Willie's Page

I was looking at the website for the House Financial Services Committees today. I found a bunch of information that I thought was interesting so I thought I would share the web addresses on this site:

http://financialservices.house.gov/

I like having a place like this where we can have an economic chat.

It isn't something I can do with my friends or family.

I guess some friends and family would want to have an economic chat, but most would quickly try to change the subject.

Economics is a big part of our lives, our nation, and our world. We need to have as many economic chats as possible.

Thanks to everyone here for gathering to chat about economics.

Lots of good financial information collected on one convenient page.

I especially liked the post about automating personal finances.

As corporate sponsored politicians reduce the tax burden on wealthy individuals and companies, states have used lotteries to suck more money out poor and minority communities. Here's how it was explained in a recent article:

"Lawmakers pretend that lotteries make new taxes unnecessary. But lotteries are a tax, an inefficient, badly targeted one that is having a devastating impact on poor communities and beyond. One-third of all calls to Massachusetts’ gambling hot line come from lotter

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