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Universal Health Care

Monday, June 8th, 2009

I just read an interesting article showing that in 2007 the majority of bankruptcies in this country were due to medical expenses. The talked about how this showed our country’s health care program is ineffective and we need something new. This is a very political topic and I don’t want to really get into it, [...]

Lend the Government a Hand

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

So we all know that famous quote from John F. Kennedy, “Ask not what your country can do for you-ask what you can do for your country.” Well, I’ve been thinking about this. Isn’t it interesting how much we truly want our country to do for us? I mean, take a look at the economy. [...]

Government Bailouts? Lets think.

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

I have been hearing a lot about government bailouts in the last few months.  It seems that since the recession hit all the businesses seem to think that the government has some sort of responsibility to businesses that didn’t prepare for the times they might struggle. Okay, this is a problem and I am not [...]