At least the wait time for the automated IRS hotline has dropped down to the point that I could work through the voice mail and figure out what’s going on with that damn stimulus money. The check won’t be mailed… Continue Reading
Some nutjobs in Congress, and some policy proponents, have floated the idea of nationalizing oil refineries. The linked video clip is from FOX News and the interviewer (Neil Cavuto) is far from neutral in his questioning: But then again, I… Continue Reading
For far, far too long, the Administration has allowed the dollar to become weak. Astonishingly weak, especially as compared against the power of the currencies of other industrialized nations (the Euro, the Yen) and it seems to continue falling in… Continue Reading
I thought Bush’s economic stimulus was financially and politically irresponsible. Which hasn’t stopped me from griping that I still haven’t got my damn check. I’ll be paying interest on it for the rest of my taxpaying life whether I get… Continue Reading
While I think the economic stimulus is a terrible idea, if the government’s going to be handling out money, I want my twelve hundred dollars, damnit. Besides, we’ve already spent it on lawn furniture and a garden that the dogs… Continue Reading
No bell-bottom sightings at this time, but I’m starting to see more similarities than differences. Consider: The dollar is weak. Monopoly-money weak. We’re in a lingering, indecisive, expensive, and still-dangerous tail end of a protracted foreign war, in which the… Continue Reading
It’s a measure of the relative economic strengths of a country as to which nation’s currency enjoys wider acceptance. This makes it very disturbing to see that stores and restaraunts in New York City have begun accepting payment in Euros.… Continue Reading
I like low taxes and I like getting tax refunds. I like money. But from a policy perspective, I’m not sure I like the idea of nearly every man, woman, and child in the country getting cold, hard cash from… Continue Reading