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Guess this means Democrats don?t want to cut spending
2012-02-03 00:27:00 Sometimes one headline just says it all: Dems see GOP budget reforms as ?sneaky? way to cut spending: House Democrats on Thursday were resisting two Republican bills that would reform the budget process, and charged that the bills were a backdoor attempt by the GOP to reduce federal spending without having to pass more specific ...
By: GayPatriot
I?m Spending $7,000 on my Latest Stock Idea
2012-01-11 02:00:00 I like to strike while the iron is hot. That's why I've wasted no time committing cash from my $100,000 real-money portfolio in short order. To recap… I bought $12,500 worth of Ford Motor (NYSE: F), which I think is poised for great things in 2012, thanks to fresh car designs, a burgeoning cash balance and rebounding demand for automobiles. I committed a smaller stake to my second pick, Alcoa (NYSE: AA), just before the aluminum maker released year-end results and issued an outlook for 2012. [You can read my take here.] But sometimes, it pays to wait. I wanted to parse Alcoa's results and confirm my opinion that investors would begin to look forward to the . . . → Read More: I’m Spending $7,000 on my Latest Stock Idea
By: Jutia Group
Why I?m Spending $12,500 on this American Powerhouse
2011-12-31 03:30:00 You asked, and I've responded. A number of readers have expressed interest in getting a handle on my very best investment ideas. So I figure the start of the New Year is a fine time to deliver. I'm calling it by the simple moniker of "Dave Sterman's Top Plays" right now, but stay tuned. This portfolio, which I'll publish for free on the StreetAuthority website for a limited time, is just a preview of what's to come. The stocks I select, which will be bought with $100,000 of real money to invest, courtesy of StreetAuthority, will play to a theme that I've always sought out with my top investment recommendations. It's what I like to call "playing . . . → Read More: Why I’m Spending $12,500 on this American Powerhouse
By: Jutia Group
Lessons learned from Christmas Spending
2011-12-29 04:17:00 Lessons learned from Christmas Spending is a post originally published on: Everything Finance - Everything Finance - A Good Personal Finance Blog - Its all about Money!Did you go overboard with your Christmas spending this year? I know I did. Every year, I vow to stick to a budget for Christmas. Every year, I fail. My problem is not just spending money on presents, but also all the extra spending that is done throughout the month, such as eating take-out a ...Get a free mortgage quote!
When spending cuts aren?t real and tax hikes don?t reduce the deficit
2011-12-18 01:21:00 On Thursday, Glenn Reynolds linked a post from Daniel Mitchell which, like most posts from that libertarian scholar, merit your attention. Mitchell corrected a New York Times reporter eager to peddle the notion of horrible, no good, very bad Republicans unwilling to raise taxes, reminding her that the “only budget agreement that actually produced a ...
By: GayPatriot
Online Spending Stays Strong
2011-12-12 07:00:00 Online Spending Stays Strong is a post originally published on: Everything Finance - Everything Finance - A Good Personal Finance Blog - Its all about Money!ComScore reported on Sunday that online spending remained strong in early December. Usually early December indicates a quiet period in the U.S. holiday shopping. This year seems to be an exception. Consumers spent $5.9 billion online during the first week in December. It is 15 percent more than last year. Earlier in the holiday season, ...Get a free mortgage quote!
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Reins in Spending on Renewable Energy Technology
2011-11-29 16:06:00 Back in July Larry Page became Google’s new chief executive and immediately began a campaign to reign in Google’s projects and focus their resources. This was due to the stiff competition they were facing in mobile computing and social networking from Apple and Facebook, and also investor sentiment towards increasing expenditure on non core businesses. One of the latest casualties of this "spring cleaning" was the big green initiative, RE<C (Renewable Energy cheaper than Coal), which was an ambitious idea to make renewable energy cost competitive with coal-fired power plants. The plan was to build cheaper and more efficient heliostats, mirrors that reflect the suns rays onto water-filled boilers in order to create steam and generate electricity in turbines. . . . → Read More: Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Reins in Spending on Renewable Energy Technology
By: Jutia Group
6 ways to help your favorite charity without spending a dime
2011-11-15 19:48:00 As the economy continues to squeeze donors, a recent report conducted by Campbell Rinker showed disturbing results—that nearly 7 in 10 Americans say they will give more sparingly to charities in the coming months. As a result, people are looking for other ways to support their favorite causes this holiday giving season.  Here are five ways people... Read more »
Hey, Mr. President, What about your promise of a ?net spending cut??
