Sep
24
Bailout Sounds Like Bad Spam Email
September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment
This is hilarious. I'm sure you've gottem an email from an "official" in Africa. This official has millions waiting for you, you just need to send them your bank account info. Well what if the scammer in Africa was suddenly the most powerful man in the world. Well Secretary of the Treasury Paulson is the most [...]
Jul
9
The Stimulus Payment Was a Ridiculous Political Stunt
July 9, 2008 | 4 Comments
Now that most of the payments have been sent, we can analyze the Economic Stimulus Package of 2008. Was the economy stimulated? Did the payment really help people? Was it all worth it?
I've answered so many questions about the stimulus payment that I've quite frankly gotten sick of the whole thing. It's ridiculous how much [...]
Jun
13
The economic stimulus payment program has been a fiasco. Hundreds of readers have shared their horror stories. You'd think the government could figure out how to get checks to people. Put the check in the mail, what's so hard about that? When government gets involved, simple things get complicated fast. If the government can't mail [...]
Mar
24
Don’t Ask What Causes Poverty.
March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
We are conditioned by society to view poverty as something that happens to people. Dr Madsen Pirie believes that wealth happens and that poverty is the default or “rest” state of humanity.
According to a post on adamsmith.org, Dr Pirie claims there are no causes of poverty. Simply that its the "default" option.
There [...]
Feb
9
Small Stuff
February 9, 2008 | 2 Comments
One problem I have with most existing personal finance blogs is the fascination with small stuff. Many of these blogs create top 5, 10, 20,100 lists by the truckload in order to rank highly on Digg, Reddit and other social bookmarking sites.
The problem is these blogs usually don’t have enough content to fill these [...]
Feb
8
On Advice
February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment
When I started this site, I wasn’t sure how to approach advice to readers. I was really tired of the way most financial advice is given either in magazines, web sites or books. Most of it comes with a large helping of ifs-ands-or buts advising readers to seek professional counsel before proceeding.
One of [...]