A blog companion to the book by Susan Campbell
This idea is not original with me but I believe I will start spending my money in places where I agree more with the politics surrounding gun legislation. Actually, states that don’t agree with my views on gun safety are often the same ones that don’t agree with my views on reproductive rights and other issues …
Continue reading “So I’m now considering boycotting a whole buncha states”
Money can’t buy health.
…only briefly, and only at others’ expense. The Economist looks at a boatload of money-satisfaction-happiness studies and finds that a growing income brings satisfaction — with caveats.
He was costing them money, says Leslie Salzillo, of Daily Kos. After quoting from an Indianapolis Business Journal article that station management had contemplated giving Rushbo the heave-ho for a year and a half, Salzillo writes: And there it is, once again – bonafide proof the boycott against Rush Limbaugh and his sponsors is not …
And thanks, Cynical, for the photo.
The American Psychological Association has released its annual Stress In America report, and it looks like if the recession is in our rearview, it’s still on our minds. From the report: Seventy-two percent of adults report feeling stressed about money at least some of the time and 22 percent say that they experience extreme stress …
Continue reading “The economy’s better, but we’re still stressed about money”
Turns out, not that much — certainly not a half-billion, as some folks like to claim. There’s a bump in the limo business, and strip clubs, but: Imagine, sports economist Victor Matheson posits to SportsOnEarth, that an airplane lands in Phoenix, or any Super Bowl city. Everyone gets out and gives each other a million bucks, then …
Continue reading “So how much does the Super Bowl bring to a host city?”
Amy sends this, an article on how to responsibly and compassionately deal with people who approach you on the street and ask for money. I think this is a great start. As for the “Give (if you can)” I just go ahead and give. I give because I have it and I wasn’t going to …
Gov. Scott Walker survived a recall vote yesterday in one of the most closely-watched elections this season. How’d he do that? Here‘s more on that. And here‘s more on his big donors. So now that those people have donated some $31 million, Death and Taxes asks the obvious: They’re going to rebuild the state now, …
It’s the money. Check out what Mother Jones has to say about the amount of money that’s funding Wisconsin’s recall election today. Also, for your reading pleasure, here‘s a pretty good explainer of the recall. Meanwhile, check out what a couple of Green Bay Packers have to say about the election.
Dating Jesus 