Hillbilly version: What percentage of the 92 million people of Iran spent the weekend thanking the United States for bombing their country; anxiously awaiting the chance to overthrow their government; worried about the price of electricity or wondering what caused the United States to invade their country? Did we make… Read more.

Hillbilly wisdom: the best way to stop an activity is a heads up. Preventive measures can be as simple as ID’s and verification of services. When this is not done, the door is opened to fraud. Vice President Vance will lead the war on fraud. His involvement in the fraud… Read more.

Hillbilly wisdom: If someone consistently outperforms the market, there is good chance they are cheating. Once again there is a call to limit the Congressional member and their families from playing the market? The call came from the executive branch. This is not the first attempt to bring Congress under… Read more.

Hillbilly wisdom: Through our actions we teach bias, prejudice, elitism and we defeat ourselves. When preference is given to one group over the other, it does not bring us together. It separates us. When you cannot see or choose to ignore injustice you become a part of the problem. The… Read more.

Hillbilly wisdom: It is a good time to be in the United States because the future is not stable. We are on the fast track in a downward direction. We have fewer trading partners and a larger trading deficient. Our president bargains by using insults and threats and the world… Read more.

Hillbilly version: in an effort to keep up with the Jones, there is a need to lead, a need to have more, a need to be the envy of the neighborhood, as you spend your way into bankruptcy. One farmer put it this way: the first million is the hardest… Read more.

Hillbilly wisdom: Insider trading and other white collar crimes are 1)profitable, 2)relatively safe in terms of punishment and 3) Prove it. Insider trading are transactions that occur based upon knowledge or information that is unavailable to the general public. The penalty is severe but the difficulty in proving the crime… Read more.

Hillbilly wisdom: Fear, justified or not, motivates those involved. Should we be afraid that Ice or a paramilitary unit will use similar tactics against others say in the next election? There is an element of fear about the upcoming midterm elections. The DOJ claims that we need to be sure… Read more.

Hillbilly wisdom: The vast majority of people when asked about term limits, say yes they are for limiting terms. I doubt they are telling the truth. Most lie so well, they don’t even know they are doing it. There is very little possibility of the politicians getting reelected if the… Read more.