Ahhh ... the wafting smell of election year politics ...

СВЕТИ ГЕОРГИYeah, every few years we get some major stank drifting through our corner of the globe. This is going to be a very nasty election cycle. Very nasty. Many of the meme’s have been tried out against some of the candidates, and what stuck … well … stuck (and stunk). As usual, the good and bright people, the ones we need to be in office to help make hard decisions and leave … once again, these folks don’t seem to want all that goes with the process. As a business guy, I care about, curiously enough, business. I like people who support a freer economy with less restrictions/regulation, lower (and simpler) taxes. Remember my grumbling about our future tax bill for the year? That bill will be the equivalent of 2-3 full time positions that I can’t open up, because that money isn’t available to go to the people who would support their families and generate real economic stimulus. That money goes to the government, which is currently spending way beyond its means and its income (from my taxes). The right solutions to these problems involve growing the economy (which in a government sense, means getting out of the way of the producers, and helping them lower economic, taxation, and regulatory barriers to growth), and reducing expenditures.