Agreement

Why Picking the President is Like Picking a Stock

Which "government"? I recall from a civics course that we have about 5,000 governments in our U.S. republic -- states, cities, counties, school, transit and other kinds of districts, all with taxing power to pay for the increasingly expensive services we demand more and more of and the jails and prisons we can't seem to get enough of. Are we overtaxed and under-represented or undertaxed and over-represented? Either way, there seems to be agreement that economically we're overextended.

The Secret Villain Behind Our Economic Collapse

Well said, but far too thoughtful for the typical blogger, who refuses to admit that the finger should be pointed at the guy in the mirror.