Hi Readers! I’m always wondering if anyone is out there reading. I’ve gotten some comments on my posts, so I know Mike, Mike, Tony, and Randy are reading. My college roommate Jay commented, and my friend Mell tells me he’s learned a few things. And my wife and daughter have read a few – but […]
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I’m writing to you because I’m concerned about our country’s finances and I’m asking for your help. Today, we are yet again on the verge of a government shut-down. Congress has not been able to come up with a budget so our only alternative is to end services, send people home and stop paychecks.
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Given the excitement with the impending government shut-down and the politicking around a spending bill, I wanted to re-visit some of the info regarding government spending here in the good ole’ US of A. I posted about this a while back, if you’d like to take a peek. Read here. And before we get started,
You Owe Me $271,790!! A Look At The US Debt Read More »
Amongst my golf buddies, we have a different meaning for the term. Ball-hawking is the obsessive hunting for lost golf balls. It turns out that I have a hereditary skill, passed on from my father, to find lost golf balls. More about this family tradition later. Often while my buddies are scoping out their next
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There has been a lot of excitement about taxing the rich via a tax on unrealized gains. Check out this article from CNN here. The title says: Ignore Social Media? In general, I agree with this strategy. Social media is a breeding ground for misinformation. The CNN article is clear that the proposed legislation targets
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Enough with the personal finance and griping about media bias. Today, let’s just have some fun and a tasty meatball sandwich. I am a huge meatball sandwich fan. To me, there is nothing better than stumbling across a sub shop that has a meatball sub that will make your knees buckle. It doesn’t happen often,
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I’ve been looking at the jobs numbers for March and I have more questions than answers. I know, not a good opening line, but hopefully it generates some thoughts and discussion. Reading the news, we get a very conflicted story about the economy, inflation and job growth. Inflation A wrote a post recently on inflation
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I’ve talked about inflation in a number of posts, but we’ve never really gone into what inflation is, what causes it and why it’s so difficult to correct, and most importantly, what can we do about it. I’ve done a bit of reading this morning to try and get a better understanding myself so I
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I had lunch with Tony on Wednesday. Our usual spot, BYOB and mounds of good food for reasonable prices. We split a salad and an entree for about $30. Wednesday’s topic was customer service. Tony has been helping his son with shopping for a new vehicle. He’s been dealing with insurance companies on the old
Customer Service Stinks Read More »