Getting something is better than getting nothing
The federal government is planning to impose restrictions on credit card companies and banks limiting the fees they can charge their customers. It’s too little too late. Upon hearing this the credit card companies and banks have started to raise…
Furlough state workers, don’t fire them
We are all so caught up in this health care discussion another very important issue is going unnoticed, the loss of our quality State Parks and more jobs in Missouri. When your children’s school is no longer able to book…
Seniors are suffering, too
In regard to Ellen Goodman’s column in the Oct. 23 Post-Dispatch, questioning the reasoning of President Obama’s recent thought about issuing another $250 one time check in lieu of a COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) to Seniors throughout our country,…
There should be no surprise about the state of our economy
I don’t know why people are so surprised at what George W. Bush did to the economy. Anyone with a decent memory was unsurprised, as I was. When Ronald “Gubmint isn’t the solution, gubmint is the problem.” Reagan was in…
Using my windfall to buy a stake in the Rams won’t be easy
Let’s talk about how to make the economy better
The new standard for older Americans
A recent front page article said there will be no Social Security raises. Being older and being stupid are not synonymous with each other, but this reporter and his sources would seem to think so! If you have part D,…
Brighten our future — with jobs
Krugman is wrong on banking
Paul Krugman is amazingly long on education and short on knowledge. He advocates the government regulating bankers pay although only God could know where in the Constitution that authority can be found. I can tell you for certain that such…

