The Life and Times of a Frustrated Optimist

My wife calls me a frustrated optimist. It is an apt description when I look at America, our economy, and even the investment markets…..Those folks look at America’s staggering debt, our dysfunctional border, our nonfunctional political system, the turmoil in the EuroZone, wasteful government spending designed to placate financially powerful special interests, our refusal to address the sobering realities of federally promised entitlements, the rising wealth gap in America, and they wonder if my frustrated optimism stems from some sort of genetic defect or insanity.

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