The Economy

Alan Simpson violated a taboo last week when he likened Social Security to "a milk cow with 310 million tits." But contrary to the dictionary-deprived critics who accused him of sexist vulgarity, the former Wyoming senator's transgression had nothing to do with his use of a perfectly acceptable synonym for teat. Simpson's real sin was "belittling a bedrock program," as the AARP put it—i.e., showing insufficient reverence for a sacred cow.

No one would make the effort to acquire anything that would immediately be stolen. The right to acquire is primary, for possession serves acquisition. Government protects the possessions of the rich in order to guarantee the right of the non-rich to acquire what they need for their convenience and happiness.

GM's IPO: Finally Taxpayers Get a Break -

General Motors has announced it will take its stock public as a move toward repaying its bailout package. About time, writes Daniel Ikenson: "A GM initial public offering is the right move, and cannot happen soon enough.

Politicians and pundits often use the word “fair” to describe policies they favor. But what does “fair” really mean?

Downsizing the Department of Transportation -

Manipulating Science -

Commentators way wiser than I are proclaiming the slight decrease in the unemployment rate signals a turn-around for the American economy. Let me state my less wise view:

Although...

this may seem mean spirited, it is not intended to be. My intention with this illustration is to put a mirror on humanity. While the controversy of Helen Keller being played by a sighted and hearing actress on Broadway was discussed in the news, for some reason, I pondered the shape of the music industry and how the pirating of digital media has affected it's stability.

To those that believed or stated that laissez-faire-capitalism, which we've never really had as an economic system, and probably shouldn't...

was the culprit of the busting economic bubble of late... there is invisible, there is transparent and there is apparent. Well apparently after peeling back the translucent layers, the guilt seems to be with congressional meddling, market twisting creative regulations and a goodhearted, yet backward left-right hand shake of Government greasing palms and wheels so to speak, as opposed to keeping hands off.

Of Course LOSERS being Rip-Offs and Pirates... or in other words Our Family Members and Friends