Jim VanNatta's Blog (2)

Well folks, this is going to be a big test. There is going to be a vote on the stimulus package probably tomorrow sometime. As usual, there are several sides to the issue. It reminds me about the old saying that there's 10 people in the room, and 15 different opinions. This is very confusing. One side says this is the perfect plan to stimulate the economy, and the other says that it can't stimulate anything if the spending is going to be several years out. Even the different sides use the Congr… Continue

I'm not going to say "I told you so" because there is no pleasure in what's happening. Over the past few weeks, we have seen oil prices, and in turn, prices at the pumps, fall dramatically. Today, December 17th, oil closed at just over $40 a barrel. A few short months ago, when T. Boone Pickens started his visionary energy plan, gasoline was north of $4 a gallon (almost $5 in some areas) because oil had reached a record $147 a barrel. As prices began to slide, many of the naysayers and critics… Continue