You: Uh-oh.
What?
You: You’re not going “there,” are you?
No. I have consistently tried my best to suppress any political leaning from my blog postings, books (I say books, not book, because I am working on book number two right now), and seminars.
You: But you must care, right? You do vote, don’t you?
Yes and yes. However, my attitude has been that providing an unbiased education was far more important than an occasional rant about politics. Given the unbelievable political split in this country, why even go there and risk someone not really hearing the message because an off-topic comment got him so angry/pleased? Maybe someday I’ll weigh in on certain political issue, but I see no point in doing so now.
It seems that most personal finance bloggers take a similar approach. Nonetheless, one blogger recently reported on Dave Ramsey’s recent venting on what the government has done in the last few months including his line: Bush and Paulson decided to bailout stupidity and the new administration decided to stimulate stupidity.”
You: What do you think?
I think it’s great to see someone who knows about personal finance candidly sharing his opinion on what the government is doing. Furthermore, I’m always in favor of responsibility at any level, including government.
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What about you?
If you enjoyed Rocket Finance’s post, you’re sure to enjoy several others from this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance, including my Red Sox personal finance moment, Expect the Unexpected: The Jacoby Elllsbury Edition.
Tags: dave ramsey, politics
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Well it looks like politics are all about doing what the public wants in terms of just tossing money at everyone and thinking it will work.
Because really, people are in crappy situations, financially because they cannot manage what they have, so giving them more of it will apparently solve the problem.
Thanks for the link!
I don’t blame anyone for avoiding the subject of politics, but our government has completely abandoned a laissez faire philosophy regarding our economy. Unfortunately, it is going to force many people to talk about the government more than ever before.