The government says consumers increased spending for a second straight month in February even though their incomes slipped because of continuing layoffs. ...more

March 28, 2009

Our nation's personal savings rate is now at its lowest point since the Great Depression. ...more

January 28, 2009

Our nation's personal savings rate is now at its lowest point since the Great Depression. Let's then take a look at what the scenario might be if the breadwinner in a young family walked out the door one day and died before the day ended. ...more

January 28, 2009

It's time to turn around America, and we need to start here in Florida. Our state is already economic-distress ground zero: shrinking home values, expanding unemployment, growing piles of unpaid bills on working families' tables. It's no surprise the economy has overtaken the war in Iraq as the top concern of Americans. ...more

February 20, 2008

"The first thing I'd love to do as president: Put a 'Going out of business' sign on the Internal Revenue Service." ...more

January 14, 2008