New Content Soon, I Promise
Monday, April 18th, 2005I’ve gone from sick to extremely busy at work. 9:36pm and I just got in. Should be calm by tomorrow. Actual content then.
Archive for April, 2005
Been Hit By Bus
Sunday, April 17th, 2005Okay, not literally, but I feel awful. Blogging upon recovery.
Good and Bad News for San Antonio
Friday, April 15th, 2005Good News:
The NSA is brining 1500 more jobs here, and Toyota is opening a huge new facility that is going to employ somewhere in the neighborhood of 7,000 people. All right, growth, this town could use it. Too bad the PGA Village was killed, oh well.
Bad News:
The city has decided that $6 million […]
Things I Could Afford If The Government Wasn’t Stealing 6.25% Of My Salary To Give To Old People.
Thursday, April 14th, 20051) An extra 150-200 square feet of living space (presuming I still rented).*
2) Full comprehensive and collision insurance with a $500 deductible for my car.*
3) Saving more for a new car.*
4) This.
5) Dropping $1,000 into the S&P 500 and just leaving it there until I retire. $1,000 placed in 1925 would’ve had a […]
Yar! Taxation Ahead!
Wednesday, April 13th, 2005Mark Thoma has a pretty concise and very accessible op-ed from a couple of days back that’s probably the best simple explanation of tax theory I’ve seen. Read if you’re interested.
He’s also totally correct that there’s no basis for choosing between policies (each has costs and benefits) using a Positive Economic approach. […]
$140 Annual Premium Health Insurance
Monday, April 11th, 2005In truth my total yearly up-front premium is $1140 [compared to $1,184 for my liability-only coverage on my six-year-old car], but I promise that I am actually only really paying $140 for good coverage with a $700 yearly deductible. How is that possible? Did I sell my soul to AIG?
No, there […]
It Has Officially Gone Too Far
Sunday, April 10th, 2005Dear PBS,
Step The Hell Off.
Love,
Tim
Does anybody else catch the irony of a television show trying to teach kids about being healthy? If they’re sitting there watching the TV, they’re not out being active. Aside from that, is there no responsibility left? Have we really gotten to the point where parents are […]
Sweatshops And Inflation
Saturday, April 9th, 2005The Blogfather’s new photo correspondent has this to say about the local bazaar, emphasis added:
Here are some images from the local bazaar that is held at Kandahar Air Field (KAF). Not many soldiers are allowed off KAF to go into the city of Kandahar to go shopping, due to a few obvious and not so […]
Congress VS. Marriage
Saturday, April 9th, 2005In response to my same-sex marriage post a couple of days ago, a friend asked me if I’d support Congressional action that eliminated all government ties to marriage. I am incredibly tempted to say yes. Tempted like the serpent tempted Eve, only I’m not a girl and I don’t see any fruit lying […]
Obnoxious Banking Rules, An Ongoing Series
Friday, April 8th, 2005A couple of days ago, before I got distracted making spreadsheets that seem to have made the Angry Bear even angrier*,I mentioned in passing that the government keeps track of typos on loan documents, I thought I’d elaborate.
There’s a law called the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Under the CRA banks are required to lend […]
