Their friends call it a great love story. Tom and Heather Sapienza had been married eight years, so a terminal brain cancer diagnosis was more than they could bear. Without question, Tom honored his vows and his wife and used up all his vacation and sick time. Then, he took unpaid leave from work to care [...]

First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits showed an unexpected decrease in the week ended December 22nd, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday. The report said initial jobless claims fell to 350,000, a decrease of 12,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 362,000. The drop came as a surprise to economists, [...]

Oakland, California, the fifth-most crime ridden city in America, has laid off 80 police officers, citing budget concerns. Negotiations between the city and the officers’ union collapsed earlier this week over the issue of job security. According to the city’s website, Oakland’s final offer to the Oakland Police Officers Association guaranteed one year of no layoffs, [...]

For the past four years since the collapse of the banking industry during the Bush economic crisis – Republicans have been borrowing economic theories and proposals from former Republican President Herbert Hoover.  They have been advocating for significant cuts to government spending while in the middle of a financial crisis; Republicans tried that in 1929 [...]

President Obama’s proposal for $25 billion in tax credits for businesses that hire more people was included in his 2013 budget request which Congress has to agree on.  He is now amping up the pressure to include these tax cuts for businesses in the upcoming fiscal cliff negotiations.  The upcoming fiscal cliff negotiations are going [...]

Joe Lueken is another one of those bosses I wish more Americans could work for.  For the past 46 years, Lueken has been a successful grocer and come January 1st, he is transferring ownership of his three supermarkets to his nearly 400 employees through an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP). Despite the fact that Lueken [...]

This video was directed by independent film maker – Gina Levy.  This is her video and these are her words. Mitt Romney has repeatedly asserted that his experience as a successful businessman qualifies him to be President.  The workers from the Sensata plant in Freeport, Illinois, pop. 25,000, ardently disagree.  This factory, majority owned by [...]

“Overall, the improving tone in the economic data is recent weeks is consistent with the emerging picture of better momentum in the economic recovery.  And even though the pace of growth will likely remain subdued, activity should pick-up more meaningfully in the second half of next year after the current uncertainties are lifted.” ~Millan Mulraine, [...]

Romney’s position on the auto bailout moved from “if you do it – it’s going to be a disaster” to “I’ll take credit for the fact the auto industry” to the false claim that Chrysler is moving it’s Jeep manufacturing to China.  Romney has been subjugated to telling voters – I would have done a [...]

Let me just say congratulations to David Letterman for a great 1-2 punch on Mr. Trump.  The look on his face is priceless … BUSTED stone cold and even one of the world’s biggest bullshitters couldn’t figure out what to say. See if you can explain the disconnect between Donald Trump’s constant lambasting about China [...]