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Crowding Out

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When the government spends money, investment and spending are crowded out.

Spending Hangover

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Spending is 70% of GDP in the US. For years, many Americans have been spending 98% of their disposable income. Many live above their means using credit cards. The party is over and will last long in 2009.

Consumer Confidence

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Consumer sentiment fell to its lowest point since 1991, the last US recession. With no spending, there's no income, no GDP growth.

Slippery Slope of Fiscal Policy

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Government intervention often has negative consequences that outweight the benefits.

Discipline

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I heard someone apologize because they had to expel gas. I wondered if teachers could expel gas too.

Jazz Kats Funeral

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I saw a frozen cat on the highway and thought of this...

Cartooning Retail Sales Data

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Retails sales are down from a year ago. Looks like the Grinch will steal Christmas this year.

BULL!

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The stock market is down as the bears have chased the bulls off the street. The Motley Fool had an interesting question in their investment workbook that I never could answer. The question was, "How do you value a company?" Do you value a company on technicals or fundamentals? Now I am left wondering if any asset has a value other than my confidence in its intrinsic value.

Free Falling Markets

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To add 700B to bank reserves is like pushing on a string. There's too much liquidity and too little confidence.

Belly Flop

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Government intervention into the markets always flops.

Fiscal Policy

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The government will mess up the markets with intervention

Credit Markets

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Eventually, the debt will have to be repaid.

Iowas Prize Hog

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Corn used to produce ethanol lead to 1.4 billion in income for renewable fuels industry. Over 3 billion in foreign direct investment and 147,000 new jobs were created from ethanol.

Record Corn Crop

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Genetically Modified Foods grow faster--setting new records.