Shrink the State. End the Fed. Balance the budget. Make a profit. Leave an inheritance.
Gary North
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I keep coming back to this story every five years or so. New subscribers have not read about it. Old-time subscribers forget. The secret is the Frantz oil filter. It uses a roll of toilet paper as the filter. “An oil filter that uses toilet paper. What a joke!” It is not a joke. But [...]
Continue reading →In recent customer ratings, WalMart slipped to 69. The highest ranked supermarket is Publix. That’s the way it is at our house. We moved to Georgia in late 2008. We can now shop at Publix. That’s where my wife prefers to shop. The environment is clean. The staff is made up of very customer-pleasing people [...]
Continue reading →If you sell anything for a living, use this as a model of how not to run a business. My wife wanted to find a dentist for us. We have not been to one since we moved to Georgia in 2008. checked with Angie’s list. She said this dentist’s office had high ratings. I don’t [...]
Continue reading →Americans are wising up. They are not buying replacement new cars. They are buying used cars. I have done that ever since the 1970s. The average age of American cars is 10.8 years. This is the highest since 1995, when it was about 8.4 years. Year by year, the average increases. I still drive a [...]
Continue reading →If you travel, you are probably paying too much. If you take a vacation in anything but the family car, you’re probably paying too much. This is the era of the Internet. It lets you find out where the best deals are. The sellers rely on ignorance to make their profits. You can avoid paying [...]
Continue reading →If you have an old car that you still drive, hang onto it. I still drive a 1993 Dodge minivan. I used to haul my dogs in it. The old one died. The survivor doesn’t go for walks these days. But I’m not selling the car. The car is my back-up. If I take my [...]
Continue reading →Cable fees are expensive. Our entertainment isn’t free. It turns out that cable companies are willing to negotiate. This is the thesis of an article in the Wall Street Journal. We read this: Every three to six months, when his most recent promotional deal expires, Carey Anthony blocks out an hour of his day to [...]
Continue reading →Suze Orman is a lesbian. She has lots of advice on how expensive it is to raise children. Here, a Christian mother of 8 instructs Ms. Orman on budgeting. We both watched as you were in the middle of counseling a young couple, 29 and 30 years old, who wondered if they could afford to [...]
Continue reading →The deals are still coming. There will be more. If you want a specific gift for someone, OK. Buy it. Save time. But if it’s just a gift in general for someone, the discounts are coming. People have been shopping more than ever this holiday season, largely because of a flood of sales. But Americans [...]
Continue reading →My iPad 2 arrived by UPS yesterday. I have learned my lesson. Yes, you have heard all the hype. It’s a great tool. But you need a tutor. Locate a 13-year-old who owns one. Pay for lessons. I have written a detailed article on what you can expect. Read it before you buy. And be [...]
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