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Posted on 07 March 2010. Tags: avoid taxes, avoid the dollar, barter, bartering, Economics, fair trade, free trade, Frugality, get off the dollar, Personal Finance, reduce taxes, reducing taxes, taxation, trade, trading, U.S. dollar, USD
In a sluggish economy, bartering is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to cash for businesses and individuals. Indeed, the practice of our pre-currency forefathers is coming back with such a vengeance that there are several websites dedicated to facilitating the practice. [Just like the kind great-great-great grandma used]. Continue Reading
Posted in Economics, Featured, Frugality, Personal Finance
Posted on 03 April 2009. Tags: accountability, Ahmad Tanveer, AIG, alternative economic data, america, American International Group, bail out the people, barack obama, Ben Bernanke, Big Brother, big businesses, bipartisanship, BLS, bonds, bonuses, bottomless pit, budge deficit, budget plan, Bureau of Labor Statistis, bureaucratic, capitalism must end, cato institute, chanting and drumming, collectivism, concentration camps, congress, debt, democrats, Department of Homeland Security, depression, detain immigrants, detention centers, developing world, development, development economics, DHS, economic systems, Economics, Economists' Adventures and misadventures in the tropics, employment obligations, end of American Empire, fair trade, Fannie Mae, fascism, federal reserve, financial regulations, fiscal year, FNM, FRE, Fredd Mac, free enterprise, free trade, G20, Georgia, global New Deal, Global Socialism, globalization, Goldman Sachs, Gordon Brown, Group of 20, harassed by government, Harry Reid, House of Representatives, Hugo Chavez, IMF, immigrant deaths, immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ineffective, inherited mistakes, insurance, international aid organizations, International Monetary Fund, London, mortgage giants, mortgage market, Nancy Pelosi, new york protest, New York University, New Yorker, NYU, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Pakistani, Pax Americana, Politics, poor countries, President Obama, prisons, protectionism, quadrillion, real unemployment, recession, republicans, retention bonuses, Rob Viglione, Russia, secondary market, Senate, ShadowStats, socialism, spending bill, statistics, stimulus spending, summit, The Elusive Quest for Growth, The White Man's Burden, third world, Tim Geithner, trade credits, treasuries, trillion, troop withdrawals, unemployment, united states, unprecedented spending, utopia, Utopian aid plans, Venezuela, wasteful, why doesn't aid work, Why the West's Efforts to aid the rest have done so much ill and so little good, William Easterly, World Bank, world leaders
Government detention camps cover up deaths-does America have a human rights problem? Congress passes unprecedented $3.6 trillion budget with $1.2 trillion deficit, official unemployment rates his 8.5%-some economists claiming they are really upwards of 20%, government mortgage giants Fannie and Freddie to pay $159 billion in new bonuses, Obama calls end to ‘Pax Americana’, world leaders pledge $1.1 trillion to IMF, Russia refuses to remove troops from Georgia, NY protesters call for government to ‘Bail out the People’, Hugo Chavez declares that ‘Capitalism must end,’ and Treasuries drop with announcement of next week’s $59 billion note issue and Goldman Sachs estimate that government will need to borrow another $3.25 trillion this year… Continue Reading
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Posted on 17 March 2009. Tags: abuse, abuse of power, africa, aircraft manufacturer, Argentina, arms race, barack obama, Britain, budget director, censorship, Charles Grassley, China, Christina Kirchner, Cold War, colleges, communications, congress, control, costs, dictatorship, Dmitri Medvedev, down payment, Economics, European, F-22 fighter, factory, fair trade, federal stimulus, flow of information, France, fraud, free trade, global trade, globalization, government services, governor, growing bureaucracy, Health Care, health reform, insurance, Intel, Iowa, labor unions, large-scale rearming, Lockheed Martin, Mark Sanford, nationalize, NATO, nuclear forces, nuclear powers, omnibus spending bill, Overstock, pay off debt, Peter Orszag, Politics, president, President Obama, protectionism, public debt, public safety, public schools, reality check, reciprocal trade war, republican, Rob Viglione, Russia, sanctions, security council, Senator, signing statement, socialism, South Carolina, state debt, stimulus funds, tariffs, taxes on overseas income, trade war, union power, United Nations, united states, veto rights, waste, whistle-blowers, White House
Obama rejects Gov. Sanford’s plan to use stimulus money to pay down South Carolina debt, Russia planning ‘large-scale’ rearming, Obama’s health care plans will cost at least $1.5 trillion, companies fight back against Obama’s economic plans saying they are hurtful, Obama tries to overrule Congress and stifle whistle-blowing, Argentina moves to nationalize factory owned by Lockheed Martin, and big changes stirrup up at the U.N…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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Posted on 16 March 2009. Tags: agricultural, AIG, america, American International Group, bailouts, barack obama, Barclay's, Barney Frank, Bernard Madoff, bonuses, bridges, capitalism, China, Chinese, Commerce, commercial trucking project, competitive, confiscate, congress, consumption, corporate welfare, counterparties, credit markets, Deutsche Bank, domestic investment, economic downturn, Economics, exports, fair trade, federal aid, federal court, federal prosecutors, fiscal policy, forfeiture, free enterprise, free trade, freedom, global trade, globalization, Goldman Sachs, GS, highways, House of Representatives, imports, industrial, infrastructure, Merrill Lynch, Mexico, migrant workers, obama, Politics, ports, President Obama, proscription, protectionism, R&D, reciprocal trade war, research and development, roads, Rob Viglione, Ruth Madoff, small businesses, small-business loans, socialism, socialism for the rich, Societe Generale, sovereign wealth fund, stimulus package, tariffs, trade war, Treasury Department, united states, victims, welfare, White House
The trade wars begin-Mexico raises tariffs on U.S. exports in retaliation of truck project cancellation, Obama angry at A.I.G. over bonuses-tries to cut them, small businesses to be next bailout beneficiaries, government tries to track down and confiscate Madoff assets-who will keep them? China uses global downturn to boost competitive advantages, Jon Stewart rips apart Jim Cramer in debate on poor financial reporting…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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Posted on 13 March 2009. Tags: agricultural commodities, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Andorra, Assemblyman, Austria, bank privacy, banking, barack obama, billionaire list, billions will die, British Petroleum, california, cell phone company, climate change, Commerce Department, Copenhagen, Corridor H, democrat, director, division of labor, drug cartel, drug prohibition, earth's population, Economics, El Chapo, exports, fair trade, federal taxpayers, Forbes, foreign trade, free trade, Germany, global warming, globalization, Hans Schellnhuber, imports, income tax, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Joaquin Guzman Loera, keynesian policy, legalizing marijuana, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, milk and cream, nationalization, Norway, Norwegian, offshore banking, oligarchs, omnibus spenidng bill, porkulus, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, President Obama, road to nowhere, Rob Viglione, Robert Byrd, Russia, russian court, russian markets crash, seize foreign assets, Senator, socialism, stimulus bill, swiss banking, Switzerland, tax collectors, tax evasion, tax revenues, Telenor, theft, Tom Ammiano, trade balance, trade deficit, U.S. Census Bureau, Virginia, War on Drugs, West Virginia
The age of banking secrecy coming to an end, climate scientist warns that billions will die, U.S. trade deficit contracts along with trade, Russians steal yet another foreign company’s assets, Mexican drug lord makes Forbes’ billionaires list, road to nowhere to take 26 years and $1.5 billion, California considers legalizing marijuana…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire report! Continue Reading
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