Posted on Wednesday, 30th December 2009 by chrisjones

I don’t vent.  I don’t blow up.  I think that kind of negative emotion is counterproductive and I fight it.  Still, I’m mortal.  Sue me.
The enemy of growth is uncertainty.

I am a gardener some of the year, in my spare time, and I have about a hundred houseplants, and I’ve learned a few things from [...]

Tags: government, HERA, HVCC, Lehi mortgage, RESPA
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Posted on Thursday, 26th February 2009 by chrisjones

I get lots of flattering pub because of my philanthropic activities, and people have recently said - in my hearing - that I’m one of the most generous people they know.  So, in the interest of stopping this right now, let me offer the following:
First, read this article.  For the lazy, it’s about how a [...]

Tags: adulthood, government
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Posted on Tuesday, 30th September 2008 by chrisjones

Okay, so everyone’s asking what I think of the bailout. Let me get this on the record: I don’t know. The fact is, nobody knows. That’s one really, really good reason to vote “no”.
Most people are a lot like me; they don’t really know what the bailout contains, so they’re generally opposed [...]

Tags: free market, government, government bailout, Politics
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Posted on Tuesday, 30th September 2008 by chrisjones

Okay, so everyone’s asking what I think of the bailout. Let me get this on the record: I don’t know. The fact is, nobody knows. That’s one really, really good reason to vote “no”.
Most people are a lot like me; they don’t really know what the bailout contains, so they’re generally opposed [...]

Tags: bailout, discipline, government, markets, mortgage industry
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