Right here on the pages of DQYDJ you've seen us discuss what your level of attractiveness means for your salary, and whether benefits for the homely made sense. Let's go a step further - since we know that salaries are affected by your weight, what does your belt size say about your net worth?
Who else is watching Notre Dame - Stanford today? For my own reasons, I'm rooting for ND... even though Cameron […]
The last time we talked about the mortgage interest deduction, I shared with you a chart on the percentage of returns in each income group taking the mortgage interest deduction. Today let's take it a step father and look at the mortgage interest deduction geographically.
Hey, did you know that you can hear our boring voice and dry humor in audio format? That's right - […]
When you own a website, sometimes you need to type out an article and lay out your lamentations about the decline of something in your culture. Usually, this coincides with hitting a certain age and believing "that wasn't the case when I was a kid". I don't have any excuse like that; my cynicism is a reaction to a perfect storm of articles in recent days which, far from moving the Overton Window, broke the window and ripped out all the framing. Heck, it probably knocked down the wall.
We've got a treat for you today - a spiffy graph we created with Google Drive (née Documents). Thanks to […]
Today we're going to delve into Income Equality, a topic which has been fresh in the American collective consciousness ever […]
Ahh, the weekend. Let's do it. Links We Like! JT at Money Mamba does an interesting exercise where he compares […]
I saw this proverb a few years ago through StumbleUpon and I re-discovered it recently. As part of the PF […]
In the episode of the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror VII, you can find one of the most poignant cultural references ever made by a cartoon:
Homer: America, take a good look at your beloved candidates. They're nothing but hideous space reptiles!
Kodos: It's true, we are aliens... but what are you going to do about it? It's a two-party system; you have to vote for one of us!
Man1: He's right, this is a two-party system!
Man2: Well, I believe I'll vote for a third-party candidate...
Kang: Go ahead, throw your vote away!
Of course, Ross Perot is then show punching a hole in a "Perot '96" hat.
So, let's say that you aren't completely happy with either Democratic President Barack Obama or Republican Candidate Mitt Romney. What's a budding protester to do?