Archive for February, 2008

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

So Long

I apologize for it being so long since I posted.
One big change has been the start of my new job.  The other is that I am writing from a new computer – as the 2 computers I had at home both decided to up and die on me of hardware failures.
Now that the new computer [...]

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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

The Real Cost of Federal Debt

We hear about the federal debt and deficit on a regular basis. Yet, what do those Billions and Trillions of dollars mean to us? What can we do about it? What does it do to us? Does it really matter?
I am here to tell you that it does matter. [...]

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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Mortgage Bailout

The sub-prime meltdown has led to a lot of financial problems.  These cover the gamut from individuals, investors, financial institutions, builders, contractors, even governments.  The expected fix has been proposed – that of letting the government bail people out who have gotten into trouble.
This gives me serious heartburn.  I am among a significant – probably [...]

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