Today is supposedly the first day of my semi-retirement, but all I see ahead of me is work. Besides the client I met with last Saturday, another one of our homeowners from 16 years ago has sold their home and wants us to build them another. I've been helping them look for some property, and yesterday they made an offer on one and it was accepted. Looks like the next step is to visit the architect. Then another one of our homeowners, this one from 14 years ago, wants to meet today to discuss building them a new home, too. Looks like I'll have to postpone "sleeping in" for a while longer.
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Looks like this election will be the most expensive ever....to the tune of $2 BILLION dollars spent, which means at least that much was donated to the politicians all combined, right?
OK, let's think this through: We have a TRILLION dollar deficit and our Congress / President are beating the bushes looking for ways to save a buck. They've come up with the noble idea of closing tax loopholes and ending expensive subsidies to selected companies and industries, ideas which have been (on the surface) universally praised.
At the same time rich individuals and large corporations and their PAC's have donated the vast bulk of that $2,000,000,000 the politicians have in their re-election war chests. So we're to believe they're giving generously to politicians to show their support for them for closing THEIR tax loopholes and ending THEIR subsidies?
Why yes, I would like to buy a time share in a high-rise ocean-view condo in Nebraska, complete with a private white sandy beach and palm trees. Who should I make the check payable to?
S
