My Comments: If you are a reader of this blog, you’ve seen various comments I’ve made about ObamaCare. I had one earlier this week and at the risk of being a pain, here’s another. The U.S. is my adopted country. I became a citizen in 1958 and have been here my entire adult life. It’s …
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Romney, College Education, and Economic Growth
My Comments: Yes, I’ve been a partisan Democrat all my adult life. I’ve not always voted along party lines, but I’m clearly not among the 1%, so I think I have a better understanding of what the rest of us face on a daily basis about paying bills, saving for the future, dealing with health …
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The Hidden Health Care Mandate
The Supreme Court can wring their hands about penalizing people who don’t buy health insurance. But it’s actually been that way for a long time. My Comment: One has to wonder what all the fuss is about! By Matthew Yglesias The idea of financially penalizing people for not buying health insurance sounds dodgy, even repugnant. …
The Inequity Of Private-Equity Hustlers
My Comments: How many of you have been to SeaWorld in Orlando? For some unknown reason, I’ve never been there but I know my kids have and they loved it. The only reason I’m talking about SeaWorld now is because last year the company that owns it generated so much revenue they had a net …
ObamaCare Collapse Would Put Employers in Charge
My Comment: I don’t want to see ObamaCare struck down. Yes, there are elements that need to change, ideas and components that perhaps should not be there. But to throw out the whole idea because there are elements that have developed unintended consequences is foolish. There is a parallel here between an assertion that since …
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What Should the Government Cut?
My Comment: The headline in today’s Gainesville Sun was that Gov. Scott’s veto pen was not as severe toward the University of Florida as had been feared. Here in Alachua County, UF is the economic engine that drives all of us. But while everyone fears their ox being gored, if the revenues aren’t there, and …
In God They Trust:
How the conservative belief in American exceptionalism has become a matter of faith. My Comment: Christopher Hitchens wrote and posted this article last November. Like me, he was an Englishman who made his home in the United States. Unlike me, he was an accomplshed thinker and writer. Unfortunately, he died late last year after a …
Business Should Help the Heartland
My Comment: Our media, often maligned as being controlled by the left, tends to give us a homemade version of the facts. The Financial Times is a UK publication which I read daily to help me better understand what our media is telling us. Here is an article that fits my Wednesday theme which is …
Vocational Training Is No Substitute For High School
My Comment: Some of you are aware of my continued interest in the welfare of the magnet programs across Alachua County. I’ve been a member of the advisory board to the two programs at Buchholz High School since the mid 90’s. They are, respectively, the Academy of Finance and the Academy of Entrepreneurship. The original …
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Obama sings the blues but it is Republicans who feel down
My Comment: I seem to have settled into somewhat of a routine about these blog posts. I have no idea if very many people actually read them; I know a few of you do since you're kind enough to make a comment from time to time. There is no shortage of ideas out there that …
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Helping Define Your Financial Future 