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:cry: :cry:
http://www.alanbrymer.com/blog/?p=678
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I'm all for fiscal conservatism (I really am), but those in power who have claimed to be fiscally conservative appear to either be lying or not very competent:
http://zfacts.com/metaPage/lib/National-Debt-GDP-L.gif
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Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all. ~John W. Gardner
I would remind you that...
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I read an article today that makes me more nervous about a recovery.Associated Press--
Inflation adjusted wages rose till about May 2008. It hit $18.53 or $8.65 in 1982 adjusted rate. Since then, the rate accordi...
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I'm not and most (if not all) of our friends (and relatives) aren't. Perhaps this is because of where I live (Northern Virginia). How about the rest of you?
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I purchased a 3 unit building in 2018, a 2 unit in 2020 and another in 2021. While Redfin isn’t the most reliable source for estimating the values it indicates that I have about 400k in equity. About 250 in the first ...
I'd really like to drop my PMI. I acquired my property at the end of December in 2014. I constantly get letters telling me to hurry up and use programs that aren't going to be around forever, Personally getting letter...
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Detroit is not the first city to seek protection from it’s creditors. San Bernardino, population 210,000 and Stockton, population 292,000 both sought protection from it’s creditors last year.
Due to years o...
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Obama keeps stating that the failed policies of the last eight years are to blame for the current economic crisis. Certainly a boatload of mistakes were made by the Bush administration. However, many people, myself ...
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From Universal Press Service.(did anyone see this?)
A December USA TODAY anaylysis revealed that during the first 18 months of the recent resession, beginning December 2007, the number of federal employees with six...