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French Fry Euro And Zone
The news today is filled with allegations that Sarkozy has made a direct threat to abandon the Euro and to withdraw from the Euro zone confederation. Denials from the Germans, Spanish and “aides” to “Sarkozy have spewed forth in the … Continue reading
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Dog Bites Man And Govt. Motors Pays Itself
Those headlines would deserve equal credit as to newsworthiness in a sane world. But over the last 18 months or so since the current administration took the reins of power such news is heralded as the most wonderous of events. I … Continue reading
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Joe The Plumber And Wall Street
The headlines are filled these days with comments, criticisms and expositions about Wall Street and the workings of Wall Street and the people who work there. To read the media of all stripes one could easily conclude that Wall Street … Continue reading
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Can You Hear Me Now?
Some matters in history do recycle themselves even though we tend to ignore that fact. The world has seen plenty of bubbles over the years. There was the Tulip Bubble of the Dutch East Indies Company in the 17th century … Continue reading
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Supply Side Economics From Centuries Ago
With all the bailouts and Stimulus money floating around and the unimaginable amounts of money printed by the Fed being injected into our economy there is renewed debate about the best way to turn our economy around. Many, especially those … Continue reading
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Stimulus Spending and 1983
Quite often in the last several weeks defenders of the administration’s stimulus plans, bank and auto takeovers, cap and tax and health care reform have made references to how our economy was in 1983. They especially use the data regarding … Continue reading
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Message From Europe
The election results are finally tallied from all the recent voting in Europe. We already know the outcome of the California tax issues elections. Seems that some one in Washington should start paying attention to these results. The mantra has … Continue reading
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Government, Inc. Grabs Control and Law Be Damned
more at www.olcranky.com It was with sadness that I have read and heard the latest news from our new seat of Industry–Washington. The latest proposals now call for even more intrusion into the private sector by the Treasury and/or other regulatory … Continue reading
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Stress Tests Weak Hearts
I wonder if our free market system still has a heartbeat sometimes. There is no question that the interventions of Government, Inc. over the last 6 months has severely wounded the vital organ. Our income tax chief who can’t calculate … Continue reading
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Dig Deeper and Faster To Escape
Let me get this straight. It was a credit and debt problem that got us into financial difficulty. The credit and debt problem was built upon the foundation of the Government injunction under CORE that banks HAD to loan money … Continue reading
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