White House to enter Bed and Breakfast market

Borrowing a page from Arizona’s state-budget playbook, the Obama administration has announced it will rent out rooms in the White House to raise money to offset the rising federal deficit. Recently, Arizona announced plans to sell up to 50 state-owned government building and then lease them back over a period of decades before eventually repurchasing [...]

A Square with Jokes – July 29, 2009

California to auction corpse of Michael Jackson in bid to close budget deficit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Desperate to balance a budget shortfall of $26 billion without encroaching on long-established state entitlements such as free education, health care, and maid service, California’s legislature has reached an agreement with Governor Schwarzenegger on a bill that would seize the corpse of recently deceased pop icon Michael Jackson, which remains unburied, under [...]

A Square with Jokes – July 21, 2009

Study shows taller people earn more, administration calls on EEOC to investigate

WASHINGTON – A recently completed study in Australia has concluded that it pays to be tall – literally. The research indicates that on average, workers’ salaries rise $789 per year for every inch of their height. Thus, someone six feet tall could expect to earn almost $1,000 more per year than someone only 5’10”. The [...]

A Square with Jokes – July 14, 2009

A Square with Jokes – July 7, 2009