Category · 6 postsNational Debt
All posts in the automatic “National Debt” category, newest first.
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September 20, 2025
Who am I; Who are We?
The current tendency to judge and label each other is regrettable. Labeling others often says more about the labeler than the labeled.…
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August 22, 2023
Vital Signs
Having been facing some medical issues for the past couple of years, I am very familiar with the declaration, “I’m going to check your vitals.”…
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November 4, 2018
Strong Economy? Give Me A Break!
I am a little puzzled that so many seem to be excited about and making voting decisions based on the current economy. Yes, unemployment is…
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September 3, 2017
Labeling and Limiting Ourselves and Others
David Brooks is spending a lot of time thinking lately and coming up with some good points such as in the attached column. We are…
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August 4, 2016
Excise Taxes, Lobbying, and Our Future
Worrying about how we fund federal spending, I noticed that in 1960, federal excise tax revenue funded 11.6% of federal spending, but, in 2015, it…
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July 3, 2016
Reduced Deficits = Increased Debt
The simple truth expressed in the title equation is lost in the shuffle of the posturing under way in Washington DC, in particular President Obama’s…
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