There's a term for a possession which its owner cannot dispose of and whose cost, particularly that of maintenance, is out of proportion to its usefulness.
If you want to say that driving is expensive, you generally don't have to back up that statement with more than a nod toward the skyrocketing gas prices we've been dealing with for nearly a year (with no end in sight).
The other day, as I was watching my wife carry in a metric ton or two of Halloween candy from the garage, I happened upon an article that was talking about the hard line being drawn on Halloween trick-or-treaters by the city of Roanoke, Virginia.
Your kids are now free to get that lemonade stand they've been dreaming of set up and running, thanks to the efforts of Hayli Martenez, a young girl whose lemonade stand was shut down by Kankakee area officials.
Over the last 10 years, Illinois Illinois posted the 2nd largest population decline in numeric terms, behind only West Virginia. As a percentage of the population, Illinois’ population decline was third worst behind West Virginia and Mississippi.
The "Fair Tax," or "Progressive Tax" as it's being called, opens the doors for a variety of other taxes that will have a big impact on all Illinoisans, not just the rich ones.
During the recent legislative veto session, lawmakers voted to consolidate more than 640 local police and fire pension funds, but it falls far short of solving the state's $200 billion pension problem.