supreme Court’s views on the 2nd Amendment.
During Obama’s tenure, the Joyce Foundation board planned and implemented a program […]

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Great ideas abound

September 23, 2008 – 5:11 am

Regional Transportation District. Let’s think about that name. Regional. Transportation. District. RTD. Their goal is to get you out of your car and onto a bus/lightrail car. Perhaps the single best incentive for that has been the EcoSystem pass, where businesses can purchase all-access transit passes for their employees. Now RTD wants to dump this […]

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Financial mess

September 22, 2008 – 11:39 am

Given the recent mess that’s been made of the financial markets, a little digging is being done by folks all over. Bloomberg’s Kevin Hassett has done his own digging into the beginning of the end for Fannie May and Freddy Mac.
Fannie and Freddie became, “the primary customer of all AAA-rated subprime-mortgage pools.”
trillions of dollars in […]

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