Tag: Rhode Island

What Everybody Ought To Know…About Their State Pension

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - June 1, 2011

A Not So Smooth Landing The unfunded liability facing states across the country is much larger than is being reported, not only because investment-return expectations...

A Path to State Bankruptcy

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - May 19, 2011

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile With the Memphis blues again?” -Bob Dylan To be stuck inside of Mobile with...

An American Greek Tragedy

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - May 12, 2011

You may have heard. Greece couldn’t adhere to its deficit-reduction targets. Investors want nothing to do with its debt. It takes a 15.7% yield...

S&P Negative Outlook: The Beginning of the End

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - May 5, 2011

OK, so Standard & Poor’s has slapped a negative outlook on the U.S. government. Too bad we can’t eat our debt. All I can...

You Will Not Believe This

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - March 24, 2011

North Dakota is doing all the little things to help it manage its natural resources effectively, like keeping taxes low and being a right-to-work...

Four Days to Go

Richard C. Young - October 29, 2010

In Rhode Island conservatives have a chance to repeat the Scott Brown victory by electing John Loughlin to the seat currently held by Patrick...

10 More Reasons to Keep the Pressure On

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - October 22, 2010

1. Politicians think you’re not paying attention. As Jeff Jacoby of The Boston Globe writes in his piece “Fannie, Freddie, Frank, and Fiction,” Barney...

A Seat is Waiting for You

E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy - June 18, 2010

Baseball is buzzing once again, thanks to 21-year-old Washington Nationals pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg, who in his first two starts has two wins, 22...