Art Villa - Global Perspective's Blog – January 2009 Archive (4)

I follow the stocks... too closely... and, it isn't pretty. Many of the companies that are tanking the market are mega-orgs - some of which are too big to fail. At least that's what we are told.



How does a company get "to big to fail"? Well, by getting special treatment. That's how. And it isn't just special treatment from the latest… Continue

On my way to pick up my son from preschool, I heard a segment on the Michael Medved show where the caller was really tweeked that he got paid $8/hour for caring for the elderly while the auto workers were making $75/hr (probably inclusive of union dues - I just don't know).



He indicated that one way out of the economic problem is to raise the pay at the lower rungs which would put more money in the pockets of the less fortunate to help… Continue

While watching IOUSA on CNN I went to www.pgpf.org and found the story of the CNN airing.



I posted the following to: http://www.pgpf.org/blog/?storyId=24279



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The FairTax would do much to help solve the debt problem.



On January 11, 2009 4:09 PM, Art Villa said:



Injunction (meant to say in conjunction) with many of the approaches that this foundation recommends, the FairTax could be a big part of the solution to get our nation's… Continue

Fax I sent 1/6/2008...



Dear President-Elect Obama, Representative Rohrabacher, Senators Reid and Mcconnell, Speaker Pelosi, and House Minority Leader Boehner,



An $800 billion bail-out is not the answer to our economic woes. Growing government is not the answer.



The solution is to put full faith and support behind the good, innovative, and hard-working people of this great nation. When we have freedom from the excess… Continue