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Who is the "GrayMan"? Gray Rinehart is the author of one book, Quality Education, and many articles, essays and papers. Check out The Legend of Gray's "alter ego" to find out more about the original "GrayMan" of Pawleys Island, South Carolina.
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The Anti-Candidate's Position on the ECONOMY. The economy runs on money, which we don't have a lot of. We have enough, at the moment, and if we had more we could put it to good use -- like paying off the credit card debt from our unfortunate period of under-employment in 2006-07. (On this topic, we refer you to the "Contribute to the Anti-Campaign" section below.) As for the overall economy, things cost what they cost. Many things cost too much, but these days that seems to be a function more of the declining value of the dollar than anything else. Case in point: the price of oil on the world market has risen about twice as much in dollars as it has in euros, because dollars are less valuable today than euros (they used to be 1-for-1). What does that mean for us? It means not only are we paying more for oil, but for everything else that comes from overseas -- which amounts to a whole lot of everything. In our day-to-day lives, we don't think about the value of the dollar on the world market that much. We should, when that value affects the dollars in our pockets. We got into this pickle because the Federal Reserve (note to self: at least try to read the book on the Fed you bought all those years ago), in a knee-jerk reaction to the credit debacle, started lowering interest rates willy-nilly. Oh, great, we thought, now people who got in trouble borrowing too much can borrow even more. It didn't occur to us that the dollar, thus weakened, would fall on foreign currency markets and make rising commodity prices rise even faster. Those of us with fixed-rate mortgages (many of us) who for now are able to make our payments (most homeowners in general) are getting smacked around by these prices because the Fed decided to reduce the pressure on the very few people who didn't take the time or make the effort or have the brains to understand what they had signed up for. So if you got a sub-prime mortgage, and you got burned, we hope you're happy about the Fed cutting interest rates so that all of us can buy gasoline at $4/gallon. Thanks for nothing. (Oh, don't say that, you might alienate people.) (Why not, it's not as if they're going to vote for us anyway ... and they better be reading this in a public library, having given up their home computer and cable internet to pay for their own mortgage crisis.) Bottom line for the Anti-Campaign: We're not rich. We'd like to try it sometime, but the "tax the rich" rhetoric we hear all the time kind of cuts down on the incentive. We won't be releasing our tax returns; we'd rather you laugh with us than at us. Finally, money is a tool; it's always good to have more tools in your toolbox; and when you loan this tool -- whether to the government or anybody else -- good luck getting it back. So if your local tax assessor or your county treasurer or your state comptroller needs to be replaced, and you're not satisfied with the slate of candidates, feel free to vote for the GrayMan. We couldn't do any more damage than the so-called experts.
"That government governs best which governs least." -- Thomas Jefferson Governing least ... we'd be happy to.
CONTRIBUTE TO THE ANTI-CAMPAIGN. The Anti-Campaign needs money for all kinds of expenses: crayons and coloring books, groceries and gasoline, neckties and Net access. Send your non-tax-deductible donations with the full confidence that we will treat your money as our own and spend it on whatever we want -- like expensive dinners at which we will entertain only ourselves. It'll be just like the real government, only this time you gave your money voluntarily. In fact, be sure to write "gift" in the memo block of your check. Any contributions are not tax deductible; repeat, not tax deductible; I-tell-you-three-times, NOT tax deductible. We appreciate your money. (And you, too, of course ... but we really appreciate your money.) Want more information on the Anti-Campaign? Want to be added to the list of potential anti-running mates? Want to be considered for a position in the anti-cabinet? Contact the GrayMan, but notice that the e-mail address is set up to avoid spammers; be sure to fix it so it's in the proper format. If we get your message, we'll be happy to answer your questions. (Maybe.) (Sometime.) And we'd be honored to address your club or organization or class to discuss the Anti-Campaign. (For a small honorarium, of course.) (And a meal.) (And maybe baked goods.)
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