2011-10-28 18:00:00 The president recently told a crowd of supporters that he had kept a majority of the promises he had made in the 2008 campaign: ?We?re through about 60 percent of [the list], which isn?t bad for three years,? Mr. Obama told a crowd at a fundraiser in Denver on Tuesday night. ?So we know change is ...
By: GayPatriot
These 3 Companies are Spending BILLIONS on Stock Buybacks
2011-10-24 01:30:00 After stocks slumped badly this summer, many questioned the wisdom of big stock buyback programs. After all, companies were spending huge amounts of cash on repurchases at formerly higher prices and would have been able to buy a lot more shares if they waited until stock prices really slumped. Yet just as individual investors can't time the market, neither can corporations. And with cash balances rising higher and higher, buybacks, along with dividends, are the most logical use of a company's money right now. The real takeaway of buybacks is the real leverage it can provide to earnings per share (EPS) growth. Take toy maker Hasbro (NYSE: HAS) as an example. Net income is likely to fall . . . → Read More: These 3 Companies are Spending BILLIONS on Stock Buybacks
By: Jutia Group
Polling The ?Occupy? Marxists
2011-10-21 07:45:00 If you’re ready believe the unruly mob disrupting Wall Street shares anything in common with the Tea Party, you need a sobering cup of reality. Oh, most of them, surprisingly, walk upright but they couldn’t be more opposite in every other way. Democrat pollster Douglas Schoen is among the first to have polled a meaningful ...
By: RSF America
Rush Limbaugh favors Clinton-era spending levels!?!?
2011-10-19 04:10:00 Back in the 1990s, when I used to listen to Rush Limbaugh when driving back and forth between Charlottesville, Virginia and our nation’s capital or when motoring about within the confines of that city’s Beltway, I recall the talker criticizing the then-incumbent President of the United States for his wayward ways. Now, he wants to ...
By: GayPatriot
Spending from an Empty Pocket
2011-10-18 23:02:00 Uncle Sam charges up the national credit card at a record pace? Washington now in the same illustrious company as Athens, Rome, Lisbon, and Madrid... An unlikely investment opportunity that results.
By Any Other Name
2011-09-15 21:54:00 Barry ‘Never met a tax I didn’t like’ Obama is whining his way around the country saying really presidential things like, “If you love me, you’ll pass this bill” and talking about 153 bridges that are structurally unsound … although he’s letting unsuspecting travelers figure out which ones they are. By the way, weren’t these ...
By: RSF America
Th-That?s All Folks!
2011-09-09 21:36:00 Barack Hussein Obama is the playground bully … the street corner hustler that has become little more than a dangerous cartoon. He began as a media-crafted caricature and now seems to be acting out a role for which he was poorly miscast, like a child playing grownup wearing daddy’s oversize wingtips. “Pass this bill now!” he ...
By: RSF America
Obama?s Big Wind
2011-09-03 15:32:00 It would appear the only ‘grass roots’ contact our intrepid Campaigner-in-Chief has experienced lately was with the divots churned up by his putter, before Hurricane Irene chased him from Martha’s Vineyard. Remember the Midwestern bus trip we bought for him? Well, it turns out he never boarded either of those big black hearses until just ...
By: RSF America
The Story of ?O?
2011-08-27 09:00:00 Careful Mr. President … don’t trip over the guys in front of you! As I listen to the latest from Libya and the Middle East, I’m still trying to wrap my mind around The Nutty Professor’s concept of “leading from behind.” Come to think of it, he has tried to apply his theory to domestic ...
