Before my first cup of coffee today, I found a news story on Yahoo that said General Electric was going to give back its 3+ billion dollar tax refund. It also said GE was going to eliminate its tax havens in off shore areas and vowed to hire one American worker for every foreign worker it hired.

Half my brain was cheering for a company who had decided to become socially responsible and become part of the solution rather than part of the problem.

The other half of my brain remembered it owns GE bonds and said WTF!!!!

The story which Yahoo picked up from the Associated Press was found to be a hoax. But, it was a very good illustration of the great American dilemma - social responsibility versus personal gain.

Now I need coffee.