Excessive Spending - One Size Fits All

The Federal Reserve is a good example of the government's one-size-fits-all approach to governing:

• All women's shoes must be size 6 narrow; all men's size 10 EEEE
• All infections must be treated with aspirin and penicillin; all cuts require stitches
• All children must take music education; all children must play the piano
• All sectors of the economy must be treated as equal; the prime lending rate must be the same, nationally.

Michigan Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted)
February 2006	6.6 %

Florida unemployment rate of 3.3 percent lowest in 30 years (fastest job growth, too)
NJOnline ^ | Jan. 20, 2006 | AP

National Unemployment Rate:
4.8% in Feb 2006

Michigan:

• buy womens' size 6 narrow and mens' size 10 EEEE shoes in bulk to get better prices;
• take two aspirins and get the wounded employment stitched up;
  
• have all of your children play happy music on paper piano keys (no real pianos needed); and
  
• get in line to help fight an overheated economy by paying higher interest rates.