rudyamid on October 10th, 2009 at 10:33 am

Living in a highly developed country, like Canada or United States, I’m bound to pay a lot of taxes.  Canada has a burgeoning public health care system, pegging the Canadian income tax up to 50% (and additional Goods & Services tax).  Meanwhile, the United States is moving towards more taxes if (or when) the “Public [...]

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rudyamid on October 3rd, 2009 at 7:21 am

When I go shopping, I go directly to the item I want, pay for it, and leave.  I don’t care about the people shopping there.  I don’t care to socialize in the store. With that said, I like to shop at both Walmart and Target.  They have the best prices in town.  If it absolutely [...]

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rudyamid on April 29th, 2009 at 2:32 pm

I often asked myself: What’s important in this world?  There are just so many things going on, it’s difficult to keep up with everything. After a moment of thinking (probably less than 3 minutes), I’ve concluded that “my world” is more important. It means anything within 50 miles around me.  There’s not much I can [...]

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rudyamid on February 24th, 2009 at 6:00 am

We haven’t recovered from this recession.  In fact, it has been said the worse is still yet to come1.  But, people do have a sense of humor about the ailing economy, asking for more bubble to invest in. Sarcasm aside, it does pose a good question.  When they have that much money to play with, [...]

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rudyamid on December 26th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

With the mainstream media constantly touting economic recession, unemployment, and spending cutbacks, it’s easy to believe the doom and gloom.  However, I just got back from the malls this afternoon and it’s so far from the reality that was reported on the news.  I’ve twittered what I saw in the malls in the past couple [...]

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