Most Economists Agree – The Stimulus is a Bad Idea
From Obama’s speech last night – Most economists almost unanimously recognize that, even if philosophically you’re — you’re wary of government intervening in the economy, when you have the kind of problem we have right now — what started on Wall Street, goes to Main Street, suddenly businesses can’t get credit, they start paring back [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )"Stimulus" Bill Now Tops $900 Billion
Congress is sapping any possibility of US productivity for generations to come. Only a fraction of this so-called “stimulus” bill actually stimulates the economy. The vast majority of it is increased government oversight and additional government programs. By taking such a whopping amount from the American people, the US government is stifling productivity of the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Presidential Actions, Week 1
I’m going to keep saying this so that I remember; “Obama is my President.” It’s important to remember we are called to be good citizens. But that doesn’t mean we check our beliefs and feelings at the door and blindly follow our new Dear Leader. In one week – He reestablished federal funding for overseas [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Christian Carnival CCLIV
I could call this the “Day After Trying to Recover From What Might Have Been a Minor Flu Edition,” but I won’t. Christmas Season and Flu Season accompany each other every year, like Hansel and Gretel, or Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum. I had just enough aches and pains to baby myself to prevent a flu… heck, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 7 so far )Christian Carnival CCXIX
Chasing the Wind is honored to host the 219th edition of the Christian Carnival II, the blogosphere’s best Christian writing. My comments on the post in italics after each entry, but I left the author’s original thoughts when he or she provided them. I included almost all posts I received; I excluded two from the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 16 so far )Love Wholeheartedly
Our next minor prophet is Malachi. In Hebrew, Malachi means “messenger of Yahweh” or “my messenger.” Was Malachi the name of the man who wrote this book? Some scholars believe “Malachi” was simply the title of the book, as in “my message” to the people. We don’t know anything about the man himself, but it’s [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Respond in Faith
I was blessed with the opportunity to teach bible class this morning on the book of Job, chapters 1 and 2. Respond in Faith, or “why do bad things happen to good people?” A guy named Pete gets a job as a switchman with the railroad, and undergoes weeks of training. The supervisor then takes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Stock Market Update
In case you wonder why I choose a Mechanical Investing method (no buying or selling based on “feelings,” just a database sort,) here’s what the market analysis have to say about today (dynamic link, will be out of date after today): 9:00am Still shaping up to be a modestly higher open for the indices as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sneaky Texas Legislature and Taxes
So, if the state has collected too much money, maybe as high as $10 billion, do you think those sneaky dogs in Austin ought to – a) refund the money because citizens are complaining about property taxes, or b) tax businesses too! Yeehaw! If you answered (b), you can be a Texas legislator, too! Those [...]
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