One of the popular solutions often put forth on how to ‘fix’ health care in the US is this one: > Well, if you’re required to have car insurance, why not... Read More
Tag: #Economics
A friend of mine wrote the following to me: > Had a discussion with the neighbors recently where it was postulated > that gas is really only worth $1.00 a gallon I’d be... Read More
I’ve been doing a fair bit of reading and thinking lately about this alleged financial crisis we’re facing. I think there is a great deal of media-manufactured hype and... Read More
Recently I was asked to take some time and read The Last Column by Mr. Clark DeLeon, formerly a columnist with the Philadelphia Enquirer. He seems to me to be a... Read More
CNN Money: Electric Cars Will Need Lots of Financial Support The above CNN article is interesting in oh-so-many ways. They are essentially saying that electric cars don’t make good financial sense,... Read More
With great fanfare, President Obama had tonight what was described by the Associated Press as a political ‘win’ in the form of House passage of an $819 billion economic ‘stimulus’... Read More
It’s been over 500 years since Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the “New World.” No disrespect to the more primitive nations that were already here, or... Read More
Very simply put, wealth is stuff other people want. While money is often thought of as wealth, and in some ways it is, it really is just a currency to... Read More
A common argument against the implementation of one system or another is that people will scam said system at the expense of others. Such an argument is a specious red... Read More
President Obama has recently published, through the U.S. Government Printing Office, his latest book titled A New Era of Responsibility: Renewing America’s Promise. The President’s Budget and Fiscal Preview.... Read More