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The Republicans are S.O.L.

By on Monday, February 25th, 2013 | No Comments

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With all this talk about the sequester, and with Obama apparently wanting to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of income tax in America by giving us more of it, I’m finding myself pretty close to giving up. It’s just way too hard to make sense of any of this. The inmates are actually running the asylum.

I was listening to a local radio broadcast today. It’s actually the Nate Shelman show – which I usually find at least minimally entertaining – but, today it was being hosted by another guy (didn’t catch his name). He started in on the sequester, and how Republicans can’t get their message across (the same mantra that all the conservative talk shows have been repeating lately), and it got me to thinking and wondering. Why are they quite obviously losing ground?

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Can We Inflate Our Way Out of Debt?

By on Saturday, February 16th, 2013 | No Comments

Comparisons of the changes in the National Min...

Obama: We can’t cut our way into prosperity.

Republicans: We can’t tax our way into prosperity.

Man behind the curtain: Hey, why not inflate our way into prosperity?

It’s a simple theory. If you have a lot of fixed costs (mortgage, car loans, student loans, credit cards, medical bills, etc.), and your income doubles, then your fixed expenses will account for a smaller percentage of your income. You now have more money to spend on consumer goods, right? You’ll help the economy, right?

WRONG!

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Tuesday Trivia

By on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 | No Comments

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I like trivia. (I also likes puns. But, I’m not sure I want to subject anyone to that kind of drivel:)). In fact, I like trivia so much that my wife has purchased a dozen “bathroom readers” over the years to keep me… uh…. occupied. So, I’m going to start a new feature – Tuesday Trivia. Maybe Thursday too, I’m not really sure yet.

(You really don’t want to play me in Trivial Pursuit. I might forget you name, but that trivia just keeps popping out).

Anyway, enjoy :)

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16 Trillion

By on Thursday, January 10th, 2013 | No Comments

English: The United States' debt ceiling was r...

I’ve decided that’s how I’m going to respond to everything the next time I have a “debate” with a liberal. It doesn’t happen very often (the debate, that is), but it always frustrates me to no end. More than once I’ve had to deal with responses like, “You obviously know your facts and figures, BUT (there’s always a “but”) I’m happy that millions of people have insurance that didn’t have it before”. Or, “Obviously you’ve studied this at length, BUT I still feel good about __________ (insert your favorite liberal cause here)”.

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$2.93!

By on Tuesday, January 1st, 2013 | No Comments

Previous Fred Meyer logos

That’s how much I just paid for gas at the Fred Meyer on Chinden Blvd. And, like my brother-in-law Scott said to me last week during our family Christmas party, “Bet you didn’t think you’d ever get excited about $3 gas“. Well, I am excited, and here’s why.

I’ve been saying all through the economic debacle of the last 4 years, gas dropping into the $2 range (preferably closer to the $2 mark), would be the best thing that could happen to us economically. Not tax cuts, not trillion dollar money injections into the economy, not wishful thinking. No, the best thing would be a drop in the cost of energy. (Which is why I was so “for” Romney in the election – he wanted to create an American energy surplus).

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