Tragic news about the United States economic atmosphere has been inescapable throughout the country and world for quite some time now. With constant debate over raising the debt ceiling, shocking losses in the stock market, devastating unemployment rates, and a downgraded national credit rating, it’s no wonder the country’s economic health has been in question. […]
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According to former GOP Senator Judd Gregg, the U.S. government borrows 41 cents out of every dollar it spends. In other words, if they can’t borrow any more money it means they have to cut 41% of the budget. According to Gregg, “The practical effect of hitting the debt limit is not that the entire
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By Tim McMahon, editor Banks are considered safe. This isn’t the Great Depression… We have FDIC deposit insurance now so bank runs can happen right? Even the “Urban Dictionary” equates the saying “money in the bank” with reliability. You can wager money on what will happen, and if you have inside information and you’re 100%
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Yesterday we looked at how the government’s separation of Gold from money has allowed it to grow out of control contrary to the intentions of our founding fathers. Had the money remained chained to gold the government’s ability to wage war, offer unlimited social programs and grab power would have been severly curtailed. So of
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What is Fascism? We’ve often heard the word but what exactly is fascism? Historians, political scientists and other scholars have spent long hours trying to define the exact nature of fascism. Since each occurance of fascism is distinct, it is difficult to define. The three common threads of fascism are Nationalism, Authoritarian with a strongly regulated economic
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By Tim McMahon, Editor It’s not just the government’s finances that are out of control it is the government itself. Just this week several examples of an out of control government have crossed my desk. 1) The first is a law passed by the Indiana state legislature which makes it against the law to resist
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Long-term U.S. Treasury bonds have fallen 7% in value since November 1 and municipal bonds have fallen 6%. “Safe” investments like Treasury’s and Munis are not supposed to crash they are the mainstay of widows and orphans. So What’s happening? For most of the last century, the whole world has believed the obligations of the U.S.
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Rumors are, the U.S. government “is propping up the stock market.” By far, the most frequent question we’ve been asked recently is: “What is your take on the persistent internet chatter that the Federal Reserve is holding up the stock market via QE2, POMO, etc.? How can stocks ever decline again if the Fed
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Dear Editor, I am a college student and amateur trader. I have a friend of a friend who I have the unfortunate acquaintance with every now an then, and when so I get to hear his loud obnoxiousness. He is a strong believer in the “fraud” of Keynesian Economics and thinks I am “foolish” to
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Treasury bonds may have appeal in the short-to-intermediate-term as markets wrestle with deflationary forces. However, do bond holders really believe the political will exists today, or will suddenly surface in the future, to address the “unsustainable” state of U.S. financial affairs?
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