July 25, 20180Comments

Are You a MoneySense Person or a Money Mad Person?: The Mentality of Thrift Versus the Mentality of Buy Everything Now.

Many people say they want to be financially comfortable; to be free of the need to work for somebody and required to be part the rat race. But, as with

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

July 21, 20180Comments

Ben’s Best Destruction—A Reminder of Why Americans Need to Rediscover Jefferson and Decentralization: Lord Acton, along with the traditional friends of limited government, believed in limited government

“The government that governs least, governs best. The government that is best is closest to the people.” Here, in essence, was the Jeffersonian philosophy of limited government that made America a

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

July 13, 20180Comments

Ben’s Best, Kosher Deli, Queens Institution, Dies: A symbol of countless other small businesses driven to a premature death by relentless regs and taxes imposed by a distant, uncaring, city government.

Recently I attended a wake in Rego Park, Queens, a county which is unfortunately a part of New York City. It was the end of a wonderful kosher deli that

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

July 9, 20180Comments

Why Is Your Adult Son or Daughter Still Living in the Basement?: Job recruiting professionals say maybe he or she doesn’t have a good resume or doesn’t know how to sell his or her skills. Warning for resume writers—don’t drone on and on.

My son or daughter graduated from a good university but can’t find a first job. Such is the complaint of some parents who toiled to ensure that a son or daughter

by Gregory Bresiger

Personal Finance

July 4, 20180Comments

Income Inequality: One of the Ways to Help Wreck an Economy

“Give a man fish. Feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish. Feed for a longtime.” Spanish proverb. How can we help the people who aren’t keeping up, who

by Gregory Bresiger