...I respect union workers more than I do greedy CEO's and the like. Did we hear anything like this from any of the wall street giants slurping up our taxpayer dollars? No, we did not.The president of the United Automobile Workers union, Ron Gettelfinger, cut right to the chase when he announced last week that autoworkers were prepared to ( Read more... )

The White House commented on the news without ever actually using the word “recession,” a term President George W. Bush and his aides have repeatedly avoided.
Asshats ( Read more... )

I'm seeing a lot of assorted things...

No traffic in the parking lots at the malls.

Really ridiculously low gas prices. It's about to hit $2/gallon (remember, here in Californication, we are generally 20-50 cents above many other places in the country with various taxes, etc.).

A lot of sales being offered, clearly to get inventory out, get ( Read more... )

...is my teeth: Auto Bailout

...is at least as important as the data. Note that the two presentations are based on the same data. But what impressions are you left with each?

Tax Plans (that’s one for you, nineteen for me).

Let’s Get Fiscal

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The whole explanation for the subprime loan thing being the fault of minorities and poor people somehow is properly addressed here: Pre-empting racism in the sub-prime debacle.
Also, covering much of the same ground: The New "Welfare Queens"

Goddamn. For every step forward...

I like this ( Read more... )

As Paul Krugman Says, the Stock Market Is Not the Big Problem

...that's actually quite good: The Kibble Crisis