Well the election is over.  Whether or not you like how the vote turned out, we have a new President-Elect.  Obama pulled out a huge victory, by an even greater margin than I suspected.  Looking back over the past year or two, I think the thing that has impressed me the most is how many [...]

Happy election day folks!  Instead of throwing a last minute “vote for so and so” post up, I thought I would keep it far less… directional than that.  Though followers of this site are probably quite familiar with the fact that I am not a fan of either of the two main candidates. Regardless – [...]

Came across this one this morning – and it is scary. The Constitution reflects a fundamental flaw with this country?  I am pretty sure that the duly elected President of the United States of America swears to uphold and defend the Constitution. Do you really want to elect a guy who (we will ignore the [...]

You have got to be kidding me. The Treasury Department is considering buying equity stakes in insurance companies, a sign of how the government’s $700 billion rescue program could turn into a piggy bank for a range of beleaguered industries. How far will this go?  The spending has to slow off somewhere.  It seems to [...]

Over on the “Because it really is personal” blog, there is an excellent example of my issues with wealth redistribution. It really goes to the heart of what is wrong with the “we need to tax the rich more” mentality. She calls it “Barstool Economics.” Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer [...]

From the topic, it is a safe bet that once again I am going to cover politics here.  The subject line is easily answered quickly, yet deserves a longer post.  It really boils down to firming up my political standing and moving from a passive political roll back to a more active roll. Back to [...]

Ramit over on the “I will Teach you to be Rich” blog has an excellent post about what is not being said about the economy.  He focuses on the two presidential candidates.  (He wrote it after one of the debates.)  However I tend to agree with a lot of what he has to say and [...]

Currently 33% of Americans have zero, *zero*, tax liability. This is the 33% that McCain and Obama continue to talk about helping. With their tax plans… that is projected to increase to 43% and 44% respectively. What does that mean? It means an increasing percentage of our countries population take no part in funding the government they *expect* to receive services from.