Money Matters - Part 2

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Lol.... not that I speak it.

Census Bureau typically hires and lays off the same people multiple times. Each time they are hired, it counts as a new job created! Incredible.

Gotta love the logic.

Market is cratering again because the employment numbers were a big disappointment - virtually all government hiring.

Jim say still no logs coming in the yard. Its starting to look scary. They deal with hardwood only. Some Pine/soft woods are still going strong.

Not good.

Now Hungary is the latest European casualty.

Ouch - the Dow was down 325 pts.

Unbelievable, yet very believable.

http://www.businessinsider.com/mta-salaries-2010-6

That MTA is SO corrupt.

And has been for a LONG time. My father's cuz worked high up there in the 80's and quit because of it. That's when Gunn was running the TA.

Your money at work!!



According to Appendix A-1 of Jason Gauthier’s 2002 study entitled Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses from 1790 to 2000, the cost to perform the census has risen over the decades at a rate staggeringly higher than the rate of the growth of the population itself.


Consider this chart from Gauthier’s study:


YEAR POPULATION CENSUS COST
1790 3,929,214 $44,377
1800 5,308,483 $66,109
1810 7,239,881 $178,445
1820 9,633,822 $208,526
1830 12,866,020 $378,545
1840 17,069,458 $ 833,371
1850 23,191,876 $1,423,351
1860 31,443,321 $1,969,377
1870 38,558,371 $3,421,198
1880 50,155,783 $5,790,678
1890 62,979,766 $11,547,127
1900 76,303,387 $11,854,000
1910 91,972,266 $15,968,000
1920 105,710,620 $25,117,000
1930 122,775,046 $40,156,000
1940 131,669,275 $67,527,000
1950 151,325,798 $91,462,000
1960 179,323,175 $127,934,000
1970 203,302,031 $247,653,000
1980 226,542,199 $1,078,488,000
1990 248,718,301 $2,492,830,000
2000 281,421,906 $4,500,000,000
2010 308,983,000* $14,500,000,000*

That last figure is a huge jump!

You noticed!

Pop and bucks dont look great.

Tough for young people.


http://www.cnbc.com/id/37573330

I've noticed a lot of townships cutting back on mowing the medians and the sides of the roads. Some areas though are dangerous, you can't see around these 4' high weeds at a jughandle, so they've been just cutting the edge....since you're there just do the whole thing for pete's sake!

My new fridge is being delivered this morning :-)

Yay, what kind did you get?

Whirlpool, freezer on the bottom. Now I wont have to bend over to get my beer!

Those are nice!

Bernanke says don't worry about Europe affecting us. Given his track record, worry.

I want one with those freezers on the bottom

22 CU, icemaker and its black. 1283.00 but I wish I had the cha-ching for a stainless.

I would like one like that too.

we have the stainless one:)

& the stainless stove, micowave & dishwasher too? If you say yes.............

My fridge is stainless, but side by side. Stainless dishwasher too.

actually yes to all - did not get them at the same time - within a couple years of each other though - stainless steel grill too:)

Victor Wha - I hate you :-)

I really don't care for the stainless.

Not crazy about the look, but love the easy clean.

doesn't go with my color scheme.

wife's choice here although i do like the look

I have black everything, the textured on the fridge is nice doesn't show fingerprints but everything else...UGH
I HATE my side by side fridge, constantly having to move stuff around, pizza box doesn't fit.

the bottom freezer is ok - however there is always something that does not fit good in any design

Thats what the small chest freeze is for that I have not used. Soon will be 2 years!

Yes - hard to stuff the MIL in the freezer.

and the seesaw of the market continues - up over 200 at the moment

ok - I went to open the cupboard and the glass fell out of the door. Granted I am 50+ and I caught the #^*! thing. Lucky it hit the counter first and broke the fall a bit. I got it by the corner right in the palm of my hand. Very slight cut but man it could of been worse.

Why didnt I just let it fall?