As a tenant it's the way I would want to be treated, and many times the best gifts are the unexpected ones.

Not hardi board.I've done an exterior of a house where I would power wash the house first thing in the morning.

In fact, I'd be happy he did.I would never expect a contractor to eat costs for work that was unexpected or that couldn't easily have been foreseen, but if a contractor is bad at estimating or lowballs a bid in order to get work, he deserves to loss money.

The main impediment (that no one has mentioned) is that politicians derive their power from the tax code itself by means of being able to take from one group and give to another.

If it were nothing more than a web address with one guy posting or writing or selling ads, it would not be all that powerful.

I know a lot of us (me included) sometimes take the awesome power of BP for granted.

The power of compound interest over time is astounding.

http://blogs.wsj.com/source/2010/01/04/economic-recovery-will-be-followed-by-interest-rate-hike/ http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/economic-outlook.htm Rich you and Will can definitely speak on the power of one state Texas especially Will with the Texaplex video I believe Texas is a prime example of how other states can improve their economy and they wouldn't have to go very far to find the answers.

If you own rentals, theoretically, as the dollar falls in value, you can raise the rent.On the other had, if the buying power of the dollar gets weak, everything will cost more dollars.

I think the minorities will be much more powerful as a voting block.