Monthly Archives: March 2010

My Response to “Anonymous” on National Debt

Posted on March 31, 2010 by John Cox

I received a comment to my blog post entitled “National Debt” from an anonymous reader. Call me long-winded, but I felt that it deserved a slightly longer response than was allowed for comments. First, here is the poster’s original comment: … Continue reading →

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Show Me the Money

Posted on March 22, 2010 by John Cox

There are about 4,000 companies listed on America’s stock market exchanges, NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ. Together their total market value is $13.3 trillion. That’s every publicly traded company in this country. That means for a cool $13.3 trillion you could … Continue reading →

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The Saturday Morning Toast

Posted on March 20, 2010 by John Cox

I took my 4 year old son to eat breakfast this morning. Having three sisters, he appreciates the father-son time more than most. We went to eat at one of Marion’s iconic eateries, Richard’s Restaurant. It’s your typical greasy spoon … Continue reading →

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Obama Wants to "Double Down" on Your Future

Posted on March 6, 2010 by John Cox

There was an article posted on Yahoo Finance today from Andrew Taylor of the associated press.  I’ve pasted the article below just in case this link to it becomes unusable.  In it, Taylor discusses a new report by the Congressional … Continue reading →

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The National Debt

Posted on March 1, 2010 by John Cox

Santa left a very special present for us this past Christmas Eve. Our line of credit, as a country, was increased by $290 billion to a total of $12.4 trillion. If that wasn’t enough (and it wasn’t) the Ground Hog … Continue reading →

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