The U.S. Post Office has proposed raising the price to mail letters, postcards, magazines, newspapers, etc.
The cost to mail a standard letter is proposed, starting in January, to raise from $.44 to $.46, a 4.5% increase.  This increase will cost Americans an additional $2.3 billion a year.
This is yet another added cost to American [...]

I have purposefully avoided commenting on the Furlough Battle because it’s just too idiotic.  Governor Paterson is looking to dock the pay by 20% of 100,000 state workers in order to save $250 million as part of a plan to close a $9.2 billion deficit in a $100 billion budget.
The Governor really has lost the [...]

When the City of Albany ripped up Delaware Avenue last summer, no cost was spared for the ARRA-backed project.  The project paved the road, replaced sidewalks and curbs, planted new trees, installed new crosswalks that “look” like bricks, fixed up the sewers, and more. ..including new street signs?
Why did we have to purchase new street [...]

In this article, a topic that has yet to hit the mainstream liberal media, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber is revealed to be on contract under President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services while he publicly advocates for ObamaCare.
Gruber was contracted by HHS for $297,600 to provide “technical assistance” evaluating the various health reform proposals.  [...]

New York State will have a $1.1 billion cash flow problem in December, according to the Times Union, despite Governor Paterson predicting for months that this would happen.
In December, the State is supposed to distribute billions of dollars to schools, counties, state payroll, etc., yet it will only have about 3/4 of the money it [...]