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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Almost every day we hear of more ways the government is trying to control our lives and get into our wallet in order to pay for it. Like sand through an hourglass our freedom is slowly slipping away. Everything requires more reporting, more government oversight and more of our money to do it. Only you can protect yourself but it takes knowledge, and effort in order to do it.
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I know as you read this, you are aware that America and the world are currently experiencing an economic crisis. Many economic experts say we could be heading towards a worsening recession or even a depression. In this article, I have listed a few tools that a government has at its disposal to pull itself out of a recession and even avoid a depression. It’s good to be aware of the intervention tools governments use to prop up an economy in order to better protect your wealth and purchasing power.
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Are Banks Going Bankrupt? “NO!”, say banks By Olivier Garret, CEO, Casey Research On April 21, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the “vast majority” of U.S. banks have more capital than needed. “Currently, the vast majority of banks have more capital than they need to be considered well capitalized by their regulators,” Geithner said in
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