The link takes you to an interactive report by The Project on Student Debt. (Corrected link…rdan)

by reader Tinman Failout Part 2 – The Example or “The Uncle Sam Payment Plan (USPP)©”Previously we put forth a fairly simple solution to the “housing/mortgage/credit crisis”. Let’s follow the solution through using our example above; Mr. & Mrs. Smith, earning $75k/year, have just had their monthly expenses dropped by a whole bunch however, here […]

This link provides great visuals for those who follow the media and the pundits.

Op ed by reader tinman A Failout in Three PartsOrWhat Do We Do From Here? Failout Part 1 – The Solution or “Pulling the TARP Over the Body (Economy)” What’s the best answer to our “credit crisis”? Pay the money to the banks via the borrowers.Pay off their mortgage; make the note whole in the […]

by reader SKG The Fulton County Commission is a 7 member commision, with 5 elected by district, and 2 elected county-wide. The result of this structure was that the residents of the City of Atlanta (and to a lesser degree South Fulton) completely controlled the County Commission by controlling 2 seats, and the 2 county-wide […]

by cactus Reading Between the Lines of an Excuse Here’s a story you probably already heard. The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August. According to financial disclosure records, the accessorizing began […]

rdan Here for your consideration is a private company made up of defense contractors running city governments in the state of Georgia, USA. Privatized Cities — When the government of the city of Sandy Springs in Georgia decided to bring in a multinational corporation to run all of the city’s services – with the exception […]

rdan Potability, Politics, and PipesBy David ZetlandA Guest Post (Freakonomics) In 2000, the United Nations declared an intention to reach eight Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) — each with one or more targets — by 2015. The MDG’s are attracting a lot of money, but money can’t fix everything. Since I’m a water guy, I’ll explain […]

by cactus Economic Catastrophes – Another Look at Economic Performance by Presidential Party Since we’re in a period of economic crisis, I started thinking about crises of the past. Its not always easy to define whether a moment in time is more than just part of ups and downs in a run-of-the-mill business cycle or […]

NYT reports on Question 1 proposing the repeal of the MA state income tax over two years. That view is exactly what most state and local officials in Massachusetts are afraid of. Amid the whirlwind presidential election, Massachusetts has a ballot contest of its own this November that could drastically alter — some would say […]