12/14/2011 Tick tick tick. The time is running down and Congress continues to fight over the payroll tax cut that benefits millions of workers in the United States. Including rich and poor alike. For 2011, Congress allowed Americans a 2% decrease in the payroll tax that funds Social Security (FICA). The FICA withholding has been [...]
Archive for the ‘Dollars in the Economy’ Category
16 Nov
Fix the Deficit-You Can Do It!
11/16/2010 The New York Times has posted a nifty interactive tool that lets you try your hand at fixing the deficit. OK, it doesn’t offer infinite options, but it does challenge you to think about what you WOULD CUT or change if you were Queen of the Universe (or King)(or Caesar, whatever you like). I [...]
28 Jan
TAKE A SPIN AROUND 2010 WITH JWT’S TREND LIST – and think “HMMMMM”
01/28/2010 http://02a6614.netsolhost.com/production/jwti2010_MAIN_03.html This is cool and fun and yes, a little scary. Take a look at the graphic on the web site listed above. It has 100 tiny photos on it and if you drag your cursor around, you will find thumb nail sketches of things that will impact us in the next year per [...]
31 Dec
Economics is Not Boring!
12/31/2009 The Wall Street Journal reported today that “The Treasury sold more than $2.1 trillion in notes and bonds this year, more than in the previous two years combined, to fund a widening budget shortfall and finance programs to rescue the banking system and support the economy.” While that sounds dire, here is the kicker: [...]
