The financial squeeze on Americans got tighter over the past decade as housing expenses - everything from mortgage payments and rent, to utilities and insurance - far outpaced the growth in incomes, a new study shows. ...more

October 12, 2008

Social Security and payroll tax is just too big of a problem for our good ole boys to understand. Make the change and spend the money as was intended when these programs were conceived. ...more

September 24, 2008

Florida's continuing revenue shortfall - projected to be in the billions of dollars this year and next - is unprecedented. The partisan dispute over it is anything but. ...more

September 22, 2008

Troubled borrowers with home loans from IndyMac Federal Bank will be able to switch to fixed-rate mortgages under a new plan from federal regulators, who seized the bank last month after it became the largest regulated thrift to fail. ...more

August 21, 2008

Social Security turns 73 this month, marking over seven decades of one of the nation's most successful and important social programs. As Barack Obama has said, it is "the cornerstone of the social compact in this country." ...more

August 18, 2008

Florida jumped to third nationwide in the rate of foreclosures in July, a report released Wednesday by housing research firm RealtyTrac says. ...more

August 14, 2008

When restaurant diners leave a tip for their waiters, they intend to recognize good service, not bolster a company's bottom line. ...more

August 8, 2008

Questions and answers about the housing bill signed by President Bush on Wednesday to help as many as 400,000 struggling homeowners facing foreclosure: ...more

July 31, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist said the property tax breaks that voters adopted in January would "fire up" the state's economic engine. ...more

July 17, 2008

With a foreclosure rescue bill facing an uncertain fate in Congress, federal regulators are putting the final touches on new rules designed to curb irresponsible mortgage lending and help some struggling homeowners refinance into more affordable loans. ...more

July 9, 2008