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Don't Blame Obama For The Debt

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

Posted on July 22, 2010 at 9:10pm —

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Economic Reality - Digging Through Trash For Food And Water

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

Posted on July 14, 2010 at 9:54pm — 2 Comments

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Rand Paul & Ayn Rand Meet Reality

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

Posted on May 20, 2010 at 3:25pm — 1 Comment

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The Causes And Response To The Financial Crisis

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

Posted on May 16, 2010 at 10:30pm —

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My Opposition To Rep. Paul Ryan

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

Posted on April 12, 2010 at 5:47pm —

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FunnyOrDie.com's Missed Opportunity

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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Posted on March 3, 2010 at 4:44pm — 1 Comment

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At 9:11am on February 28, 2010, Larry said…
Yes, it is a sweet picture of Alice! The story about Grandpa D, is that he was trying to be funny during a slow day. They had two phones because they answered the phone for their business neighbor. Not sure why they didn't just run it in their place...
 
 
 


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