Articles by: Kassandra Kuehl

  School lunches are now the hot topic as lunch trays are a bit lighter and calories are being limited. The so-called “nanny-state” has spread across America and into our schools as First Lady Michelle Obama, despite not being a nutritionist, has decided she knows what’s best for our children’s diets. This is part of [...]

When I set out to launch a career in the health and beauty industry 12 years ago, I never thought about being a small business owner.  Yet in my 7th year in the industry, I saw a hole in the marketplace that I could fill.  With extremely hard work and risk, I entered the free [...]

This summer has been warmer than average.  Midwesterners are known for having to tolerate all kinds of weather, but this summer has been unique due to the severe drought.  One of the hardest-hit commodities, corn, plays a critical role in our food supply, and now, even more so in our pocket books. I am a [...]

How do you feel when you think of the word “bureaucracy?”  I did an experiment and wrote down all the adjectives I could think of when I thought about bureaucrats and bureaucracy.  Stop for a moment and do this yourself.  What were your results?  All negative? Do we need bureaucrats? A Bureaucrat’s job is to [...]

2nd Annual We the People Convention in Columbus, Ohio The Real Story of the  21st Century  Economic War

The topic of oil is an old one, but is becoming more popular in conversations in Congress and across the U.S. It is virtually impossible to read articles about the state of the economy and not hear about oil, jobs, energy, and North Dakota. Oil producing states are featured in the news because of their [...]

There are essentially two ways the federal government spends our money  — Mandatory spending and Discretionary spending. Think in terms of a business.  In every business there are fixed expenses (e.g. building lease) and variable expenses (e.g. cost of goods).  Consider the government’s fixed expenses “mandatory” and the variable expenses “discretionary.” Mandatory programs are payments [...]

As a child, I used to play the board game of Monopoly. I still vividly remember the excitement of a “Get out of Jail Free” card and the royal blue of Boardwalk and Park Place. My brothers would be angry when I’d start using the pink pastel colored dollars for imaginary scenarios in make-believe businesses. [...]