Cutting costs for the holiday?
What is it all coming to when the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas, representing 700 of the nation’s favorite fat man, meet to discuss the encroaching economic crisis? No…
This will lift your spirits!
Thanks to Kara Swisher for this idea: lift your spirits to Mike Settle singing the classic “What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor”
Bar Stool Economics: Explaining our Tax System
There’s a parable that’s been kicking around for years that I ran across recently and wanted to share with you. I haven’t seen it in years but it’s an insightful parody of our tax system with a golden nugget of truth at its core.
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Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this: (more…)
A pigeon and a stock trader are . . . .
Today's NY Times carried a refreshing article about the typically dark humor that usually accompanies difficult times. and this time on Wall Street. You can also visit the front page…