By: RSF America
Demagogue In Chief Slams Corp. Jets After Spending Stimulus Money on Them?
2011-06-29 19:45:00 -By Warner Todd Huston In his Wednesday presser on the state of the economy President Obama several times attacked those evil rich folks flying about in corporate jets saying that the filthy rich could "afford" higher taxes. But while he spent so much time slamming corporate jets today, back in 2009 the president was pushing a stimulus bill that included tax breaks to corporate jets. In February of 2009, the stimulus package that Obama pushed heavily as the only way to "save" the country included a provision that, as the Associated Press then reported, "sharply reduces the up front tax bill for companies who buy assets like business planes." So, once again we have this president talking out of both...
New Open Government and Spending Transparency Reforms Introduced
2011-06-18 17:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston While the Obama administration plays its games with "czars," more "boards," and "committees" to implement government accountability policies, Representative Darrell Issa (R, Calif.) has introduced some measures that would do a far better job to meet those goals. President Obama has touted a "Government Accountability and Transparency Board" (GATB) as well as the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (RATB) meant to bring more accountability to federal actions. But what real power will these "boards" and "committees" have? What real good will they do? Worse, how can we expect boards appointed by the president to shine the light of transparency on the Executive branch?...
Jon Huntsman: 'We Won't be Spending Time in Iowa'
2011-06-04 21:23:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Looks like GOP candidate for president Jon Hunstman has decided that he won't bother with the Iowa Caucus during this primary season. Huntsman claims he's skipping Iowa because he refuses to support ethanol subsidies. At a stop in New Hampshire, Huntsman told reporters... Red the rest at RightPundits.com....
Kinzinger Statement on FY 2011 Spending Cuts
2011-04-09 22:00:00 From the office of Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R, IL, 11th District)... Washington, DC - Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-11) issued the following statement on the agreement to fund the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2011 while cutting $78.5 billion below the President's 2011 budget proposal. "Our country has come a long way since the President asked Congress two and a half months ago for a spending freeze, which translates to no spending cuts. In just a matter of months, we negotiated historic cuts of $38.5 billion through the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year....
Who is Doing the 'Extreme Spending'?
2011-04-02 15:00:00 It's the Democrats that want to shut down government......
Rose admits he's beat up; are the Bulls spending too much energy fight
2011-03-19 13:45:00 Per ESPN Chicago:"I'm beat up," he said after Friday night's 115-108 overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers. "But that's basketball ... I think I was out there playing my hardest, giving my all, but physically I feel fine."...
Ricketts and the New Cubs Spending Philosophy
2011-03-16 14:22:00 I've had a couple of excellent questions regarding Ricketts and the Cubs philosophy toward big spending from readers, so I've decided to write up a piece I'd been planning for a later date. So far it's hard to read Rickett's long term plans for the Cubs, but thus far in the short term it's apparent that his goal is to cut a bloated payroll while still trying to find good value on the open market. There is also an effort to leave themselves with more flexibility in terms of roster maneuverability and finances. Given the Cubs spending indiscretions of the past few years, that's a pretty sound plan. Step one is to undo some of the damage big contracts and...
Republican Leader Cross Sponsors Bi-Partisan Resolution Spending Control Me
2011-03-09 14:00:00 From the Office of Rep. House Leader Tom Cross... HR110 unanimously passed Illinois House today Springfield....Rep. Tom Cross (R- Plainfield) is sponsoring House Resolution 110, which creates a framework for Fiscal Year 2012 budget negotiations based upon the adoption of realistic revenue projections; setting the table for lawmakers to identify realistic cuts and prevent excessive borrowing....
Congresswoman Michele Bachmann?s (Tea Party-MN) Solution To Spending: MORE
2011-01-29 07:46:00 GOP / Republican / Teabagger Fave: I Have A GREAT IDEA… Let’s Balance The Deficit By Cutting Veterans Administration Benefits To Our Wounded Warriors! Congrats there, you Palinistas — your “Annointed One”, Michele Bachmann (T-Bag) of Minnesota has decided the best way... This is only a comment summary. Visit http://guntotingliberal.com to view the lastest content complete with some of the most outrageous original photoshops in the political blogosphere!
