Perhaps the most striking paradox of modern economics is the existence of near-record levels of involuntary unemployment. Consider: there are millions of people who have bills and obligations to pay, for things that they want to keep (but are in danger of losing to their creditors). Among these millions (and their creditors, perhaps), to dig up an antiquated term, you’d think there would be some double-coincidence of wants. That is, couldn’t they help themselves...
So much for not raising taxes on the middle class! I've even heard that benefits from my employer—several hundred dollars per month—might be taxed to pay for Obamacare.
After a grueling bath, Rumor likes to nap on the spare bed. When she was a pup, she was terrified of the bath, and in fact would run and hide for about an hour, under the bed after you dried her off. She’s still no fan of bathing, but she tolerates it now, most of the time. She’s also overcome her fear of cars, last week when I was getting her ready to take...
