economic crisis

Now that the United States manufacturing base has eroded to next to nothing, and with the sharp spikes in the price of commodity items (owing largely to the fact that these are priced in heavily devalued dollars in commodity markets), the latest economic crisis is causing acute pain in the service industry.

Folks around the world are coming unglued at the cost of food, which has been rising like the mighty Mississip in 1993....

I've never been accused of being too smart, but one thing I know is that when folks get hungry, they're capable of anything. Food has more power than crack, unless of course you're actively smoking said crack.

Interesting discussion by Blim here....

(From 3Quarks Daily)
Those Chickens: The Economic Crisis and America’s Poor and Struggling

Michael Blim

It’s better to be rich – hardly a surprising claim.

FLAG PINS? Is that what George Snuffalu[bleep]us thinks is one of the most important topics that needs to be discussed in a Presidential Debate?!?

"Who would believe that tens of thousands of working families in this, the world's biggest economy, would have to rely on food handouts once meant only for the most unfortunate in society?"

Those who are trying to provide the food handouts to the folks on the street, that's who....

I can’t believe she said this:

Now, in an effort to show that Hillary Clinton is the only person left running for President who can answer a phone past 2:30AM, she tries to tie the economy to late-night/early-morning phone calls:

Nicole McIntyre believes that some of the uneasiness Americans feel about their economic situation may be their own fault:

by Nicole McIntyre