Personal Finance

Any reader of the news frequently hears that women earn 77 cents on the male dollar. Fifteen years ago, an organization called the National Committee on Pay Equity marked April 20 “Equal Pay Day,” because that is the day on which the average working woman will make her “full” salary (meaning it takes her 15+ [...]

With one hour to spare, the government of these great United States was able to agree on a budget for the upcoming fiscal year that avoided a shutdown.  $38 billion in budget cuts were introduced, all of which seems to have come from cutting discretionary spending, a category which has no real function other than [...]

It’s no secret that I live and breathe the 80′s and two of the main reasons why are the creative works of Meatloaf and Gary Busey.  If you haven’t seen movies like Lethal Weapon, Under Siege or Point Break, then you probably  aren’t a Gary Busey fan.  Likewise, if You Wouldn’t Do Anything For Love, [...]

Inflation, simply put, is the rise in the price of goods over a period of time. When grandparents recount how little bread or cars cost when they first began working, they’re talking about the phenomenon of inflation. Many things can drive up the costs of certain goods in the short or long-term and inflation refers [...]