Governor Beverly Perdue was in Washington over the past weekend, among other things, begging Barack Obama personally for a bailout. Specifically, she requested that the Feds defer interest payments that North Carolina is obligated to pay for loans from the federal government to cover unemployment benefits for NC residents. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, interest […]
In the almost 30 years I’ve lived in Charlotte, I’ve noticed something quite disturbing – many locals will assume something is correct just because certain people with certain professional, political and/or educational credentials say it is correct. How does this relate to Charlotte and the Democratic National Convention? Many “smart” people are saying that the DNC […]
In my almost 30-year finance career I’ve worked with literally thousands of companies, and I cannot think of one instance where union involvement has been positive for a business. Conversely, I can think of multiple examples of unions creating needless problems for businesses, and in some cases being a major contributor to business failure. Union […]
