Mike Folkerth - King of Simple

Western Colorado’s own Humorist / Economist

Archive for May, 2008

The Perfect Plan; For Depression!

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Alert reader Billy B posted the following remarks written by Robert L. Hickerson, March 1, 1995.

1. We will never again be able to get sufficient growth of the economy to eliminate or even markedly reduce unemployment. NAFTA, GATT, and Clinton’s [...]

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Recession or Depression?

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I have a 52 page booklet which remains on my desk top and one that I have read many times from cover to cover. The title is “The Chief Cause Of This And Other Depressions.” The author is Leonard P. Ayres, Vice President [...]

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Capitalism and Free Enterprise

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The following is a well written and thought provoking article contributed by Rick Martin. As always, please feel free to comment away.

When I tell people that capitalism and free enterprise are not the same thing, I typically get a [...]

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Does Higher Education = Higher Consumption?

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The wonders of modern technology and the failure of the server that hosts this site, have kept the King of Simple off the air for two days, but I’m back and rearing to go.

I want to talk a little about [...]

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Change? Sure, as Long as You Aren’t Talking to Me:

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There is no doubt that the massive crowds who rally around our illustrious candidates’ circus-like-road-show of campaign speeches, are real. Those legions of worker bees who toil tirelessly for the various campaigns, those who donate millions, and those who go to the [...]

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Surely, This Can’t Be Happening?:

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U.S. NEWS: The official warning that world oil would peak came in 1956. The proof that U.S. oil production had peaked came in 1970. Congress was warned in 1974 that not only oil, but other resources were playing out.

Acting quickly [...]

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Thinking the Unthinkable; The End of Oil:

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U.S. News: Oil climbed above $130 this morning and seems to have legs to go further. Is the cause for the spike the high oil company profits that the presidential candidates are screaming about? No, the presidential candidates are world champion fabricators, [...]

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Need a Job? Government is Hiring:

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The question that I posed yesterday was how does the ol’ U.S. of A. seem to balance population growth with employment? Employment is consistently reported as being above 95%, yet stories of massive job losses in industry, banking and elsewhere are [...]

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Education; In What?

A question that has nagged me for some time is how the U.S. has kept the unemployment rate at 3.4 to 5.0% for years? How is it possible to keep job growth this well balanced with population growth? Exponential population growth I should add.

I came to the conclusion that it isn’t possible, at least [...]

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Power to the People; Electrical Power That Is.

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After reading all the posts and some e-mails generated by yesterday’s article about T. Boone Pickens wind farm, I thought I should answer some questions that might be of benefit to everyone.

I sat on the board of a large power generation [...]

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