Posted on 02 February 2010. Tags: American industry, American manufacturing, budget deficits, buy canned goods, buy disaster supplies, buy freezed-dried food, buy gold, buy silver, capitalism, congress, corporate subsidies, cost of labor, currency debasement, currency depreciation, current account, de-evoling economy, decline of the dollar, decreasing cost of labor, dollar, dollar decline, domestic goods, economic meltdown, Economics, economy, economy de-evolving, fall of the American Empire, federal reserve, fiat currency, finance, financial meltdown, free economy, free enterprise, freeze dried food, freezed-dried food, gold, gross domestic product, high unemployment, hyperinflation, industrial base, industrial base revival, inflating the money supply, inflation, inflation hedge, labor costs, labor unions, laissez-faire, libertarian, Lynn Tilton, manufacturing, manufacturing economy, manufacturing revival, market equilibrium, money supply, paper currencies, Patriarch Partners, political economy, political patronage, precious metals, prepare for disaster, printing money, protect against inflation, protect from inflation, public spending, rampant deficits, revival manufacturing, reviving the industrial base, Rob Viglione, silver, Spending, stock up on food, store food, store supplies, subsidizing industry, trade balance, trade deficit, U.S. dollar, unemployment, USD
Politicians love to preach about the virtues of an industrial base. They do it for three reasons: Industrial firms are great sources of subsidies and political patronage, such patronage buys support from organized labor union voting blocks, and it actually does make sense for countries to produce real things of value. Since WWII America’s industry has steadily declined as a percentage of GDP, but the winds of change are blowing. Continue Reading
Posted in Economics, Featured, Investing, Politics
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
Posted in Featured, Freedom Under Fire
Politicians love to preach about the virtues of an industrial base. They do it for three reasons: Industrial firms are great sources of subsidies and political patronage, such patronage buys support from organized labor union voting blocks, and it actually does make sense for countries to produce real things of value. Since WWII America’s industry has steadily declined as a percentage of GDP, but the winds of change are blowing. Continue Reading