AM News: Annual IG Report Reveals Mis-Spending, Ignored Recommendations
2011-01-04 15:55:00 CPS funds were spent on bug sweeps, booze: report Sun Times: Among other board expenses: †$92,900 worth of donations to not-for-profits on which Scott or a family member of Scott's at some point "served as a member of the board of directors... Inspector: Punish two principals Sun Times: The Chicago Schools Inspector General has recommended that Principal Joyce Kenner be banned for life from hand-picking kids for admission to Whitney Young Magnet High -- a punishment Kenner calls "ridiculous" and one officials have ignored for seven months, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned... More news below....
The Most Wasteful Government Spending of 2010
2010-12-22 14:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Senator Tom Coburn (R, OK), a medical doctor by trade, has put out a report that details some of the worst government waste of 2010. His "Wastebook 2010: A Guide to Some of the Most Wasteful Government Spending of 2010" was released on his website on Dec. 20. Coburn's released statement laments the waste....
A Detailed List of Earmarks in The Omnibus Spending Bill
2010-12-16 20:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Pork, pork, pork. It's enough pork to make a Southside Chicago BBQ joint greasy with envy. Yes, it's a bacchanalia of pork spending and earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill, for sure, and we now have the database to prove it. Senator Tom Coburn has posted a Google Spreadsheet data base document on line and there you can see how much the earmark costs us, where it is going, and which of our congressmen asked for the earmark....
Spending cuts, job losses, housing benefit crisis ? the ?nasty party? retur
2010-10-31 12:35:00 By Julian Samboma Theresa May (right) lambasted her Conservative party in 2002 for being "nasty"; fast-forward eight years and many people would attach the same adjective to the Coalition she now serves as Home Secretary. Chancellor George Osborne has announced spending cuts that will lead to half-a-million job losses. Meanwhile, Prime Minister David Cameron signalled changes in the housing benefits system which could see thousands forced out of major British cities.
By: eBeefs
About that Public Employee Spending Spree on behalf of California Democrats
2010-10-28 21:47:00 For the better part of the day, Yahoo!’s home page has featured this as one of its top news stories, “In Calif., GOP candidate on record spending spree“. In the article, we read that former Democratic Governor Jerry Brown has been outspent “outspent 6-1 through mid-October” by his Republican rival Meg Whitman. At the end ...
By: GayPatriot
ZTE Spending $3 Billion In Deal With Qualcomm, Other US Vendors [Chinese Te
2010-10-27 17:19:00 One of China?s largest mobile communications company?s has been making quite a few headlines over the last few months. First a cell phone produced by ZTE was offered by Verizon, then ZTE launched an Android OS tablet and on the heels of that announced they would be offering up six other tablet PCs in Europe ... Comment | View latest news in In Focus | News in Brief | TFTS Home. Related Reading on TFTS - In Order of Freshness: Cybersecurity Companies Banding Together to Fight Corporate Hackings [Data Security Alliance Will Be Mega Cybersecurity Firm of 14 Different Companies] by Oliver VanDervoort Amazon Posts Sales Numbers, Includes $1 Billion Worth Through Mobile Devices [Amazon Earnings Report Reveals Online Mega Retailer Sold $1 Billion Worth Of Products Through Mobile Devices In 12 Months] by Jeff Baker Biometrics Spending Projected to Rise to $7.3 Billion by 2013, According to ABI Research by Andrew Tingle Grand Theft Auto IV’s Niko Moans About Earnings ...
