HappyTrails

Is it possible that some of these people did NOT get the memo that we seem to be falling into a national depression, and if every one of us does not take great care in what we do, we are all going to hell in a really big handbasket?  Really, how smart can it be to raise taxes when so many people are losing their jobs, their homes are being foreclosed, and basic needs are not affordable?

North Carolina wants to raise their highway use tax a percent, and are looking at other ways as well, such as raising tolls.

A friend just sent me an email and said, “pass this on”:  Iif you bank online, you might be able to find out faster — her bank in Pennsylvania is quietly calling their callable CD’s.  So, if you got a good interest rate on a callable CD somewhere, you better check it regularly, if it has not already been called.  It is possible you will not get any formal notification until just before your new maturity date, and new, pay you nothing, interest rate.  It is up to you to find out — assuming of course, you had any money to invest in the first place.

This same buddy has been complaining that down in Pittsburgh (Allegheny County) there’s been a big drink tax levied.  Well, true to form, I searched YouTube, and found a protest song.  It seems people are not too happy about it.

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