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California is on the brink…

California is a huge economy and will affect the entire country as it tries to resolve its budget issues again.  Most people don’t realize the domino effects from this huge state with a big population.
The major problems plaguing California right now are the same problems troubling our nation.  It has extremely high unemployment, increasing [...]

DWTS Results Final 3 Donny, Mya, and Kelly 11.17.2009

As expected a bogus surprise ending for the final three.  I know this is all just for entertainment and the results  probably fixed by the producers, but the math part always bothers me.  The scoring last week had  Joanna and Derek as couple number 2.  So even if they DID come in last with the [...]

Stimulus Jobs ‘Saved or Created’ That Don’t Exist

Your stimulus dollars at work: 40 jobs for $42 million
ABC Video link of the story below with Charles Gibson and Jonathon Karl
This is just a story reprinted from the ABC website. I find it disturbing that an $18 million website made by the White House doesn’t accurately track the spending our stimulus money.
ABC:
Here’s a [...]

Credit Card Companies’ Delinquencies Are Up But Defaults Are Down

For some reason the credit card companies want us to believe things are bad and good at the same time.  They claim defaults are down while delinquency is up.  I have worked in the credit card collections business, so it makes sense to me.  The reports are put out in a way to show investors [...]