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Washington's Farewell Address, 1796 (drafted by Alexander Hamilton): As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit . One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible, avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace , but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it, avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertion in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars may have occasioned , not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear. The execution of these maxims belongs to your representatives, but it is necessary that public opinion should co-operate . To facilitate to them the performance of their duty, it is essential that you should practically bear in mind that towards the payment of debts there must be revenue; that to have revenue there...

Have you ever thought about making your own laundry detergent?  The other day, we were shopping at our local farm/home supply store and found coupons that had all the items necessary to make your own laundry soap on sale.  The total cost to make the detergent for 288 loads was just under $15.00 or about 5 cents per load, about 3 times the savings over commercial laundry detergent. We tried the laundry soap and it works great!   Kristy is excited because she feels it works better and it is how her grandmother made laundry detergent. The directions: 2/3 bar Fels Naptha soap* ½ cup Borax ½ cup washing soda Grate the Fels Naptha soap. Mix in the Borax and washing soda.   Store in an air tight container.   Use 1 – 2 tablespoons per load.   Can be used in HE washers. * Freeze the Fels Naptha soap prior to preparing the mixture to keep it from clogging the grater.  Happy Washing! PS. We have had questions following this blog posting asking for the liquid...

Due to the ridonculuous non-solution to the "fiscal cliff" issue, there has been all sorts of crazy talk about the debt ceiling ceiling, trillion dollar platinum coins, and what not so of course I have been fielding emails and phone calls instead of writing my book, Little Business on the Prairie . Here are some links to my previous writings on the subject, which seem pretty darn prescient (esp. the bit about needing to borrow to help a part of the country ravaged by a natural disaster). Enjoy ... again, or for the first time. And please, no more b.s. about trillion dollar platinum coins (or any other denomination for that matter). On this blog : April 21, 2011: The Debt Ceiling Crisis July 19, 2011: Debt Ceiling Dilemma July 25, 2011: Why Deliberately Defaulting on the National Debt or Any Other Sums Owed Would be Unconstitutional On the History News Network (HNN) : Original Intent and the Debt Ceiling And if any of you are wondering what I think of the ICE takeover of the...