Entries Tagged as 'government'

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

The National Debt - A party foul of epic proportions

Our national debt scares me. It’s currently at $12.7 trillion. We also have a $1.4 trillion dollar budget deficit so that’s how much it’s growing by each year….plus interest. We only collect $2.2 trillion in tax revenues each year, which means that we’re about 6 years worth of income in debt.
Think about how much you [...]

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Health Insurance - It’s got you covered.

So after much debate, the Healthcare Reform bill has passed. A lot of people are calling for it to be repealed, and 14 states are sueing the government apparently because they don’t want to provide what the bill says they must. Whether it lasts very long is yet to be seen, but I suspect it [...]

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Bomb Scare

Today 7th ave around where I work was closed down due to a bomb scare. What caused this scare, do you ask? Well it was due to a suitcase being left in a nearby Starbucks. Yes, very scary indeed.
Not that it was a huge deal; we just had to enter and exit the building through [...]