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Economic Collapse? More states going bankrupt? Towns layoff all of there workforce?

Kim — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:31:36 +0000

I got some interesting news form our YouTube friend GoatHallow.

Maywood to lay off all city employees, dismantle Police Department

32 States Now Officially Bankrupt: $37.8 Billion Borrowed From Treasury To Fund Unemployment; CA, MI, NY Worst

Congressman Ron Paul discusses the crisis in Greece

Kim — Tue, 11 May 2010 04:39:54 +0000

Economic Watch: City To Close Almost Half Of Its Schools

Kim — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:54:50 +0000

We found a news article on Kansas City closing 29 schools, and some Canadian news on unemployment.

47,700 fewer Canadians receiving regular EI benefits

Massive school closures in KC to be done by fall

Kansas City school board to vote on closures (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
In Kansas City, school’s out | Sasha Abramsky (guardian.co.uk)
Bleak budgets force schools to consider closure (msnbc.msn.com)

Economic Watch Obama Health Care Bill Reform Passes And My Thoughts About It

Kim — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:24:18 +0000

We have been following this subject for a while. Having talked with our American friends, there seems to be good and bad things about the Obama health care reform that passed on Sunday. I just thought I would give my thoughts as an outsider on it.

ECONOMIC WATCH Dollar Stores Closing?

Kim — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:40:39 +0000

Hubby found this video from a subscriber of ours, thought maybe things are worse than we think yet…

Check out this video of more info.

Economic Collapse Dollar Store Shut Down Inventory confiscated

Economic Collapse? Some Commentary And Personal Update

Kim — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:55:27 +0000

We have some new ideas with this series. And sharing a short story form a friend about the economic stance.

Economic Collapse? Another Recession & Credit crunch?

Kim — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:50:08 +0000

As things are still barley chugging along, what can we expect in the months to come?

Here comes the taxes! Bank fees and Flight fees plus a few shout outs

Kim — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:00:47 +0000

Found a couple of new fee surcharges (taxes) on our daily living expenses. Also shout outs to some great YouTube channels. Links are on our YouTube page.

Banks May Use Payday-Style Loans to Replace Lost Overdraft Fees

Baird announces new flight fees for airport security

Chinese Hummer deal falls through

Kim — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:06:08 +0000

A quick vid about the hummer deal that I have been following.

Hummer to close after collapse of Chinese deal

Looking for a heads up (for my friends in realestate)

Kim — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:07:07 +0000

The way I see it the American realestate market was first to go down and some realitors may have found ways of continuing through the bad times. I believe in being proactive not waiting for it to crash in the event of a Canadian downturn want to be prepared.