Where Does Money Come From? Part 1

Do you know where your government gets the money it spends?
A simple question, that I’d like you to answer in the comments.
 
If I get enough reply’s, I’ll answer the question too.  But first, I want to know what you think.
 
The Floor is yours…..

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A Better Idea

I woke up this morning after my wife left for work and turned on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. This is how I start 4 out of 5 weekdays.

The political chit-chat was about Tuesday’s Election races, what it all means, and all this “fill the time” political fluff and puff that is required for these talk [...]

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Money Numbness or Dumbness

I’m too young to have been around when posters like this one were common place. And my parents who bought US Savings Bonds have passed away, so I can’t ask them. But from the information I have seen, it appears that when our country, our federal government needed more money, in this case [...]

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Healthcare & Capitalism

Over the weekend, I saw Michael Moore’s latest film, Capitalism: A Love Story. As I was watching the story of political corruption, greed and excess, I saw many things I agreed with.
And Michael Moore appeared to be critical of both Democrats and Republicans in the film.
During the past 24 hours I watched last weeks [...]

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Mainstream is not boring

My wife and I have some very opposite political views. This is not new information for either of us, but it does create some interesting and sometimes heated conversations.
Both of us have friends that lean left and friends that lean right. And the danger is to pigeon hole folks who have conservative ideas [...]

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The Healthcare Debate on a Napkin

Setting aside the legalities of this whole debate for a moment, I found this presentation very good..

Healthcare Napkins All
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The Death of Trust

It is now the second full week of August and to the displeasure of our President and his friends in Congress, a health care reform package was not passed before their August recess.  So as our representatives return from Washington and hold meetings with those that voted them into office, some are feeling the heat [...]

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Education

A lot has happened since I added anything to this blog. We’ve had General Motors and Chrysler go belly up, David Letterman has insulted Sarah Palin (again), and I am back from a week long trip to Maine and back.

The focus of our trip was my son’s graduation from the College of the Atlantic [...]

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Silence but not Silent

I have been politically quiet for the past couple of months.  Not because I don’t care, but because I want to listen, watch and observe.
I have taken a break from most of the media that was feeding their biased views on cable TV and talk radio simply because it is tiring to listen to.
So, I [...]

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Talking

I’m really tired of the political talk on radio & TV.  I turned it off last week and started listening to music again.  Which is too bad, because, I’ve listened to talk on the radio for the last 20 years.
This past weekend, I spent 3 great hours with my daughter talking about a little of [...]

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