Government Spending Review presented by Chancellor
2010-10-22 11:05:00 The Government has announced spending plans for each department up to 2014/15.The Chancellor, George Osborne, has presented the Government's Spending Review, which fixes spending budgets for each Government department up to 2014/15.The Government has prioritised its Spending Review decisions to support growth, fairness and reform.Click here to read more about the Government's Spending Review on nibusinessinfo.co.uk
7 Spending Cuts You Might Not Even Notice
2010-10-22 05:06:00 It’s painfully clear Americans are still hurting financially. Jobless claims are far too high if we’re actually in any kind of meaningful recovery. Penalty withdrawals from 401(k) plans have been increasing, not shrinking. Mortgage rates are hitting 40-year lows with regularity and we still can’t find a pulse in the housing industry. If there was a ...
Amazon.com 3Q Net Up 16% On Sales Jump; Spending Still Strong
2010-10-22 03:44:00 Amazon.com Inc.'s (AMZN) third-quarter earnings rose 16% as revenue continued to surge at the No. 1 Internet retailer by sales, but investors were unsettled because the company raised the possibility that operating income might decline in the current quarter. Seattle-based Amazon said operating expenses jumped 40% in the third quarter, in part because it was spending on a previously planned infrastructure expansion that includes 13 new fulfillment centers.During a conference call with analysts, Chief Financial Officer Tom Szkutak said the company had completed 10 of the centers and is planning to open more before the peak holiday shopping season. Amazon will continue to build infrastructure if it sees more growth, Szkutak said.The earnings come as Amazon continues to capture a disproportionate share of growth in the online retail market, which is seen rising 13% this year to $152 billion, according to eMarketer, a research group. To take advantage of that opportunity, Amazon is con...
By: Rant About It
It's a Spending Issue not a Revenue Issue
2010-10-19 04:45:00 Whenever you hear a politician call for higher taxes, 9 times out of 10 it's a spending issue not a revenue issue....
Republicans, the Party of Deficit Spending
2010-10-13 17:26:00 Republicans, the Party of Deficit Spending  AUSTIN, TEXAS - October 13, 2010 --   Under Republican control of Texas government the state budget faces an $18 billion debt. This comes as no surprise from a political party that governs itself the same way it governs Texas. A recent press release (1) from the Texas Republican Party reminded us that they currently carry a debt of $680,000 and have been in debt for over a decade. For all their talk about fiscal conservatism, Republicans walk away from their rhetoric once elected. From 1993 to 2003, under Democratic Party control of the Texas House of Representatives, state government spending grew about 6.1% per year. After Republicans took control of the House in 2003, state spending growth accelerated. From 2003 to 2009, state spending grew an average of 6.6% per year. Republicans are growing government faster than Democr...
Video: Spending Just Got Personal
2010-10-01 03:11:00 This is a pretty inventive way to relate polling figures, I have to say. This one was made by BankruptingAmerica.org. Seven out of ten voters say government spending is too high and 68 percent say spending is affecting them personally, according to a bipartisan ten-state poll we sponsored. Our fans told us they love the infographics we made to visualize the poll's key findings. So we made a video taking the graphics to the next level. Hundreds from our online community have taken the poll themselves. See how their views match up with them and the rest of the country. Click here to weigh in now....
Ways to Track your Spending
2010-09-27 13:30:00 Going back into the archives, I came across a frugal tip that I always recommend to people who ask for advice about saving money, that is to simply “write it down“. I noticed within that article that I didn’t get into the details of tracking spending, or the many ways to do it. The right ...
How I ended up spending a night in hell.
2010-09-21 04:06:00 At the end of my road trip, Nate and I ended up in a BAD situation. I'm still having nightmares about it.
Ladies Ages 18-24: Register for Pinecone Research and Earn Extra Spending C
2010-09-08 00:24:00 I am a big fan of trying to find ways to make an extra buck here and there, because let's face it - I'm broke and Chicago is expensive. One of my favorite little tricks is to sign up for research and survey sites. One of the absolute best sites out there is Pinecone Research, though they RARELY accept new members and when they do their criteria is very, very specific.Right now Pinecone Research is looking for females between the ages of 18-24 to give their opinion, participate in surveys, and make a little bit of cash! I'm a little bitter that I can't join Pinecone. My boyfriend is a member and LOVES it, but only one person can...
