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I know I mostly blog about politics, but occasionally I think I’ll blog about other things that interest me… like consumer product information.  SO, to start you out, I thought I’d inform you on what I learned when researching a new car.  Thanks to my consumerreports.com subscription, I found out that it makes little to no sense to opt for the built in GPS navigation in your new car.  Why?  Well, let’s hop in our time-machine and go back to 1987.  That’s when built-in cell phones were being offered by many of the luxury car manufacturers.  Can you imagine having your cell phone tied to your car?  Same goes for GPS.  Having it built into your car will look ancient ten years from now.  Not only that but also consumerreports.com pointed out that the ROI (return on investment) for built-in car navigation is negative.  You can spend up to $1000+ for the built-in nav, but it only increases the resale value of the car by maybe a couple hundred dollars…  And with nav systems going for sub-$100 these days, there is now officially no reason to get built-in nav unless it comes standard.  And finally, adding the death blow to built in nav?  This article…

Mobile GPS Storming the Market

Nancy Pelosi recently said that it is “time to reaffirm our commitment to access to quality, affordable health care for every American, including the 47 million who live in fear of even a minor illness because they lack health insurance… In the wealthiest nation on earth, it is scandalous that a single working American or a young child must face life without the economic security of health care coverage.”

What’s scandalous, Ms. Pelosi, is the obvious deceit of the American people in which you’re participating. Who are these 47 million uninsured people?  Let’s break it down:

• 9.5 million are not U.S. citizens
• 17 million live in households with incomes exceeding $50,000/year and therefore have access to healthcare if they chose to pay for it
• 18 million are between the ages of 18 and 34 and are in good health and choose not to purchase health care (this includes myself)

So why are we about to pass another $TRILLION+ bill to insure a bunch of people who either don’t deserve it (aren’t citizens), don’t want it (can afford it), or don’t need it (the young and healthy)?  This is insanity.  Especially when Obama and his administration has already quadrupled the national debt.  Frustrating to say the least.

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