Planning For “Change” Financially
   The Only Real Change I Expect I am not a financial advisor, lawyer, or accountant.  You should consult with someone with this type of expertise before making financial decisions, but it’s never to early to start thinking about how you should plan financially to survive/improve/thrive with the changes that may occur in the next [...]
Luckily, We Have The Fed
Admittedly, I am more stupider than a lot of people when it comes to finances.  So someone please tell me how the stock market really works. See, I thought the stock market reacted to what is going on in the economy. I didn’t realize it was the economy.  Apparently, I was wrong, because the Federal Reserve has announced an emergency [...]
Credit Card Regulation, Free Markets, and Paying Cash
The Coyote Chronicles challenges Free Marketers to defend deregulation of the credit card industry: You can make the argument that people who can’t pay their balances in full every month should not take out a credit card, but thats more than a little disingenuous since we would see a staggering drop in consumer spending if people [...]
She Can’t Be Serious
Hillary Clinton’s latest idea… “I like the idea of giving every baby born in America a $5,000 account that will grow over time, so that when that young person turns 18 if they have finished high school they will be able to access it to go to college or maybe they will be able to [...]
Live Blogging of the South Carolina Debate Part I
Not really live…there’s about an 18 minute TiVo delay plus pausing for “I can’t believe he just said that” moments. Question 1: McCain seems like he is just trying to fill up a minute’s worth of talking Question 2: Thompson isn’t answering the question at all. What he should say is, “If they don’t do [...]
Where Does Our Tax Money Go?
The Washington Times has a breakdown of where the $21,992 collected per household goes. By the way, the federal government will spend $24,106 per household. I don’t know how you do your budget in your house, but that doesn’t add up at mine. Here’s a quick list of where the money goes, with some commentary [...]
