My Business and Financial Freedom Journey
Capitalism is about expanding the economic pie, not trying to divide a static pie equally. Quite frankly I am getting tired of socialist writers, and progressive politicians implying the economic pie is static, and we must divide it equally. They claim everyone deserves their “fair share” of the pie. Life isn’t fair, nor will it [...]
In one of his most important speeches of his presidency, President Obama presented once again his “laser-like focus” on jobs. In 2009, and 2010 he had more important items to take care of – like a health care bill. Previous attempts by the Obama administration with any job stimulus have been disasters, but this new [...]
I tweeted “The debt deal has been completed. Now back to our regularly scheduled double dip recession.” Of course I meant that somewhat jokingly, but I’m also serious. The economy is not in good shape, and it will likely get worse as 2011 progresses. Forget about the man-made government debt ceiling crisis we had for [...]
The USDA reports, that raising a child now costs at least $226,920. This is for a child that was born in 2010 like ours. Can I say raising three children of our own is expensive! I’m not sure why the USDA does this annual survey? Is it because of the amount of food children eat? [...]
Consumer confidence was “unexpectedly” lower in May than what economists forecasted. In plain english, enexpectedly means “we didn’t know others would be so pessimistic”. Economics is often referred to as the dismal science. Dismal it is, science it’s not. Anything that’s based upon the emotions of humans can only be considered a guesstimate at best. [...]
Ah the 1970′s. The hair was long, the music was great, and John Belushi was a rising movie star. Also unfortunately common was long gas lines (remember odd/even days?), high prices, high unemployment, and government price fixing with commodities. WIN, or otherwise known as Whip Inflation Now, was a popular grass roots movement to help [...]
A worrying trend has been emerging over the last couple of years – the super rich have stopped saving and started spending. Now you may be wondering why this is considered to be a worrying trend as surely they are helping the economy by paying for goods and services as opposed to hoarding their cash [...]
CNBC has recently had a bunch of commercials touting free market capitalism. This is somewhat ironic coming from GE, but I do happen to like the commercials. While I like CNBC’s web site and their iPhone App, most of their programming is junk food for the mind. When I think of free market capitalism, I [...]
I have never been in a union, and if any company I worked for required for me to join one, I would leave in a heartbeat. As an entrepreneur, I find it foreign why someone would ever want to work for one, and is the antithesis of owning a business. I prefer to get paid [...]
We are at a crossroads with our childcare. We have started looking for a nanny, and we are in the process of interviewing someone to take care of our children. Growing up, I never had a nanny, but I have visions of some British-speaking woman coming to our house. Something out of Marry Poppins, the [...]
