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The Truth About Sequester, Budget Deficit and National Debt

By on February 21, 2013 in Achieving Financial Independence, Policy and Your Money

The Sequester was put in place late in 2011 (known Budget Control Act of 2011)  as a negotiating ploy signed by Congress and President to reduce Government spending increases by $85 billion annually or a meager 2.4% of our national Government’s $3.6 trillion annual spending.  It is a very small amount and does not affect [...]

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Romney Wins – Then What?

By on October 18, 2012 in Achieving Financial Independence, Balanced Living, Counting Your Pennies, Estate Planning, Investments, Investor Psychology, Mortgage, Policy and Your Money, World Economics

When Romney Wins – Then What? Since Mr. Romney is well positioned to win the presidential election, I’ll take a few minutes to explain what I think might happen if Governor Romney is elected the 44th President of the United States. If Republicans also win both houses of Congress, expect there to be quite a [...]

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What Big Bird Teaches Adults About Government’s Wasteful Spending

By on October 10, 2012 in Policy and Your Money, World Economics

It’s the Spending Stupid! Government spending by both parties is ridiculous and PBS and Big Bird is one on many examples of wasteful spending.  Remember, the government is taking money from your paycheck and deciding who to give it to.  In 2008, President Obama ran on the idea of cutting the deficit in half.  Instead, [...]

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