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The purpose of our blog is to provide ethical and endlessly curious views into the world of money and investing. Hopefully, as you read our blog posts, you will increase your knowledge about the use of money, improve your investment results, and reduce the risks and costs associated with the use of money. Our commentary is not crafted to support any political agenda, but will comment on the potential consequences of both current and projected actions of our Government (and others) on the economy, investments, and the efficient use of money.

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The Road Ahead

by Art Zaske on January 28, 2010

Many of us listened to President Obama’s State of the Union speech last night. The overwhelming desire was to hear what Government was going to do to get the economy started again. This seems to indicate a certain loss of confidence in the possibility or probability of a classic cyclic rebound based on pent up demand. Still, while Congress dithers, our population grows, wages slowly increase and inflation eats away at the sting of too much debt, whether held by individuals, corporation or government.

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Leadership and Jobs

by Art Zaske on January 24, 2010

In his January 23, 2010 Op-Ed piece in the New York Times, Thomas Friedman offers some advice to President Obama. The advice targets job creation and while the author exhorts Obama to abandon the backroom politics of Congress and revitalize “the amazing, young, Internet-enabled, grass-roots movement he mobilized to get elected,” Friedman misses his own point.

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