So, apparently the Federal Government is going to dump about a trillion dollars onto the market and enact trade restrictions to promote American goods.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but in Econ 101, don't they teach that this kind of thing causes runaway inflation?  I seem to recall history lessons on this including Weimar Republie (well, a lot of the world at that time, to tell the truth).  And aren't we currently seeing that in Zimbabwe?

I would not be surprised to see an inflation crisis rise in the next year or two.  And everyone will wonder why it happened...

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So...now the change.gov policy page is down entirely.  Wonder what's up with that.

Hope and Change via Ace.

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Apparently sometime last night the change.gov website changed from saying "require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year" to saying community service would get people a four thousand dollar college tax credit.

If this is a true policy change, it's a step in the right direction. Now it just needs to be determined if that four thousand dollars is a true tax credit or a tax "refund".  I'd be all for a tax credit, but they'd need to figure out how to apply a credit to a group of people who, on average, don't make enough to pay four thousand a year in federal taxes.  Split it up over multiple years, perheaps?

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So Barack Obama is the next persident of the United States of America.  I've been avoiding posting througout the campaign because both choices annoyed me; Obama in particular.

However, Congratulations to Mr. Obama.  You have the reigns at the beginning of next year.  I, and many others will be critical, but maintain a steady course that doesn't cross the line and we won't have an equivalent of the Bush Derangement Syndrom develop.

That being said: not off to a good start, and we're not even into the actual Obama Administration yet.  The Obama supporter's adherance and defense of it is even creepier than mandantory citizen service.  It makes me think of Starship Trooper's campy propaganda that made liberals yell "pro-fascist progaganda movie" back in the day.

So I made this.

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