If I’ve said it once in this feature, I’ve said it a hundred times: low paying jobs with no benefits created at McDonald’s and Wal-Mart aren’t worth layoffs for decent paying government jobs with respectable benefits. In a previous WCE titled “Why the Bush Tax Cuts Actually COST Jobs” I debunked the myth that tax…
Category: Wednesday
WCE: Why the Private Sector Has to Create Jobs and Quit Blaming Obama
So lately we’ve heard a lot about unemployment figures and we’ve especially heard that they’re the President’s fault. That he has to do more to create jobs. That he has to eat lightening and crap rainbows. Wait…we haven’t heard that last one? Well it’s about as realistic as saying the President can singlehandedly stop companies…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): Weinergate, a “Scandal” For Our Time
I remember going to see the movie The Social Network last year and critics hailing its relevance and cutting edge themes. I guess because the world of movies is so slow to react to changing times (this Summer brings us a Conan the Barbarian remake among other franchises better left for dead) that any movie…
Fast Food Critic: New York Style Pizza
New York is known for their pizza (the city of New York, the state of New York is more known for roasted squirrel and living in tundra conditions 9 months out of the year that no rational person would), so it’s only right to stack it up against former FFC champs like Pizza Hut Loaded…
Working Class Economist: Outsourcing is a Greater Threat to America than Terrorism
I’ll try to keep this post short as my head is still spinning from yesterday’s self-debate. First, congratulations to Obama on killing Osama Bin Laden. Second, now maybe he could work on America’s real enemy number 1: outsourcing. Instead of bombarding you with statistics you might not believe, I’ll just put what’s happened to America…
Working Class Economist: Banks are Too Big To Fail, but America Isn’t
So last night I watched the HBO TV film Too Big Too Fail, and even though I was already well versed in what led to the economic disaster of 2008, some things still surprised me. 1. Exactly what went into the behind the scenes negotiations the days of and how much power the banks actually…
Fast Food Critic: Soul Daddy, When Reality TV Tries to Open Restaurants
Today brings something new to The Fast Food Critic. First, we get to do a crossover with a TV Review I ran a few weeks back for America’s Next Great Restaurant, NBC’s reality competition to see who could make a restaurant that Chipotle founder, Judge, and uber bitch Steve Ells (who looks and acts like…
Working Class Economist: You Don’t Have to be a Socialist to Think Fiscal Conservatives Are Out of Control
“Socialist.” That one word is thrown around more than any other by the right wing trying to dismiss or slander anyone from me to President Obama. And since it’s hard to factually shoot down–unlike Obama not being born in the US–it lingers a lot longer, existing in that nebulous region of rumors you don’t have…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): Life Post-Bin Laden
Two weeks ago, an event happened that is so significant it’s easy to take it for granted. Osama Bin Laden–the terrorist mastermind that ripped a hole through the comfort level of Americans almost a decade ago, and has been up to no good for much longer–is finally dead. In the 24 hour news cycle that…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): America’s Next Top Sucker
By now articles saying reality TV is the downfall of Western civilization are as redundant as they are true, but there’s a phenomenon few people mention when talking about reality TV. The entire premise of the genre is that a seemingly unqualified bum off the street can rise to great heights—I pointed out that this…
The Fast Food Critic: Pizza Hut’s Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza
As I mentioned way back as rule 1 of eating unhealthy: If something has more than a handful of words (think So&So’s bacon ranch chicken cheesy poppers) it almost definitely isn’t healthy. You don’t need more than that to say “Caesar” and “Salad” or even “sandwich.” So today brings Pizza Hut’s Ultimate Stuffed Crust Pizza,…
Working Class Economist: Drinking at Home, No Longer for Alcoholics
This item is about the money you can save drinking at home instead of at a bar. I’ll keep this brief because, let’s be honest, if you’re interested in reading an article solely about the price of bar drinks you might not be on this blog in the first place. By now you know some…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): Thank You For My Health Insurance President Obama
The youth vote is a notoriously disappointing demographic for a politician to court. To get the them you have to risk saying things that will alienate other voters, they’re hard to fully please, and 9 times out of 10 they won’t show up to vote at all. In 2008, an astounding three quarters of people…