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The goal of this blog is to publish my thoughts on a variety of economic and political topics in the hopes that people who find them educational or beneficial will utilize them and/or forward to others who might find them interesting and/or worthwhile to promote to others, possibly including politicians who can push some of these ideas to fruition. The topics in my blog are meant to be of value on a long term basis, not a daily diary or political issue of the day log. If the information posted is useful to you, by all means utilize it and/or forward it as you see fit. If not useful, then merely ignore it. There are no universally agreed upon truisms and too little tolerance between some of those with opposing viewpoints to successfully convince the people with hardened opinions to move away from them. I am an analytical type person who will try to be as factual as I am able.

I disdain the current popularity of name calling and condemnation of viewpoints with no factual alternatives or logical solutions given that I see so often. If you don't have a solution based on fact and logic, then opt out of the discussion because you have nothing to contribute. My background is a degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and 39 years working in middle management jobs for a major retailer. My opinions are forged on the personal experence of life, family, friends, and work as well as triumphs and mistakes that I have made and hopefully learned from. My hope is that this blog helps you.

My first topic will be about personal finance. I chose that one first because most of us work long and hard just to survive but not all of us realize our dreams of becoming financially independent from the labors of our work. Much of our political votes/thinking also focus on the economy and in particular how well we are personally doing financially.

It is relatively simple, without sacrificing the enjoyment of living for 'today' and even at moderate incomes, to retire as a millionaire or multi-millionaire, if you focus on that goal consistently from a young age. It is also simple to ensure that your child or grandchild retires rich. It merely requires a one time gift of just $2,000 invested wisely and the passage of time. Please read my first post on this blog to learn more.


An index/schedule of past and future posts and their dates will always be updated so that it becomes the first post that you see below. If the date of a post that you wish to read is preceded by the word "Posted", then find it below or click on the title in the Blog archive to review.

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Friday, September 2, 2022

Failures of Joe Biden and the Democrats

 Failures of Joe Biden and the Democrats:

1. Very high inflation (10%) including doubling of gasoline prices and worse.
2. Moving America from an energy independent nation to a nation dependent on our enemies for our total energy needs.
3. Immense, uncontrolled illegal immigration (two million illegals in a year) by stopping the border wall and failing to enforce our immigration laws.
4. Illegally depleting our emergency Strategic Petroleum reserves for a non-emergency.
5. Botching the Afghanistan withdrawal.
6. Supporting child castration, gender affirming surgeries, and child gender brainwashing attempts in schools, even threatening to take away Federal funds if they don't comply.
7. Baby Formula crisis in America and making it worse by sending baby formula to illegal immigrants at the border.
8. Pushing to lower tariffs on China imports despite their bad behavior and the benefits we received under Trump of moving jobs back to the US.
9. Pushing for all electric cars in the near future despite the fact that most Americans cannot afford them and our electric grid cannot support that quick transition.
10. Campaigning for President as a "Uniter" but loudly blasting Republicans instead.