Friday, March 13, 2009

What's Your Solution?

Thinking about the news of the day, from Madoff, to the Stewart-CNBC dustup, to my personal financial situation, I was struck by this quote of Teddy Roosevelt:

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Roosevelt took on the monopolies and created our National Park System. Actions that countered the destructive trends. And I think, "What can I take on or create?"

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Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Balanced in Power

All the hoo-ha about Obama signing the spending bill despite the dreaded earmarks...

Imagine your truck needs 99 $1 repairs to get back on the road to deliver your load and get paid, but the shop does 100. You think the 100th was unneccessary, but you're no mechanic. Should you refuse the repair, send the truck back to the shop and twiddle your thumbs for days to save a dollar?

A veto of all for a problematic 1% would be stupidity or political grandstanding, and neither describes Obama's style.

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