JLP
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14 years ago @ AllFinancialMatters - Do These Arguments for... · 0 replies · +1 points
You didn't answer my questions.
Also, this isn't a Republican/Democrat issue. Both parties have voted to increase the minimum wage because they are politicians and want votes.
Why do you get so angry over this issue? Why is it a joke? Why can't you discuss things without getting angry?
14 years ago @ AllFinancialMatters - WHERE'S MY TRAFFIC????... · 0 replies · +1 points
Are you saying I shouldn't be concerned with traffic and growth? Just do what I do and don't worry about the stats?
Surely I have to have some sort of gauge as to this blog's effectiveness. The only way I know how to do that is by looking at traffic numbers and revenues.
14 years ago @ AllFinancialMatters - WHERE'S MY TRAFFIC????... · 0 replies · +1 points
AllPoliticalMatters.com isn't getting much traffic because I haven't been posting there--so I wouldn't use that as an argument against my political posts.
As far as RSS Feeds go...I HATE 'EM! I always have and always will. I used to only use partial feeds but I got tired of hearing people complain. Now that I offer full feeds, people seldom stop by the actual site. What's the point in blogging if people aren't visiting the site?
Still, even with the lost traffic due to RSS feeds, it doesn't explain the decrease in search-related traffic and the resulting decrease in Adsense revenues. Regular readers don't click on ads, so I wouldn't expect a decrease in Adsense revenue but that is exactly what I'm experiencing. I think there's a bigger issue at hand but I just haven't figured it out yet.
I filed for reinclusion to the Google index and it was approved on June 15th but traffic has not improved.
I'm at a loss...
14 years ago @ AllFinancialMatters - Do These Arguments for... · 1 reply · +1 points
"...and are often spring boards to something better down the road."
Is this true? My impression is that many many people in this country struggle to support themselves and their family on minimum wage. But I would be interested to see statistics supporting either of our positions/beliefs/impressions.
The term "minimum wage" means that it is the minimum that a company can pay their workers. That to me implies that it is the bottom rung. Those who make minimum wage for a career have decided that they are satisfied with making minimum wage because they...
1. Either can't make more because they are mentally handicapped or
2. Have no education (weak excuse in my opinion), or
3. Simply don't want to improve themselves.
When I shop in a grocery store, Wal Mart, or Target, I'm not seeing lots of people who want to get ahead. Instead, I see people moving barely fast enough so that you can tell they are moving. They are giving minimum effort and getting minimum pay. Raising the minimum wage only rewards such behavior.
14 years ago @ AllFinancialMatters - Do These Arguments for... · 0 replies · +1 points
Don't be a sissy!
There was nothing in my post that was politically-charged other than my statement that the minimum wage is used a political tool (which it is, you know).
Instead of telling me that you're no longer subscribing to my blog, why don't you BACK UP YOUR POSITION!
14 years ago @ AllFinancialMatters - 25% of Borrowers Who R... · 0 replies · +1 points
I'm not excusing the horrendous practices of more than a few mortgage brokers who used the excuse of, "Oh well, if I don't do this they'll only go down the street to some other mortgage broker..."
My point of this post is that the bailouts had limited success because they "helped" people who really couldn't afford the house in the first place. They only prolonged the inevitable.
14 years ago @ Breitbart.com - Obama says Honduran ou... · 0 replies · +8 points
14 years ago @ AllFinancialMatters - Americans Are Saving M... · 0 replies · +1 points
14 years ago @ AllFinancialMatters - If Mortgage Fraud Occu... · 0 replies · +1 points
Believe me...we have talked about all of the guilty parties at one time or another on this blog. Unfortunately, you are basing your opinion on one post.
14 years ago @ AllFinancialMatters - If Mortgage Fraud Occu... · 1 reply · +1 points
Maybe so but I think it was more a worry of their customers going somewhere else to get a mortgage. In other words, the brokers/bankers didn't want to lose out on the business. It was greed that caused this crisis (greed always seems to be the common thread in all these booms and busts).