Point of View

UNITED STATES─When I heard the news on Sunday that high-end retailer Neiman Marcus was looking to file bankruptcy as early as this week it punched me in the gut. How so? It just made it crystal clear to me how serious this pandemic and shutdown of the economy is impacting all businesses across the globe. I mean this is...

UNITED STATES─The Coronavirus pandemic has placed the economy at a complete standstill. People continue to compare what is taking place in 2020 to what happened in 2008 when the housing market crashed and I beg to differ. Why? We didn’t’ see a complete shutdown of massive businesses and most of the government people. Yes, the banks and auto industry...

UNITED STATES─I know I’m not the only person wondering what will happen with our country once this pandemic ends. One thing that is certain is that our country will never be the same again people. I don’t think I will ever shake another hand as long as I live. The same echoes for giving complete strangers hugs. We just...

UNITED STATES─Toni: I need your help to enroll in Medicare because I will turn 65 on April 30th. On April 10th, I was laid off due to the current economic conditions. My employer benefits ended the day I was laid off.  I have no idea what to do!! A friend recently gave me a Toni Says® newspaper article with your...

UNITED STATES─This is indeed a frustrating time for many Americans. The notion of not being able to go out and live life to its fullest it’s a trying task for so many people. With that said, I feel for high school students and college students right now. I have my own reason people, which I will explain later. However,...

UNITED STATES─It has been about 3 weeks America, but I must admit it feels like almost 6 months. This self-quarantine might be the craziest thing I’ve ever witnessed in my lifetime, not to mention the fact that the world as we know it seems like it will never be the same. Businesses have closed up shop, the notion of...

UNITED STATES─Who would have ever expected that this self-quarantine would have provided the perfect opportunity for me to focus my limited spare time I have (I work more than one job people), to focus my energy on the one thing that means the world to me: writing. I must be honest I don’t recall the last time I looked...

UNITED STATES─I might get some flack for this, but I’m being completely honest here, that I have saved so much money since the country has gone on a virtual shutdown. While I would be exaggerating things slightly by saying the country has shut down, because in all actuality it hasn’t, but it feels like 80 percent is out of...

UNITED STATES─This is something that I’ve been wanting to talk about for a few weeks, and because so much has been going on, I’ve simply forgotten about it. However, it’s the thing we’ve been talking about since the start of March, we are now into the second week of April and as soon as the news comes on the...

UNITED STATES─Well most people are glad to hear that members of Congress for once in their lifetime actually agreed upon something. Yes, Congress agreed to do something unprecedented in the midst of this economic crisis. A stimulus package was passed to the tune of more than $2 trillion. Yes that is correct, trillion, not billion or million people. That...