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Whose Money Is It?

In a democratic country — government of the people, by the people, for the people — who “owns” the government’s money? Either money is privately owned (people, companies, corporations, investment banks, etc) or it’s publicly owned. If through taxes, bonds, borrowing, printing, digital creation, money is deposited in the U.S. Treasury for later disbursement, whose money is it? Who actually OWNS that money before it’s sent on its way to pay the bills? Continue reading

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It’s Nothing Personal

Our elected representatives may or may not be nice folks. It’s irrelevant. They are out of touch and working day and night in opposition to the interests of the majority of Americans. Time to give them their walking papers. Continue reading

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Really Bad Television

The whole debt ceiling debacle was a really bad made-for-TV drama. The show should have been immediately canceled. It never should have aired in the first place. Continue reading

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