Mike Folkerth - King of Simple

Western Colorado’s own Humorist / Economist

Archive for June, 2008

The Long Arm of NAFTA and The WTO:

Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News has another dose of reality this morning.

In my little neck of the woods here in rural Western Colorado, we are fortunate to be removed from the painful issues of our businesses picking up and moving to China; we wish.

In the serene village [...]

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Election Strategy; Promise to Make it Worse:

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There seem to be vast differences between Republicans and Democrats, the Right and the Left, and the Conservatives and the Liberals. And I suppose that there are. However, the one thing that they both share equally…is disastrous. That shared belief is that [...]

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It’s the Growth For Gosh Sakes!

Good Morning Middle America, your King of Simple News is on the air…again.

Every so often I feel compelled to go back to the roots of “The Biggest Lie Ever Believed.” Our economy is based on impossible math which suggests that exponential growth is possible in a finite world. It isn’t.
But those who continually promise [...]

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Tourism; Feeling the Pain:

After a week on the road, it’s good to be back in my office and reporting the King of Simple News. Guess I’m going to have to invest in a laptop and wi-fi card before my next absence.

This is the prime season for tourism and it was noticeably down everywhere we went. From the [...]

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Oregon or Bust:

Good Morning Middle America, the King and Queen of Simple are in Oregon.
Had great drive so far but can’t help but notice that humans never change. Went to view the Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls Idaho and they were beautiful, but continue to shrink in size.
The falls were originally referred to as  “Niagra of the [...]

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Take This Economic’s Test:

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The King and Queen of Simple are going to be out on the road this week, checking out the hiways and byways of our nation (well, part of it). I hope to be able to access my site and post my finding along [...]

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Coffee Shop Wisdom; What Oil Shortage?

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U.S. NEWS: Reporting this morning on an important conference that was held down at the local coffee shop, I have some enlightening news. The original subject of the conference was the cost to our good citizens of absorbing the now defunct SUV [...]

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Economic Preditions From The King of Simple:

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U.S. NEWS: The markets are rebounding this morning after taking a pounding this week. The good news is that retail spending is up. The bad news is that unemployment is up. So if more people are unemployed…where is the money coming from? [...]

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Oil Windfall Tax or Pandering Tax?

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U.S. NEWS: As I watched our Congress argue over whether to take the oil companies money away from them for being too profitable, I can’t help but think about the wealthiest members of Congress. John “I married it” McCain, Hillary “windfall” Clinton, [...]

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U.S. Economy and The Greedy Chinese:

When I asked my 4 year old grandson why he was getting bigger and bigger he didn’t really know, but his sister, overhearing the question and armed with the vast knowledge acquired in 1st grade replied, “He had a birthday.” Not a bad answer. A far better response in fact than I get from most [...]

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