Sure, But what about your paycheck? In an op/ed by Mitch McConnell for Yahoo News, the Senate Republican Leader said that “Earlier this week, I helped negotiate an imperfect solution aimed at avoiding the so-called “fiscal cliff.” If I had my way taxes would not have gone up on anyone, but the unavoidable fact was […]

Good for the economy or not? Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington all bumped up their minimum wages.  In all of the states except one, Rhode Island, the pay hikes are part of automatic adjustments designed to keep up with the cost of living. While on the surface, especially […]

What might be more important is the Dairy Cliff Dateline Washington: Tuesday, 1 J anuary 2013, Zero Dark Thirty The masterminds in the Senate finally pass a measure regarding the fiscal cliff.  Of course it is to pull us up from the precipice not keep us from going over.  …they missed that one. According to […]