Posted on Thursday, 25th March 2010 by chrisjones
This is one of a Series of Short Takes, though this one is not all that short, about the salient issues of the day. It is explicitly political and likely to offend, though, really, why should you take offense where none was intended? You have, nevertheless, been warned. Things don’t happen in a vacuum. Changing [...]
Tags: government, health care, heartlessness
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 to it [...]
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 to it [...]
Tags: bailout, discipline, government, markets, mortgage industry
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