As confessed, I’m out of time to produce new content right now. But, there’s news still to be covered in song and you look to me. So, I’ve tried to be diligent to recycle blongs relevant to timely news stories, but sometimes you just don’t have a prior rap news song to reboot. I know […]
Category: economics
Manopoly
Janet Yellen broke it. Up until her confirmation this week, the Federal Reserve System was chaired by a long line of these guys: But, our obsession with demographic firsts is pretty stale. Numbers don’t really care. You go, girl. Performed by the ipoetlaureate. Music produced by djclutch. [wpaudio url=”http://www.ipoetblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Monopoly.mp3″ dl=”0″ text=”Homemaker Equity“]
Bright Side
Trust me, it wasn’t for lack of trying. To contract it, I engaged in all the traditional and recommended activities. But, apparently I’m impervious to mononucleosis. I mean a month off from shool?? I would have made it with Mrs. Fink and drank a bottle of baseball team back wash, for 30 straight days of […]
Two Evils
So my wife and I have been trying to get our own finances in order. You would think that counting $6 would be pretty straight forward. The real obstacle to making additional room in your budget is the “fixed” costs. Those are the costs that can’t be eliminated or easily reduced. Think your mortgage or […]
Como say huh?
So the bipartisan Gang of 8 has proposed an immigration bill that would provide a “pathway to citizenship,” as they say, for many undocumented workers already in the country. To the extent it has some Republican support in the Senate, this represents a kind of reverse course. The November election, among other lessons, has conservatives […]
Cliffhanger
They’ve dubbed it the fiscal cliff. The simultaneous expiration of the Bush era tax cuts and decreases to critical government spending. It would result in higher taxes for nearly everyone and almost certainly a new recession, say the experts. To reduce the deficit and avoid the cliff, the President wants to increase taxes for the […]
In the Conservatory with the Wrench
Look. Our house is a mess. I think I saw my kids using full stalks of celery to spoon peanut butter from the same tupperware our cats use. In the bathroom. The crunchy. I’m just saying. I’ve worn an oven mitt to do yard work. And, to groom the aforementioned feline. And, to bake Tollhouse. […]
A Cheeseburger in Paradise
Wait. Not the same Buffett? Don’t lie. You thought that the “Buffett Rule” had something to do with prohibitions against trips to Margaritaville or otherwise getting drunk and turning repeatedly. Didn’t you? And, some, hopefully smaller, percentage of you thought it was a ban on one of any of the various forms of acquiring food […]
Cradle to the Casket
So, the Greek economy has been on the verge of collapse for months. The European Union (EU) this past week approved a bailout that would for the foreseeable future allow them to continue to participate in the EU and the euro. In an apparently unexpected move, Greece’s Prime Minister, George Papandreou, plans to put the […]
I.O.U.s
I was on the road when I originally made this post. My laptop battery was literally within seconds of failing when I uploaded the two songs. I may or may not have been in a strip mall parking lot at about midnight pirating a certain well-known, Northwestern-based coffee bean company’s wi-fi to get]]><![CDATA[ it done. […]
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