Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Posted by Eric B. on April 5th, 2010 under Democrat, Government Spending, Politics, Republican, Uncategorized, budget Tags: Capitalism, Democrat, Reagan, Republican, socialism, Starve the Beast, Welfare •
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I like to get in the head of the “other side” - for example, when I was an auditor, I wanted to figure out what client management was thinking when they chose not to record a liability for an obvious loan, or when I took my cell phone back to Verizon within their “30-day No [...]
Posted by Mark on March 23rd, 2010 under Politics, Republican, Small Government Tags: Caucus, Complacency, health care, local government, ObamaCare •
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Tonight I attended my local Republican caucus meeting for Utah. It was my first time ever attending any type of election rally where people were actually elected. Heck, it was the first time I’ve ever voted in person (I’ve done absentee ballots up to this point). This year they decided to have 44 precincts join [...]
Posted by Mark on February 17th, 2010 under Economics, Politics Tags: cronyism •
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If you haven’t watched this yet, you need to:
Posted by Jason on February 11th, 2010 under Democrat, Healthcare, Obama, Politics Tags: Founding Fathers, Gridlock, Healthcare, Obama •
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It seems a natural feeling whether you are Republican or Democrat or Independent to be annoyed at the lack of ability to get anything done in Washington DC. One could argue, its particularly disappointing that Obama hasn’t been able to accomplish anything despite a super majority in the House and Senate. It often makes me wonder [...]
Posted by Mark on January 29th, 2010 under Politics Tags: Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Obama •
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Posted by Mark on November 18th, 2009 under Politics Tags: Humor, Media, Palin •
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Palin was on Oprah.
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/showbiz/2009/11/14/sbt.oprah.palin.cnn.html
Seeing that clip reminded me of these two great clips. (Sorry, I couldn’t embed them.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07kO9TtHYzQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caGjG_9nFwY
Posted by Mark on November 4th, 2009 under Politics •
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I got an email this morning from Mitt Romney talking about the victories of the Republican party in the election yesterday. In the email, he talks about how “our cultural values need to be cherished” and that these victories somehow aid in that. This made me stop and think for a minute and ask myself, [...]
Posted by Jason on November 3rd, 2009 under Housing, Politics, Real Estate Market Tags: 3.5%, 5%, Downpayment, FHA •
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Last week, I received an email from my mortgage broker about interest rates. She included some dialogue about the reasons why increasing the required FHA downpayment from 3.5% to 5% is bad for the economy. Here is what she said:
Harm Ahead for First-time Buyers? And the Economy?
A bill has been introduced into Congress for the [...]
Posted by Eric B. on October 29th, 2009 under Economics, Healthcare, Politics, Small Government, Uncategorized Tags: accounting firms, auditors, Congress, General Motors, Government, health care, private insurance, private market •
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Let’s talk about what its like to do business with the government versus the private market.
Example 1:
The WSJ today (non-Op-ed for once ) discusses recent government involvement in the management of GM. For example, as part of the plan to cut costs, GM proposed to close and cut ties with 1,300 under-performing dealerships. But [...]
Posted by Eric B. on October 1st, 2009 under Politics, Small Government Tags: Blagojevich, Congress, Earmarks, Exploitation •
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Rod Blagojevich was on Chelsea Lately a couple nights ago and his interview solidified what I think bothers most Americans about our political culture: Exploitation.
To define, to exploit is to abuse, take advantages of, or use other people for selfish purposes. As it relates to politics, to exploit is when one uses their [...]