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The T-E-A reportedly stands for “taxed-enough-already”….but that is clearly too simplistic of a complaint to found a movement. For if, G-d forbid, our country was attacked – not a single tea partier would probably feel that he/she shouldn’t sacrifice more in order to help fund our defense. So what does it mean to be a [...]

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I’m going to purposely make some drastic simplifications – but in the simplification, we may actually be able to view "the truth".  In order to understand "cost" we have to understand what we mean by "productivity". A workable definition of "PRODUCTIVITY" is a measure of how efficient you are at converting people’s "time" into "goods [...]

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While people may have lots of views on the advisability of establishing some kind of Government-supplied, taxpayer funded universal health insurance – the debate itself leaves a lot to be desired.  Most of the mis-information and confusion comes from the lack of understanding of what "insurance" is. In short, health insurance is a "pooled asset" [...]

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In the last part of my message to you,  [click here] I congratulated you on an excellent campaign and expressed many of my concerns and disappointments in what has transpired.   I expressed mostly a disappointment in the "press"…the profession of journalism but mostly I was disappointed with the 62 million Americans who voted for Obama [...]

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Dear Obama supporter,

First off, I want to congratulate you on an excellently run campaign. Your candidate spoke eloquently and remained focused. Obama said many things, many of which I agreed wholeheartedly. While I can’t possibly believe in his financial plan, I couldn’t believe in McCain’s either – America is in a mess as a result of unwarranted consumption and financial overreaching – we will get out of this mess by hard work, saving and investing in the future. While I bristled at Bush’s advice to the American people after 9/11 of “[paraphrasing...] continue living life normally, don’t stop shopping”… I was pleased to hear both McCain’s and Obama’s message for people to come and “serve their country”.

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