Record numbers of Americans giving up their citizenship each year

Uncle Sam is raking in millions of dollars from something people might not imagine- the record numbers of Americans giving up their citizenship each year. The U.S. government has collected nearly $12.6 million in fees since fall 2014, after quintupling the amount it charges for renunciations, according to a recent statement…

Flint, Michigan water crisis spurs GoFundMe page

It’s no joke when you talk about the water supply in Flint, Michigan. Currently, it is so contaminated with lead that it can been seen spewing out of faucets in unnatural shades of yellow and brown. Sadly, blood tests of many of the resident including children shows increased levels of…

The 10 Most Stressful Jobs You Can Have

Complaining about job stress is common. Most people wish they were doing something else most of the time and those that truly wake and can’t wait to start working are less than 1% of the population.   In all honestly, its easy to say that your workplace pressure doesn’t measure up…

Defense Spending: the full serve buffet will be a little less this year

The Pentagon is not really broke. The amount of money available just isn’t what it was before. Worst-case scenario, it will only have about $496 billion to spend this year. That is a huge amount of money, don’t get us wrong but that’s also less money than it used to have,…

Is the ‘revenue recession’ getting worse?

When it come comes to this earnings season, the S&P 500 companies are expected to see profits drop by nearly 6%. It’s the top line of companies’ income statements that could actually be the biggest concern for all of us. Currently, third-quarter revenues are projected to fall to about 3.3%…

Are we closer to deflation that we think?

Much of the talk around Deflation these days is centered on the euro zone and parts of other emerging markets. However the bigger picture show the U.S. is dancing on the brink itself. It it wasn’t for a comparatively high inflation rate in the Western quadrant the truth is the U.S….