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Health insurance solution

Both John McCain and Barack Obama have ideas on how to handle universal health care. Both plans are pretty weak in my opinion. McCain’s plan talks about giving each person a $2,500 tax credit to pay for insurance. That doesn’t … Continue reading

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Cycle of fuel costs

The price of oil took a nice nose dive today. The news says that this is in part to expected higher inflation which is attributed to higher fuel costs thus lowering demand. If the price of fuel decreases because of … Continue reading

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Congress caused the gas price problem

In the president’s radio address this past weekend, he blamed Congress for high gas prices. He thinks that drilling everywhere is going to bring the prices down. Boy, and people actually elected this guy president? The high prices couldn’t be … Continue reading

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Taxing those that can’t do math

The latest attempt at getting out of California’s budget problems is to increase marketing of the lottery. Someone once told me that the lottery is for those that can’t do math as the odds of winning a substantial payout are … Continue reading

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If you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, don’t say it

Everyone has heard that if you don’t have anything nice to say about someone, don’t say it. Well, I guess politicians haven’t heard this saying. In your local city council race, a former local news personality is going up against … Continue reading

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Misspoke or lying?

On today’s news, there was a story about Hillary Clinton’s multiple recounts of her trip to Bosnia when she was under sniper fire. After that was proven to be false, she said she misspoke. There are certain things in your … Continue reading

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Can we end non-binding resolutions?

The US House of Representatives this week apparently passed a resolution saying that China should talk to the Dalai Lama (which, of course, has pissed off the Chinese). This resolution carries no weight and means nothing. However, it took time … Continue reading

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The tax man taketh

It is time for me to pay my taxes again. As someone that is self-employed, I have to pay quarterly estimated taxes, so this happens 4 times a year. One of the things that gets me (it’s a mental thing) … Continue reading

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Hypocritical government

This shouldn’t be news to most, but our government is quite hypocritical. Today I was reading about a bunch of men that were arrested in Saudi Arabia for flirting with women. They were arrested by the religious police. Here is … Continue reading

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Are political primaries the will of the people?

With the current heated race between Obama and Clinton, the inner workings of the primaries are becoming more public and being talked about in the paper and on the news. Prior to this year, I personally had no idea how … Continue reading

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