Posted on 21 April 2009. Tags: abuse of power, ACLU, alternative investments, American Civil Liberties Union, AmeriCorps, authoritarian, auto bailout, automakers, bailout, barack obama, Big Brother, bills, bisexual, bond auction, bond sales, bonds, budget deficit, buy apartment building, certification, Chrysler, condors, congress, control the Internet, credit markets, credit speads, Cybersecurity Act of 2009, debt, deflation, democrat, Detroit, dictatorship, eavesdropping, economy, Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act, expenditures, federal spending, fiscal policy, gay, General Motors, GM, government power, guide to investing, how does government effect markets, income properties, inflation, internet freedom, Investing, iron condor, IT professionals, Jane Harman, Jay Rockefeller, legislation, lesbian, liberals, license, market insurance, monetary policy, monitor, national security, National Security Agency, National Service, nationalization, NSA, obama, Obamanomics, Options, paid volunteers, petition, poker, policy, president, private sector, protect against inflation, protect portfolio, public schools, public sector, public service, Real Estate, regulate, Rob Viglione, Rounders, Savings, school computers, Senate, servitude, shut down, signed into law, slavery, Socialists, spot the sucker, stocks, Ted Kennedy, Tennessee, thugs, trading system, transcripts, transgender, Treasury, unemployment, Web, web sites, West Virginia, wip out life savings, wiretap
Sen. Rockefeller proposes bill that would give government sweeping powers to control, monitor, and regulate the Internet, ACLU demands public schools stop blocking gay web sites on public computers, Rep. Jane Harman calls incriminating NSA wiretap “abuse of power,” National Service legislation signed into law that will cost $6 billion over 5 years by hiring “paid volunteers,” government will need to issue $2.4 trillion in new Treasury securities in 2009 to meet budget shortfalls and bailout program requirements, and U.S. to give another $5.5 billion to automakers… Continue Reading
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Posted on 13 April 2009. Tags: Al Pacino, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, auto manufacturers, bailout, banking, banks, barack obama, Ben Bernanke, Big Brother, bonds, borrow, budget deficit, capital, capitalism, Chairman, China, congress, consequences, consumer-backed securities, contraction, Credit, current account, debt, debt deflation, debt mania, declining rates, decomposing inflation, deflation, Detroit, Devil's Advocate, economic growth, economic output, Economics, Employment, exports, Fed, federal reserve, financial system, free enterprise, free trade, general price level, globalization, government, Great Unwinding, hedge fund bailout, Hoisington, House of Representatives, household worth, imports, inflation, institutions, interest rates, Investment management company, Japan, long-term interest rates, M1, M2, M3, Milton Friedman, money creation, money equation, money supply, mortgage bailout, Net Worth, Obamanomics, political capital, Politics, President Obama, prices, print money, printing presses, private capital, Real Estate, Rob Viglione, Senate, sin, socialism, spend, stock market, TARP, tax the rich, taxation, taxes, trade, treasuries, unemployment, vanity, velocity of money, wealth destruction
There are two colossal events occurring in the world right now: Private credit and wealth is being destroyed, and in its place a good deal of money is being created. Much is taking place behind the scenes, driving this epic showdown between natural forces pushing for a return to sustainable equilibrium pitted against the full arsenal of man’s capability to resist. Just as the fog of war can obscure a battlefield until the end, the outcome of this struggle is far from clear. Nonetheless, there are some telling events to note, signs for which to watch, and consequences to mull. Continue Reading
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Posted on 08 April 2009. Tags: 20/20, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, auto suppliers, bailout, bailouts and bull, banking, banks, barack obama, Big Brother, bureaucrats, Chrysler, Detroit, Early Head Start, Economics, Education, education market, Fannie Mae, FDIC, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, federal government, federal reserve, financial industry, financing, Freddie Mac, General Motors, goverment hiring, government, guerrilla, Head Start, housing, John Stosel, life insurers, market, monetary policy, mortgage, Obamanomics, oversight, Politics, pre-K, President Obama, print money, protectionism, quantitative easing, Real Estate, regulations, Rob Viglione, SEC, secondary market, soviet union, stimulus, TARP, Tim Geithner, Treasury Department, Troubled Asset Relief Program, wall street
Big Brother set to take over pre-Kindergarten education, John Stossel points out consequences of government education, $5 billion bailout unrolled for auto suppliers, government hiring Wall Street analysts caught in financial crisis, economists predict deflation will cause mortgage rates will drop to 4.2% by end of year, and Big Brother’s favorite life insurers set to receive bailouts… Continue Reading
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