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For most people this is such boring stuff, and by design, it is hard to follow.  Who cares what political bureaucrats and politicians do as long as what they do does not take away my tech toys, or remove some of the worthless rubbish on television that is used to dumb us down? 

 Net Neutrality is the beginning of control of the airwaves and internet and is being pushed by one party.  If you cannot control the speech, then figure out a way to shut it down or control the speaker.  This is just one of the things being sneaked in without any fanfare, and we sit back and ignore it.  By a vote of 3-2, three unelected government bureaucrats in the FCC went against the wishes of congress and a judge to move forward with this program.

 Some of you might welcome this, to others; you see it for what it is, one foot in the door.  Here in North Carolina, several years back, the politicians wanted more money to spend.  Instead of looking for something to cut, they came up with the idea of more tax (it’s what politicians do).  They planned to add what would have been a sales tax on our homes when sold.  This tax was going to start out low, but once passed it would be easy to increase when needed.  The money grab idea was voted down by a huge margin.  All they needed was a foot in the door, just as thisNet Neutrality.  Read this article from the WSJ.  I believe you will find it interesting.

 Someday we will wonder what happened to our freedoms.  Maybe?


 
 
Updated information from National Association of REALTORS:

What did buyers use as their source in home search?  What was the first step they took?  Click to enlarge.
 
 
I've  worked in restaurants, mills, factories, stores and offices.   Managed payrolls, sales and inventory.    Worked on day and night shifts.   Hired and fired (once), but I have never had to draw unemployment.  

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on’t take that the wrong way.  There is nothing wrong with drawing, but there is something wrong with HAVING to draw for two or three years.  That was never the intention.   It is not something to strive for as a new career goal.  I wonder if most people know where the money comes from.  Remember the government cannot give you something unless they take it from someone else.  Here is a
link to an article that might be of interest.
 

In the past, when we actually manufactured things in this country and jobs were easier to come by, continuing to draw unemployment was unheard of.  Some would do anything   not to draw. Now, the unemployment rate is sitting at 9.8% and who knows where it will go from here.  Surely, none of our leaders in Washington can help.  Most of them have made a career out of politics.   Let’s face it, if you have been in office for twenty, thirty or forty years, you have lost touch with the real world and it is time to go home.  Get a job, or enjoy your retirement and  benefits from the taxpayers, but please just go home!  Your oversized egos mean nothing to the rest of us.  It seems most of those people have a law degree.  There is a fine career.

Regarding unemployment, we've been here before, but I don’t think I heard anyone then saying it was the "new norm".     Washington might put obstacles in our way to try and make it the “new norm”, but left to the American people; we will find our way back.  See chart below-SOURCE: BLS
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I refuse to have a defeatist attitude about this country.  We are still the greatest country on this earth.  Freedom and Capitalism have pulled millions out of poverty.  Our country has freed or helped to free millions of people around the world.  I am tired of the news media and a few politicians telling us how bad we are.