Extraordinary times require extraordinary actions, the experts say. That's why President-elect Barack Obama is pushing for tax cuts and government spending. This runs counter to how most of us think, considering that the last thing any of us would do is dig deeper in debt when debt is what's sinking us in the first place. But many people much smarter than most of us say this is necessary. ...more

January 7, 2009 |

Ernie Haire Ford caught a break Tuesday when a federal bankruptcy judge ordered several major banks to continue lending to the bankrupt dealership's customers. ...more

January 6, 2009 |

Car manufacturers were granted their bailout. The loan to them is the responsibility of taxpayers who are out of jobs and losing homes and health care perks. Some are even going hungry. ...more

December 26, 2008 |

Enough of this baloney about $75 an hour for auto workers. My father and brother are retired auto workers. They don't make, nor have they ever made, anything close to that kind of a wage. The $75 an hour story has been debunked by the mainstream TV news outlets but newspapers don't investigate and report anymore. They only re-report and the $75 an hour story sells papers. If, as stated, the autoworkers' wages add 10 percent to the cost of an American auto, why do competing Japanese cars cost 10 percent more for comparable American models? ...more

December 9, 2008 |

Gov. Charlie Crist says he's contemplating an emergency freeze on foreclosures for the holidays. ...more

November 25, 2008 |

Gov. Charlie Crist says he's contemplating an emergency freeze on foreclosures for the holidays. ...more

November 24, 2008 |

County Commissioner Jeff Stabin's self-styled economic stimulus package, better known as "HELP," gets off the ground today. ...more

September 8, 2008 |