Park Ridge looking for new ways to make money while spending money: proposa
2010-08-26 01:06:00 Park Ridge is looking to spruce up part of Higgins Road by adding bicycle lanes, a pedestrain crosswalk at the Cumberland Blue Line Station, and other aesthetically pleasing sights for visitors crossing into town. The area where Higgins borders Park Ridge and Chicago is very industrial-looking and not very reminscent of Park Ridge's Uptown feel, so Park Ridge is hoping to get Chicago's approval to remodel. Granted, this construction is not expected to take place for several years, but it's strange to report upon yet another huge money project for Park Ridge when, well, Park Ridge doesn't seem to have much money. The town's possible solution no this no-money dilemma? Find other ways to increase city fees. We already know...
Pension reforms, spending cuts must come before tax hike
2010-08-20 19:44:00 Illinois is broke. In the short run, it is running out of cash - and borrowing to cover its own operations as well as to fund health care, schools, local governments and social services. Or it simply fails to pay its bills - borrowing, in effect, from its suppliers. In the longer run, Illinois operates with a radically imbalanced annual operating budget that is perhaps $15 billion in the hole when one takes into account mushrooming pension and state retiree health costs. Why? Illinois supports a wage and benefit structure for state employees that does not reflect the pressures of the marketplace or the economic realities of modern America. State workers were given generous multiyear raises in fall 2008 by...
Our $80 Grocery Spending: Stayed Close to Budget
2010-08-18 07:14:00 I have pretty much taken the summer off from reporting my grocery spending here. I know. You've been like rudderless boats lost on a choppy sea without it. Actually, I got not one single complaint. But I like reporting my spending; it keeps me honest. So here goes: I spent $86 this week, pretty darn close to my $80 grocery budget. Here's where it went: Whole Foods: $11 on cage-free eggs, whole-wheat flour and organic champagn grapes CVS: $5.52 cents on Dulcolax (giving it to my grandma and building my ECB bankroll) Dominick's: $35 on three trips that netted all kinds of goodies like two rounds of the Nature Valley granola bars Catalina deal. (What's a Catalina? See my Catalina intro.)...
2010 AL Central draft spending
2010-08-17 19:00:00 The 2010 Draft signing deadline came and went with no new signing for the White Sox, but plenty of other teams were active, including the Sox' AL Central counterparts. I take a look at the draft spending for each team in the Central to see if the White Sox are extremely cheap, or if it's just my imagination.
Congress' Spending FAIL Map
2010-08-14 17:15:00 -By Warner Todd Huston Want to know a few of the outrageous wastes of the taxpayer's money as funded by Obama's so-called stimulus that happened in your state? Check out the Bankrupting America Spending FAIL map to see if your state got and wasted some of this "free" cash. Not every state is yet represented on the map, but you can click around and see some of the vast waste of money across the country that the Obama stimulus went to fund. The map is sponsored by BankruptingAmerica.org. And here is their hilarious video showing the sort of waste we are getting out of the "stimulus."...
Michael Steele Is Spending Time With Foreigners
2010-08-04 18:18:00 Michael Steele Is Spending Time With Foreigners
House Republicans: Help Us Cut Spending
2010-08-03 13:00:00 This is from Eric Cantor, the House Republican Whip... The YouCut project is focused on solutions - when we ask for ideas to cut spending, we don't ask if it is a Republican idea or a Democrat idea, we just ask if it is a good idea. This week's YouCut item had the promise of bipartisanship. Last week, four House Democrats proudly announced their own ideas for spending cuts - we took one of their ideas and offered it on the House floor for a vote. We didn't change their proposal....
Win $10,000 For Spending A Month At The Museum of Science And Industry
2010-07-18 15:36:00 The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago is looking for "you." And by "you," we mean an adventurous, outgoing person with a strong interest in learning about science and the world around her or him, plus the ability to write very well about your experiences. Ideally, you're also the web-savvy sort who can keep your thumb out of frame when taking photographs. If that "you" sounds like you, or if you are simply curious about this intriguing endeavor, then you should read on. |
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