Nathan Andover

A lot of conservatives like to talk about how much debt President Obama is adding this year. However, most of the debt being added this year is structural debt leftover from the Bush Administration.

For example, Bush nearly doubled the national debt. This means part of the debt being taken on now is interest payments on the debt Bush added.

Second, Bush enacted huge tax cuts that decreased revenue. These tax cuts are still in place.

Third, the decreased revenue from the recession Bush left us… Continue

I don't get out very much, but tonight I went downtown to see some free music. I am fairly secure in terms of having enough money each day so I haven't really felt the effects of the economic recession. Since I don't get out very much I haven't seen the effects fo the recession either.

It is hard to understand what it really means when it is reported on the news that the official unemployment level is at 9% and the real unemployment rate is over 15%. They are all just numbers unless you are exp… Continue

While writing the title of this blog post it occurs to me that Rand Paul might have been named after Ayn Rand. I'll have to check the dates and look at his wikipedia page to see if this is true.

Anyway, I want this blog post to be about how the philiosophy of Ayn Rand and the the political future of Rand Paul are always in trouble when they are faced with reality.

If you don't know who Ayn Rand is, she was an author who wrote Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead along with many other philosophi… Continue

I found a copy of the testimony presented to Congress by Mark Zandi called The Causes And Current Staus Of The Financial Crisis.

I read it because I wanted to hear from a respected economist regarding the Great Recession' causes. It seems people on the left blame it on unregulated financial institutions who took on too much risk while people on the right blame it on government agencies that kept interest rat… Continue

I'm not a fan of Paul Ryan. He seems like a nice enough guy, but his political and economic ideology is opposed to mine.

In addition to his ideology, he likes to use GOP talking points and misleading political language. I know most politicians do it, but it adds to my desire of helping his opponent in the next election.

In general, his ideology is very heavy on freedom and capitalism and very light on democracy and justice. This is the basic difference between right and left so it is a pretty… Continue

I got excited about a video being produced to talk about the financial reforms needed in this country.

Ron Howard directing with current and former President's being played by Will Ferrel, Dana Carvey, JIm Carey, Chevy Chase, etc...

The problem is that it isn't very funny and it really doesn't make any solid points about the financial reform needs in this country.

Here's the video. What do you think?


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