- https://PayPal.Me/lukeisback
"Luke Ford reports all of the 'juicy' quotes, and has been doing it for years." (Marc B. Shapiro)
"This guy knows all the gossip, the ins and outs, the lashon hara of the Orthodox world. He’s an [expert] in... all the inner workings of the Orthodox world." (Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff)"This generation's Hillel." (Nathan Cofnas)
Category Archives: Economics
NYT: ‘In Hopeful Sign, Health Spending Is Flattening Out’
Why is it a hopeful sign? What’s so great about people spending less money on healthcare? I guess the Left knows the proper amount that people should spend on healthcare and will try to legislate it. I want people to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged changing behavior, fiscal performance, health costs, hopeful sign, private citizens, term debts
Comments Off on NYT: ‘In Hopeful Sign, Health Spending Is Flattening Out’
If You Won’t Let The Free Market Work, You’ll Have To Wait In Line
The New York Times reports today: New York has been among the most aggressive states in trying to protect homeowners from foreclosure, granting new legal protections and turning courts across the state into teeming negotiation centers working to keep people … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged endless paperwork, foreclosure cases, foreclosure relief, government scholarships, grocery clerks, national foreclosure
Comments Off on If You Won’t Let The Free Market Work, You’ll Have To Wait In Line
Best Buy Heads For Bankruptcy
I went to Best Buy on Pico Blvd last Wednesday and the customer service, when I was able to flag a reluctant employee, was shoddy at best. The employees rarely seem educated or enthusiastic, much like the folks I remember … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged earnings announcement, killer product, larry downes, ripe target, street column, wall street journal
Comments Off on Best Buy Heads For Bankruptcy
Who’s To Blame For The Housing Crash?
Dennis Prager recommends these three books: Architects of Ruin: How big government liberals wrecked the global economy—and how they will do it again if no one stops them by Peter Schweizer, Paul Sperry’s The Great American Bank Robbery: The Unauthorized … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
Tagged boom and bust, bush administrations, community reinvestment act, Dennis Prager, department of housing and urban development, fannie mae and freddie mac, federal housing administration, government liberals, peter j wallison, tom sowell
Comments Off on Who’s To Blame For The Housing Crash?
Preparing For Tough Times
“You’re doing three smart things,” a secular Jew told me this week. “You’ve joined a tight community (Orthodox Judaism) where people help each other. You’ve learned a skill (teaching Alexander Technique) that you can make money from anywhere. And you’ve … Continue reading