9 May 2012
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0It’s only fitting that Bank of America shareholders were greeted by quite the mix of angry residents today at their annual meeting. Labor unions, Occupy protesters, environmentalists were just a few of the hundreds of people protesting Bank of America’s corporate greed.
Bank of America was bailed out by the government, but has done little to improve its ways with consumers with...
Today billionaire Sam Zell really showed senior citizens he doesn’t care about them. He didn’t even bother to show up for the board meeting of one of his companies, Equity Life Style Properties (ELS). So he wasn’t there to hear senior citizens tell shareholders to stop trying to bankrupt them with ever-increasing rents that are depleting their retirement savings.
ELS owns...
News that corporations have bigger profits now than they did before the recession, seemed to come and go without much notice at the beginning of April. Then around Tax Day in the middle of the month, there were some stories about how corporations avoid paying taxes, but the media seemed more preoccupied with the fate of (and spin on) the failed Buffet Rule vote – which was aimed at...
Webster’s Dictionary defines community as a ‘unified body of individuals.’ This definition is brought to life in manufactured housing communities. These are communities where homeowners are united in many ways, often in their struggle for affordable quality housing and increasingly in a shared need for greater retirement security. Much like large apartment...
April 17th is just around the corner, and I must confess that I haven’t done my taxes yet. Normally, I file my tax return as soon as I get my W-2 form, just in case I’ll get a tax refund that can help me pay down my credit cards. But I’ve put it off this year and I’m sure that there are a lot of folks who will be scrambling this week too.
But you know who is sitting...
