"The House of Ways & Means Committee just released tax reform legislations that limit the business deductions of advertising expenses to offset costs of lowering the corporate tax rate. Advertising is a very necessary expense for millions of businesses, and no different than other expenses such as rent or office supplies. Help preserve the businesses in our towns and cities by writing to your Member of Congress, and opposing the Advertising Tax."

Support your favorite newspaper.

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Saint Cloud, Minnesota, where the weather is wonderful even when it isn't.

We subscribe to our local paper 7 days/week. I just don't think digital media presents as an easily accessible, overall snapshot of the news as well as print does. I read the paper first, then go to the web for more in-depth coverage and alternate viewpoints.

Of course, this process takes time and isn't cheap. I also feel more vulnerable to being manipulated with digital media, although I can't say exactly why. Speedy's post is another good reason to support print.

Sorry, I've got to go write some paper checks and drop them off at my creditors.

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Inside every old person is a young person saying "what happened?"

“Love is the motive, but justice is the instrument.” - Reinhold Niebuhr

“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” George Orwell