Leland suggested this blog series by Kellene Bishop: Hard-Core Financial Preparedness [1]
B&T sent us this from Shadowstats: Actual March unemployment 21.7% [2]. (“March Employment Gain of 162,000 Was 114,000 Net Result of Temporary Census Hiring.”)
Carla sent this scary bit of news: Petrol $9.00 a gallon in UK. [3] Thankfully that is per Imperial gallon (1.2 US gallons) but that still works out to $7.67 per gallon.
Items from The Economatrix:
Santelli: $4 Gas, $150 Oil Coming this Summer [4]
Unemployment Benefits Expire for Thousands [5]
The Line Of Doom [6] (The Mogambo Guru)
What Does it Mean to be Middle Class in 2010? [7]
UK: High Earners Hit As 50% Tax Goes Ahead [8]
Initial Jobless Claims Increase Unexpectedly [9]