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The sky is not falling…

The sky is not falling.  Quite frankly nothing is being done there is no movement at all.  Congress gave up and walked away for the issues it faces.  The Bush tax cuts will expire for all tax brackets.  The Estate Tax will have a million dollar exemption and then be...

Racism in Chicago

Now that “King Richard” is not running all politicians seem to be lining up according to ethnicity lines.  All coalitions are looking to back a single candidate along their ethnicity in a bold attempt to grab the keys to the city.  We are also seeing politicians...

Business for profit

I had recently read an article that struck me for being so basic that most people probably don’t even think about it. The basic function of running a business to generate a profit for the owner(s) period.  Businesses are not run for the governments benefit to generate...

Looks like the world is flat…

As noted in Thomas Friedman’s “The World is Flat” white collar jobs are very easy to transfer to other countries.  The US is projected to lose $136 billion in wages by 2015.  This is from Forrester Research who states that the jobs will go to low cost countries such...

Women in the workforce

It seems that women paychecks are finally going to exceed total male paychecks. Of the 122 million women age 16 years and over in the U.S., 72 million, or 59.2 percent, were labor force participants—working or looking for work. Women comprised 46.8 percent of the...

Time for the Lightning Rod Salesman

The days are starting to get shorter.  The kids are back in school.  Fall is on its way and it is time for the Lightning Rod Salesman to come to town.  The best time of year. Time to get back to work…

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