First off, you should probably ignore everything John McCain and Sarah Palin are saying. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a staunch Obama supporter, it’s just that the rheteroric has gotten so vile that it’s not even worth considering. That aside, what about this whole issue of redistribution of wealth. I’ve often suggested that we [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Redistribution of Wealth
Posted in economy, government, politics, public policy, tagged economy, real estate, redistribution of wealth, wealth on October 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Where should the government spend its money?
Posted in economy, energy, energy policy, government, politics, public policy, renewable energy, tagged economy, energy, fossil fuel, recession, renewable energy, taxes on October 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There is another call for a massively expensive stimulus package similar to the $600 checks sent out toward the beginning of the year. This isn’t enough and is mostly political, yet I do believe the economy needs some sort of stimulus, although I’d love to see it come from the private sector, that may not [...]
An alternative economic stimulus package that might work
Posted in economy, investing, politics, public policy, tagged crash, economic stimulus, economy, investing, real estate, stimulus, stock market on October 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
There are millions of millionaires in the United States, many times that number the world over. Most of those millionaires aren’t actually rich, although they are relative to most other people; but some percentage of those people made unconscionable amounts of money every year, money even they knew was excessive. There are the CEOs that [...]
Who won the presidential debate?
Posted in economy, energy, government, politics, renewable energy, tagged Debate, election, mccain, obama on October 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ll keep this short. I don’t know if Obama won, but I do think McCain lost. McCain didn’t seem sure of himself, he kept targeting issues that didn’t matter, and missed most of the substance. He should have talked about John McCain and not Barack Obama.
Many years ago when I went to a sales training [...]
Is the U.S. on the ropes?
Posted in economy, energy policy, government, politics, renewable energy, tagged crisis, economy, financial crisis, government, health care, malpractice, recovery on October 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The United States is an amazingly diverse economy with diverse people, interests and capabilities. Our government has made some significant mistakes and we are set for some difficult times ahead, but the game is far from over. I believe that the recent financial crisis is a wakeup call. We need to re-evaluate nearly everything about society, [...]
Is the financial crisis over?
Posted in economy, energy, politics, tagged economy, financial crisis, politics on October 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Is the crisis over? Hardly. Keep in mind, our entire economy is linked together and based on little more than faith. Real-estate is linked to stocks is linked to retail is linked to politics is linked to government spending, etc. etc.
The stock market is almost a religion based on faith that there is some real value [...]
McCain thrusts William Ayers into the National Spotlight, Again
Posted in government, politics, tagged ayers, keating, mccain, obama, politics, william ayers on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
William Ayers was a relative unknown until John McCain brought him up during the campaign. Ayers did what he had back in the late sixties and early seventies to gain attention; McCain’s making an issue out of a non-issue is telling would-be activists that if attention is what you are after, violence works. At the same time, McCain’s guilt by association strategy leaves him far more guilty from his association with Charges Keating who victimized 23,000 people and cost the government $3 billion during the period while he and McCain were close friends.
