Here’s a stimulus: Legalize pot and tax it We deserve our cut dude

Welcome to another edition of “Clogged Tubes Finds”. That name sucks doesn’t it? I’ll take suggestions on new names but if you say “roundup” I’ll personally steal your tax return. This week I’ve got four recommended reads for you and they all are about money. Thicken My Wallet made a creative list of signs you’re [...]

Six months ago, the idea of nationalizing banks was preposterous except to the craziest economists.  Three months ago, I was sure it was a bad idea.  Today, hell I don’t know. When a government nationalizes a company or industry, they take over control of the company.  Profits or losses are now essentially the burden of [...]

Kudos to TIME Magazine over the last year.  They’ve really done some fantastic journalism since this recession started.  Today I want to talk about a great list they put together: “25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis”.  Your typical expected names are there, Bernie Madoff, George Bush, Angelo Mozilo etc, but there were plenty [...]

A few weeks ago I met with a financial “advisor” from an insurance company as a favor to my fiance’s friend. The advisor works on a “referral basis”, which means he gets commissions from the products he sells. I know the game and how he works, so I tweeted about it. A follower tweeted back [...]

If you’re at work today, you should be ashamed. Today is a hallowed day and we should celebrate it as… oh I’m just kidding. Technically the holiday exists to celebrate George Washington’s birthday, but thanks to some douche-bag politicians and American advertising, we now celebrate “President’s Day”. I thought this would be a good time [...]

Happy Saturday, and Happy Valentine’s Day!  If you haven’t been following my tweets (and you should be) then you don’t know I’ve been on the road for the past few days.  By the time you read this The Sheconomist and I are actually on our way back from our little trip.  Where did we go? [...]

I don’t do this as often as I should.  Many blogs like to put together a list of interesting posts they find over the course of a given week.  I thought I’d give it a go.  If you hate the idea, leave me a comment.  If you’ve got something to contribute to another Clogged Tubes [...]