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Have a brain, trade-in the heart

There is an old saying that if you are not progressive when you’re young, you have no heart; and if you’re not conservative when you’re old, then you have no brain. Another famous quote is by Donald Rumsfeld, former Secretary of Defense, about the Iraq War: “You go to war with the army you have, not the army you wish you had.” So, what does this have to do with the price of potatoes? The answer is: demographics.

Comptroller releases broadband plan

State Comptroller Glenn Hegar last week released his agency’s plan to support the expansion of broadband internet access to areas with limited or no access. Hegar and his agency’s Broadband Development Office received feedback through a series of town halls, virtual discussions and more than 16,000 responses to a survey.

March toward reality

Well woe is me. The stock market is falling and inflation is rising with a recession possibly in the future. Since 2010, the Federal Reserve Bank has been holding interest rates at almost zero and then pumping the money supply by buying bonds with created cash.

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