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The Falling Dollar

I’ve been doing some searching today around various news and social bookmarking sites, and I have come across some troubling headlines. Actually, it all started this morning while I was watching CNBC. During the show they mentioned that in Jay-Z’s newest music video, in several scenes he has fists full of euros rather than dollars. […]

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Are teachers overpaid?

When seeing a list of jobs that pay well, teacher never makes the cut. Professors at a major university can make some pretty good money, but what about public school teachers in k-12? Well, until I read THIS ARTICLE I thought teacher pay was about right. Sure they don’t make as much as other professions, […]

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Raising The Minimum Wage

It seems as though the arguments over raising the minimum wage, for or against, will just not go away. I can’t really make a decision over what I think is best, (good thing I’m not “the decider” eh?) so I decided to read a bit from both sides point of view.
The federal minimum has not […]

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Canadian government plans end of net debt

Canada’s Conservative government has outlined a plan to eliminate the net federal debt within the next 15 years, steadily cut corporate and personal taxes, and expand private-sector involvement in infrastructure financing.
Delivering an economic and fiscal update to parliament, the finance minister Jim Flaherty said yesterday that “it’s time to mobilize Canadians to make a national […]

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