Dallas Figures released by the Federal Reserve indicate that citizen wealth by some indices is recovering almost to pre-recession levels. According to the Wall Street Journal: The net worth of U.S. households and nonprofit organizations—the values of homes, stocks and other assets minus debts and other liabilities—rose 2.6%, or about $1.9 trillion, in the third …
Category: Citizen Wealth
Fast Food Tradeoff: Less Jobs for Living Wages
New Orleans In the national publicity one-day strikes for higher wages of $15 per hour that waved their banners in hundreds of cities around the country, no one really believes that the $15 per hour figure is anything other than a rallying cry or in bargaining terms, a first proposal. Organizers, including with the Service …
Debbie Downer Alert: The Site Works Much Better!
New Orleans Despite all of the drama-rama around the Affordable Care Act website, it works much, much better now than it did a month ago, and this has been the case for sometime as improvements in speed and effectiveness have been achieved. I’m not saying it’s perfect, and regardless of the improvements, it’s still not …