In my previous Permanent Fixes Blog I posted a couple of times during the financial crisis about this family relic, using it as an example…
The WPA and Granny’s Little Brown Shack
Posted in Family Stories, Government, Jobs, and Uncategorized
Permanent Fixes Posts
Media typically reported enthusiastically about “creation” of 228,000 new jobs in November of 2017. For Example: Could we have a little context? I checked the…
Free the Doctors (9/2/2009)
Posted in Health Care
I found the quote below at a US Government Health and Human Services website about Medicare payments. Believe me, I didn’t make this up. “This…
Earl Blumenauer, D – Oregon, explains in an op-ed today where all the “Death Panel” uproar was born. He says that in his years in…
About ten days ago I was feeling really bad and started having chills. By the next morning I had a fever and obvious symptoms of…
Fishy Global Warming Story
Posted in Climate
When I was an irresponsible teenager, a couple of friends and I went fishing for native brook trout in the Smoky Mountains National Park. We…
Labeling and Limiting Ourselves and Others
Posted in National Debt, Politics, Responsibility, and Uncategorized
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…
Irrational Government Meddling: Stop It!
Posted in Government, and Taxes
There are at least five good reasons government should not meddle in the affairs of private free enterprise. There is no accountability because most or…
“Cost” of Health Care: Biggest & Ugliest Elephant in the Room
Posted in Health Care, and Health Insurance
I remember in my young adult years a common subject of discussion was the “cost of building” a new home in a particular location. I…