Cartoon – Truth in medicine
Tag: money
Cartoon – Played My Cards Wrong
How U.S. debt went out of control
How did the U.S. debt get so high? The crucial turning point came back in 2001, said Lori Montgomery. At the time, Uncle Sam was actually running surpluses, and “the outlook was so rosy” that forecasters were predicting the U.S. could pay back every dime it had ever borrowed. That’s when President George W. Bush made a pivotal decision: Rather […]
Read moreSon of mugger makes amends
■ The 15-year-old son of an accused mugger met this week with his father’s alleged victim to make amends. Christian Lunsford sought out Tona Herndon—who had her purse snatched while visiting her late husband’s gravesite in Bethany, Okla.—after learning that his father, Shane, had been arrested for the crime. The teenager met with Herndon to apologize and give back $250 […]
Read moreCartoon – The Future of Inheritance
Groucho Marx Quote – Money
“Money will not make you happy, and happy will not make you money.” – Groucho Marx
Read moreFannie Hurst Quote – Worth A Lot Of Money
“Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.” – Fannie Hurst
Read moreWill Rogers Quote – Too Many People
“Too many people spend money they haven’t earned to buy things they don’t want to impress people they don’t like.” – Will Rogers
Read moreWhy Poor People’s Bad Decisions Make Perfect Sense
There’s no way to structure this coherently. They are random observations that might help explain the mental processes. But often, I think that we look at the academic problems of poverty and have no idea of the why. We know the what and the how, and we can see systemic problems, but it’s rare to have a poor person actually […]
Read more