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MARCUS: Consumer Price Index proposal costs little, saves a lot
July 30, 2011
Morton MarcusFor all of our philosophical pondering combined with our statistical cleverness, we cannot figure out what is “living”
nor determine its “cost.”
MoreMARCUS: New Hoosier motto could become 'Be less than you have been'
July 23, 2011
Morton MarcusThe U.S. Army says, “Be all that you can be.” Indiana is moving toward a different message.
MoreMARCUS: Multipliers are what you make them
July 9, 2011
Morton MarcusNew money will not necessarily mean new jobs at the beauty parlor or the barbershop if there are already empty chairs.
MoreMARCUS: Should we be offended by Times story?
July 2, 2011
Morton MarcusLast month, The New York Times ran a story under the headline “Indiana: The Exception? Yes, but …”
The story gave a factual presentation of our state’s economic circumstances, but with an overriding sarcasm that left
a bad taste in Hoosier mouths.
MoreMARCUS: A tale of Colts, Packers and Longhorns
June 25, 2011
Morton MarcusWhat we gain by having the Colts and Pacers is mainly a psychological benefit. We feel that we are big league because we have
big-league teams carrying our name.
MoreMARCUS: Hold the celebration; reality is just ahead
June 18, 2011
Morton MarcusFrequently, Hoosiers ride as passengers in one of the front cars on the business roller coaster.
MoreMARCUS: Check out this regional cooperation
June 11, 2011
Morton MarcusAbout 48 hours after the exciting finish of this year’s Indy 500 race, Mayors Wayne Seybold, R-Marion, and Greg Goodnight,
D-Kokomo, announced the formation of the Midwest Automotive Loop.
MoreMARCUS: Should we have commuting policies?
June 4, 2011
Morton MarcusIn 2009, 80 percent of Hoosiers worked in the county where they lived, with the other 20 percent going elsewhere to work.
Hardly a change from data 10 years earlier.
MoreMARCUS: Numbers say Indiana's economy isn't healthy
May 28, 2011
Morton MarcusUsually, when an unemployed person gets a job, the number of people unemployed goes down and the number employed goes up.
That’s a healthy economy.
MoreMARCUS: Lies told about people paying income tax
May 21, 2011
Morton Marcus“Liars!” I want to shout. People who lie deliberately and those who lie innocently afflict our nation with falsehoods.
MoreMARCUS: High school principals as economic drivers
May 14, 2011
Morton MarcusFrom time to time, I am asked: “What is the best investment for Indiana’s economic development”? The answer:
our high-school-age young men and women.
MoreMARCUS: Manufacturing is economy's blessing, bane
May 7, 2011
Morton MarcusManufacturing alone accounted for 53 percent of the decline in what people earned at their private-sector jobs.
MoreMARCUS: Evansville is the least loser or best of the bad
April 30, 2011
Morton MarcusRecent data from the bottom of the recession reveal all seven economic areas that include Indiana counties experienced declines
in per-capita personal income.
MoreMARCUS: Uptight music for uncertain times
April 23, 2011
Morton MarcusThe blues resonate with the tough people living tough lives.
MoreMARCUS: What is it worth? TV has the answer
April 16, 2011
Morton MarcusDiscovering value emerged as a TV staple long before the recent economic tsunami.
MoreMARCUS: No statistics on death by pothole
April 9, 2011
Morton MarcusNothing stirs the imagination like a near-death experience.
MoreMARCUS: The recovery is over ... or maybe not
April 2, 2011
Morton MarcusThe recession in Indiana and the nation lasted only three quarters. But the Hoosier recovery took six quarters.
MoreMARCUS: Training and education aren't same thing
March 26, 2011
Morton MarcusIgnorant and bigoted people are encouraged to run for public office when they witness this dumbing-down of society.
MoreMARCUS: Opposing ideas need not demand respect
March 19, 2011
Morton MarcusFailure to cooperate with an unethical power is a commendable ethical stand.
MoreMARCUS: Fewer Hoosier children means less retail
March 12, 2011
Morton MarcusIndiana added 369,400 adults, compared with just 33,900 children, a ratio of nearly 11 to 1. This imbalance was hardly uniform,
but its consequences are important for all of us.
MoreMARCUS: The nightmare in my neighborhood
March 5, 2011
Morton MarcusClearly, any group of workers with incomes in excess of their proportion in the economy are villains.
MoreMARCUS: Debt and taxes are not the devil's doing
February 26, 2011
Morton MarcusThis national debt business is being overplayed. Critics characterize the debt as a giant burden, our most important national
issue. Borrowing for the future, however, makes good sense when the debt contributes to economic growth.
MoreMARCUS: Rethink government consolidation now
February 18, 2011
Morton MarcusWhy isn’t our Legislature shredding the fabric of community government by disbanding cities and towns that are only
artifacts of horse-drawn days?
MoreMARCUS: Hoosier employment deficit stands
February 12, 2011
Morton MarcusFew people labor for the glory of being employed; most people work for money. When they do not work, they have less to spend
and less joy enters the homes of merchants.
MoreMARCUS: Recession's recovery persistently denied
February 5, 2011
Morton MarcusIndiana's recovery is only 75-percent complete, lagging the nation.
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Good ole' Obamacare. Thanks liberals and those who didn't bother to vote.
Yes. Blame those who were too lazy to go vote Obama out and those who voted him in again. That's my take on it. I know folks won't get it on the left. OK. Start berating me now!
Serioulsy, people are AGINST this project? Most communities would be salivating over a project like this. You'd rather have an empty eye-sore gas station and shacks posing as apartments? This project is exactly what BR needs. BUILD IT MR MAYOR. And yes, I am a BR resident, and have been for 20 years.
As a St. Vincent employee of over 20 years, I am saddened and disheartened by this announcement. Unfortunately, as the healthcare "industry" continues on this political and corporate path, all that St. Vincent Hospital has stood for spiritually for its employees and this community is being sucked dry. I know it truly has no choice. It is not just Obamacare or just competition or just any single thing. This trend started long before I was even born when the government became involved in healthcare and it became an "industry." I grieve for those who will lose their jobs, one of whom may be me, but I also grieve for this hospital which I have served for over 20 years. May God give us and it the grace to withstand the future of healthcare.
Why do people constantly harp on this issue and act ignorant about what a city population measures? A city's population is the city's population. There is no argument or debate about it. If you want to measure the density of a city--measure it. If you want to measure the size of a metropolitan area, then measure the metropolitan population. City boundaries cover different sized areas--and they always have (though the disparity has probably increased since about 1900 or so when more cities began annexing their surrounding communities). For example, San Francisco only covers 49 square miles while Houston cover nearly 600 square miles. No one argues about the population rankings of either city even though they clearly cover extremely different sized areas. Indianapolis is the 13 largest city by population in the U.S. That is a fact. While the population of a metropolitan area may give you a better sense of how large a community is, as noted, even metro areas can vary widely in the size of geographic area they cover--so that is not a perfect comparison either.