OK you Wisconsin beer guzzlers. Guzzle a 6 pak of this!!!

At $120 a bottle it had better be damn good!!

Truffle-infused beer exists. A 22-ounce bottle is going for $120 http://t.co/OkGUV83aYN
— New York Nightlife (@NYNightlife) July 7, 2014

Do you have any idea what it costs you working folks to get to work?

READ THIS ARTICLE and you'll be shocked and the Saudi family will be delighted.

I'M GLAD TO SEE PENNY'S IS MAKING A COME BACK.

SALES UP 6% in the first quarter of the year and that's the second quarter of sales increase they've had.

I always liked shopping at Penny's.  Hope they stay around for a long time.

Meanwhile WAL-MART SALES ARE THE WEAKEST THEY'VE BEEN IN FIVE YEARS.  I love hearing that!

GETTING OLD? HEAD FOR SOUTH DAKOTA!

BANKRATE.COM says it may be cold in the winter but if you're planning to retire, there's no better place to be in the USA than SOUTH DAKOTA!

South Dakota has one of the highest health care rankings in the USA.  It has a low cost of living and the sixth lowest crime rate in the country and you're going to LOVE the lower taxes.

After South Dakota comes Colorado, Utah, North Dakota and Wyoming.

Notice two things.  They're all in the middle of the country and they're all west of the Mississippi River.

I've said it many times and I'll say it again.  Anyone living east of the Mississippi isn't really living.  And, if you're going to live in the WEST you might as well live in the BEST state and we all know which state this is, don't we?

 

Thanks to Ron for sending me the article.

PILLS=$$$$$$$

Why are your pills so expensive?

German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer says it plans to buy Merck & Co's consumer care business for $14.2 billion - @AP
— Breaking News Money (@breakingmoney) May 6, 2014

SUMMERTIME WORK

If you're kid is looking for a summertime job, the best place for a kid to work a summertime job is SEATTLE.  They just raised THE MINIMUM WAGE to $15.00 an hour!

SAN FRANCISCO RENT

Renting an apartment in San Francisco is a bit more expensive today than it was in my day back in the '60 when I lived there!

The average rent for a studio apartment in the Golden Gate City, these days, is $2,100 A MONTH!

Next time you wring your hands because you "don't have enough money", remember this....

85% of the world's population makes less than $200 a month.
— Facts (@TheFactsBook) May 1, 2014

Too bad we can't send some of our rain to Brazil.

We're getting more rain than we know

what to do with in Wisconsin.  That, and the cool spring, will mean a later planting time.  Meanwhile, Brazil is in a drought.  That means HIGHER COFFEE PRICES.

You might be interested in this article from the Washington Post which argures that owning your own home is about the dumbest thing you can do.

READ IT RIGHT HERE

It's a fact!

Starbucks spends more money on health insurance for its employees than on coffee beans.
— Facts (@TheFactsBook) April 23, 2014

AIR FARES

More air #taxes? Congress treats airline passengers like a piggy bank. Learn more: http://t.co/g2ufI4eq3H #taxday pic.twitter.com/yi4fNzpJje
— Airlines for America (@AirlinesDotOrg) April 15, 2014

THE DONALD

So.  The Donald bought himself a new plane.  This sure as hell would beat sitting in coach class on a low fare airline with a bag of peanuts in your hand.

 

SEARS OBIT

It was in 1972 that Sears started building what, then, was to be the worlds tallest building.  It's still a landmark building but, alas no longer the tallest and no longer the Sears Building.

And now, the final nail in the coffin.  Sears retail store, that has been doing business in Chicago's loop since 1932, has gone out of business and closed this past Sunday.

TAX ON WOMEN?

The Marriage Penalty: Outdated Tax Code Gives Some Working Spouses A Bad Deal http://t.co/LQaUOj6Tlb #taxes pic.twitter.com/S4KX85PynD
— NPR Business (@nprbusiness) April 14, 2014

MOVIES "MADE IN CHINA"

Did you know that China's movie industry has invested in two up-coming Hollywood movies?  Chinese movie interests also have stakes in some of the biggest USA movie chains that account for half of all ticket sales in this country.

TRAVEL NOTES

Donnie says, "It is now so costly to fly from Austin to La Crosse (Round trip is $600+) that it is nearly cheaper to drive, even with hotels and gas."

And, Ron tells me, "We leave our ship in Florida, this morning, and start heading home."

I can't remember where  they were "floating from" but, I'm sure, we'll get a report when they get back.

Who's going to bring home the bacon now?

Your breakfast just got more expensive. Bacon prices to rise after virus kills baby pigs. http://t.co/UjSyardPSY
— WXOW News 19 (@WXOW) April 8, 2014

$$$$ MADNESS

HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES

Think your gas prices are too high?  You could always move to Manhattan.  Almost nobody, who lives there, owns a car.  Of course, rent is a touch higher than it is around here.  In fact, the AVERAGE RENT IN MANHATTAN IS $3,418.00 A MONTH.  You might have already guessed that buying a home on that glittering island is simply out of the question.

THINK ABOUT IT

QUOTE OF THE DAY comes from M. I. T. economist Daron Acemoglu.

"When one person can write a check to finance your whole campaign, how inclusive will you be, as an elected official, to listen to competing voices?"