Tag: Business

How bad do you need it?

JZ's Blog | Apr. 01, 2011 3 comments

How bad do you need it?

Times are tough. Home prices continue to fall. Gas prices and food prices continue to climb. Unemployment just dropped to 8.8%, but it sure doesn’t feel like it’s getting any better. We keep hearing that things are looking up. If that’s true, I would hate to see what happens if things get worse again!

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Out With The Old

JZ's Blog | Mar. 21, 2011 9 comments

For the first time in our country’s history, we have municipalities that could possibly go bankrupt. We have a national government that is trillions of dollars in debt, and that number is growing by the second. Why do you think that is?

We have a HUGE problem with elected officials in this country today, and it’s called CAREER POLITICIANS. For most of these people, political service isn’t about the issues. It isn’t about what they’re going to do for their country or their constituents. It’s about getting elected…over and over and over again.

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Pain at the Pump

JZ's Blog | Mar. 16, 2011 8 comments

Pain at the Pump

Prices at the pump are high. The national average for a gallon of regular, self-serve gasoline was $3.50 as of March 4 – a 32.7-cent increase from the previous survey…

Contrary to what many experts and media outlets would have you believe, this is NOT a supply issue. There’s still plenty of petroleum out there! Crude oil prices are actually going up because the market is being manipulated. Yes, that’s right: the market is being MANIPULATED!!

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Goodbye, Things

This is the last post in my “Ready or Not, Here It Comes” series. Every other post talked about changes already taking place that will fundamentally alter our way of life. This post, however, may be the most surprising…and scary.

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Goodbye, Books

The signs had been there for awhile, but the announcement finally came last week: Borders filed for bankruptcy. The 40-year old retail giant will be closing 200 of its more than 650 stores and laying off of a large portion of its nearly 20,000 person workforce.

Did anyone NOT see this coming??

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