Inflation? What inflation?
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John Edwards bowed out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday. Though it's a long shot, he still might could switch parties and win.
- No Republican ever had hair that good
The Fed cut interest rates another half point Wednesday. That's a point and a quarter in the last week. At that rate, by Presidents Day, savers will have to pay banks to keep their IRAs.
- In Pennsylvania, Phil the Groundhog already sent word he can't afford to come out this year. He's had to take all his savings and bury them in his hole, and he'll shoot any reporter who comes near.
- Even groundhogs have a right to protect their savings.
- Too bad seniors can't.
- AARP would do something but they're so busy selling insurance and cruises they haven't heard about it yet.
You get the idea sometimes the Republican plan to save Social Security is to lower interest rates so much, inflation will take seniors' savings so they go without medicine or starve to death years before they collect anywhere near as much Social Security as they paid in.
Of course, everybody knows now there is no inflation. You can still eat at Dairy Queen for $5, if the two of you split a burger and only get one order of fries. And drink water.
And catch a ride there and walk home.
And only take one Walmart aspirin a day for the arthritis.
Kind of makes me want to bring back Jimmy Carter. His 16 percent interest rates paid my daughter's college tuition and bought her books. I'm not sure Mr. Bush's 3 percent would pay my granddaughter's way through second grade.
I'm not that worried about the economy. Democrats can take care of that next year, just like they always do. Just like Roosevelt and Truman did, and Kennedy and Johnson and Carter and Clinton.
Hey, aren't you glad we have a two party system?
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Love & Learn
This Week's Dream Trips - #11 -- An Aegean sojourn with Alexander the Great & Paul the Apostle #12 -- Enjoying Albuquerque without leaving the ground #13 -- Maya mysteries revealed at Copan, Honduras #14 -- Divers love the Bay Islands in Honduras, and they aren't alone
Just Plain Dumb:
Just Plain Dumb is a lot like Shallow Thoughts only not as deep.
If Hillary wins, where do they put the Presidential seal on the pants suit?
- Sounds like a good question to ask Rush Limbaugh.
I never listen to Rush Limblahblah. I can't. I only listen to radio when I'm driving and I don't want to doze off.
John Edwards bowed out of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday. Though it's a long shot, he still might could switch parties and win.
- No Republican ever had hair that good
The Fed cut interest rates another half point Wednesday. That's a point and a quarter in the last week. At that rate, by Presidents Day, savers will have to pay banks to keep their IRAs.
- In Pennsylvania, Phil the Groundhog already sent word he can't afford to come out this year. He's had to take all his savings and bury them in his hole, and he'll shoot any reporter who comes near.
- Even groundhogs have a right to protect their savings.
- Too bad seniors can't.
- AARP would do something but they're so busy selling insurance and cruises they haven't heard about it yet.
You get the idea sometimes the Republican plan to save Social Security is to lower interest rates so much, inflation will take seniors' savings so they go without medicine or starve to death years before they collect anywhere near as much Social Security as they paid in.
Of course, everybody knows now there is no inflation. You can still eat at Dairy Queen for $5, if the two of you split a burger and only get one order of fries. And drink water.
And catch a ride there and walk home.
And only take one Walmart aspirin a day for the arthritis.
Kind of makes me want to bring back Jimmy Carter. His 16 percent interest rates paid my daughter's college tuition and bought her books. I'm not sure Mr. Bush's 3 percent would pay my granddaughter's way through second grade.
I'm not that worried about the economy. Democrats can take care of that next year, just like they always do. Just like Roosevelt and Truman did, and Kennedy and Johnson and Carter and Clinton.
Hey, aren't you glad we have a two party system?
=====================================
Love & Learn
This Week's Dream Trips - #11 -- An Aegean sojourn with Alexander the Great & Paul the Apostle #12 -- Enjoying Albuquerque without leaving the ground #13 -- Maya mysteries revealed at Copan, Honduras #14 -- Divers love the Bay Islands in Honduras, and they aren't alone
Just Plain Dumb:
Just Plain Dumb is a lot like Shallow Thoughts only not as deep.
If Hillary wins, where do they put the Presidential seal on the pants suit?
- Sounds like a good question to ask Rush Limbaugh.
I never listen to Rush Limblahblah. I can't. I only listen to radio when I'm driving and I don't want to doze off.
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