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McDonald’s, I Need a Job, But Can I Get 40 Hours With That?

McDonald’s,  I Need a Job, But Can I Get 40 Hours With That?

I love McDonald’s…for all the wrong reasons. Their cheeseburgers are cheap, but include gobs of saturated fat the human tongue loves. McDonald’s fries are the best because they taste great and satisfy my appetite; however, those extra carbohydrates result in extra weight, increasing my risk for heart attacks and strokes. Never mind excessive salt that raises my blood pressure, I’m sure I’ll run that off after consumer my super-size combo meal. And who can deny an extra-large drink of soda for a dollar? Not me.

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April 21st, 2011 | Posted in Blogopolis News, Business, Career, Politics | Read More »

How America Can Reduce Health Care Costs

How America Can Reduce Health Care Costs

Corporate retail pharmacy chains don’t pay a pharmacist for what he knows, but for how fast he can dispense medication without killing anyone.  Is McDonald’s really any different?  What’s a doctor without a prescription pad?  I have to pay $70 for 5 minutes and your signature!  C’mon now.  Neither physicians nor the American Medical Association [...]

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April 18th, 2011 | Posted in Health & Beauty, Politics | Read More »

The Solution to America’s Energy Conundrum

The Solution to America’s Energy Conundrum

Problem: America, along with the rest of the world, is dependent of fossil fuels. Unfortunately, fossil fuels pollute the environment, holds world markets hostage, and result in an estimated 140 billion in indirect health care costs due to respiratory ailments. Unfortunately, fossil fuels are also finite, meaning the world will run out of them eventually (est. 2040), which will only make burning them more expensive. Even worse is the fact that burning fossil fuels pollute the environment, which lead to respiratory ailments costing American tax payers an estimated 140 billion annually. With the threat of global warming and a disappearing ozone layer, planet earth is searching for a clean alternative fuel to power its future.

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April 12th, 2011 | Posted in Business, FYI, Personal Finance, Politics | Read More »

Minimal Stimulus Dollars for Minority Firms

Minimal Stimulus Dollars for Minority Firms

A Black businessman might think with another Black man in the highest office, The United States White House, that a Black business owner might receive his fair share of opportunities to compete for profitable government contracts. However, the Associated Press confirms that African-American owned businesses received only 1.1% of government stimulus dollars.

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March 21st, 2011 | Posted in Blogopolis News, Business, Career, Careers, Entrepreneurship, FYI, Politics | Read More »

A Future with OBAMAcare

Currently the United States Congress is debating the details of President Obama’s reform of the U.S. Health Care system. The democratic plan surely has its advantages and disadvantages; however, doctors do not support OBAMAcare.

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March 8th, 2011 | Posted in Blogopolis News, Health & Beauty, Medical Information, Politics | Read More »