February 2009

How do we deserve these morons?

February 12, 2009

Yesterday I heard our new governor, Jan Brewer, the Republican former Secretary of State who succeeded Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano, speaking on the local NPR station. Some of the things she said were breathtaking. It is hard to understand how such retrograde fools get into public office. Well, no it’s not. One of her proud [...]

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Should I apply for unemployment?

February 11, 2009

The Great Desert University has been approved for an unemployment insurance program called Shared Work. Basically it means that furloughed employees can collect unemployment for the unpaid furlough days we’re being forced to take off. On the surface, it looks like a good idea. But there are some potential drawbacks. First, unemployment eligibility has been [...]

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Moments of Fame

February 11, 2009

Dollar Frugal hosts the Carnival of Personal Finance this week, with a funny Wizard of Oz them. Funny’s lament about getting practice for “early retirement” (read “layoff”) while still on the job (more or less) appears in this edition. The latest installment of Aryn’s series, “That Makes Me Stabby,” which has been running at Sound [...]

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State legislators get their way

February 10, 2009

So, here’s what happens when you gut a state university’s funding: § Applications to next year’s freshman class at the Great Desert University are closing. § Four dozen academic programs are closing. § Each satellite campus will be left with only one college; all other colleges and programs at those campuses, which serve the eastern [...]

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Carnival of Money Stories

February 10, 2009

Welcome to the 96th edition of the Carnival of Money Stories! Once again we have a great selection of tales of the financially savvy and the financially challenged. I hope you have as much fun reading these posts as I did. Truth to tell, the carnival received quite a few other excellent articles that I [...]

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If I were queen of the world…

February 9, 2009

SDXB forwards this bit of intelligence from Bloomberg: Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the government’s commitment to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation’s home mortgages. And from the Latin American Herald-Tribune we learn this: [...]

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