Everybody Wins With Higher Gas Prices…Except For You

Written by admin from on August 9th, 2008 | 0 Comments

This post originally written by Curtis Carwile. Posted with permission.

Yesterday, the price of gas at the local pump jumped from $3.89 to $4.25. That is an increase of $0.36 for those with poor math skills. Needless to say, I was distraught. So, on the way back from the pump, I started thinking why the government [...]

Are we in a recession?

Written by admin from on July 31st, 2008 | 1 Comment

This post originally by Alexander Muse. Posted with permission.
In the United States, recessions are defined as two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth.  During my lifetime (at least the part I can recall) there have been two recessions in the United States (81-82, 90-91). Between November 2001 and November 2002 we had two quarters of [...]