Posted on 05 April 2009. Tags: agriculture, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Antarctica, asset bubbles, balance sheet, barack obama, Big Brother, Bill of Rights, bond maturity, bonds, budget deficit, bureaucracy, cap and trade, capital expenditures, capitalism, commodities, congress, Constitution, consumer spending, courts, currency, cut spending, DBA, DBC, debt, deflation, democracy, dependence, diversification, dividends, dollar, DOW, Economics, elections, electricity costs, energy, equities, Fannie Mae, federal reserve, federal spending, financial industry, financial regulations, fiscal policy, fixed rate debt, FNM, FRE, Freddie Mac, free enterprise, free society, GLD, gold, GSG, Health Care, hedge, housing boom, housing bust, housing is a right, inflation, interest rates, international, Investing, irrational exuberance, join a militia, junk loans, labor laws, labor market, laws, leverage, life savings, Medicaid, Medicare, military, militia, monetary policy, money supply, mortgage, nanny state, NASDAQ, national debt, natural gas, oil, police state, Politics, portfolio, portfolio management, precious metals, President Obama, public debt, quantitative easing, question assumptions, Real Estate, regulate carbon emissions, regulations, retained earnings, right to bear arms, Rob Viglione, rolling dice, S&P500, savings rate, second amendment, short stocks, short the market, short-term debt, silver, SLV, social security, socialism, stagflation, stimulus, stock market, subprime debt, TARP, Tim Geithner, TIP, Treasury, treasury inflation protected securities, trust government, union, USD, USO, velocity of money, welfare, WIP, yields
We are moving closer towards a political economy every day. Every dollar borrowed, taxed, printed, and spent by government really comes from the private sector. Trillions of dollars of national resources are being allocated by politicians and bureaucrats towards things they claim will benefit our economy. Congress just passed a $3.6 trillion budget ($1.2 trillion in deficit), and combined the Federal Reserve and Treasury have dumped $13 trillion into the economy in the last 16 months. What we must all ask ourselves right now is whether or not we trust government with our money? Continue Reading
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Posted on 21 February 2009. Tags: Al Sharpton, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Americans don't care about earmarks, Americans not paying taxes, Attorney General, barack obama, block opposition, budget deficit, Charles Schumer, chattering class, chimp cartoon, China, coal, congress, dictator, earmarks, elections, energy efficiency, Eric Holder, follows through on promise, freedom of speech, general electric, George Washington, Ghandi, go Green, government collapses, government waste, Green growth, Harris interactive poll, Hillary Clinton, House of Representatives, human rights, internet, Iran, Jim Clyburn, Latvia, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mohammed Khatami, Obama more popular than Jesus, oil, poll, porky amendments, president, Presidential campaign, privacy, reform candidate, Rob Viglione, Senator, South Carolina, Spending, stimulus bill, tax cuts, Treasury, turbines, Web
Obama more popular that Jesus, follows through on tax cuts, Sen. Schumer chastises Americans for caring about earmarks, White House says it will cut deficit in half, of chimps and racism, decomposing the stimulus bill, Clinton tells Chinese to go Green, Latvia’s government collapses, and Iran blocks opposition on Web…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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