From Wally’s Pond... Again
It has been a while since I had a chance to sit by the water’s edge at In my mind, This would be Wally's Pond this pond which only exists in my mind; a restful place which allows me to think ( yes, think!) a bit… I thought a break was overdue. My on-going promise to self has been that politics would be left out of my writings but… this becomes an impossible task as we march into an election year. The pickings are bleak this time ‘round. On the one side, we have an older gentleman whose only card is the “gift card”. -“ Elect me and most everything you get will be free” . I do not have a master in economics, except the one which might have been earned in the university of “Hard Knocks”: trying, failing and trying again. One well learned lesson is that no service or product is free. Everything has a cost factor and it has to be paid for the service or product to be available. Also, as shown by the present government’s gift giving structure, it is all too easy to get used...