Posted on 12 April 2009. Tags: affordable housing, banking, banks, barack obama, capitalism, China, commander, common stock, communism, community organizer, contractors, Crash Proof, Cuba, debt, deflation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, dollar, economic devlopment, Economics, embargo, federal, federal reserve, financial institutions, free enterprise, freedom, gas prices, general, Goldman Sachs, GS, housing, HUD, inflation, Investing, investors, iraq, lending, leverage, liberty, liquidity, loans, military, monetary policy, money supply, mortgages, nationalization, obama, Obamanomics, peter schiff, Politics, poor, portfolio, predicted financial crash, President Obama, printing, profitability, Ray Odierno, Real Estate, report, Rob Viglione, seasonal demand, sell shares, subprime, survey, Tillby Lundberg, Tim Geithner, treasuries, treasury bonds, Treasury Secretary, U.S. dollar, USD, war in iraq
HUD program turns out to benefit contractors and not the poor…go figure! China cranks up its printing presses-expect global inflation, Peter Schiff (“Dr. Doom”) discusses his book “Crash Proof”, Goldman Sachs plans to sell billions in stock to pay off government aid ASAP, gas prices up 5% in 3 weeks…inflation? Top U.S. general says we’ll be out of Iraq by 2011, and 75% of Americans want to lift Cuba embargo… Continue Reading
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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 27 March 2009. Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Atlas Shrugged, Atlas Shrugged coming true, auto industry, automakers, Ayn Rand, bailout, bankers, bankruptcy, barack obama, bondholders, bonds, border, chief executives, commaners, compels bankers to cooperate, concessions, congress, debt, drug prohibition, drug war, federal loans, financial institutions, free enterprise, freedom, goals in Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Hitler Adolf Hitler, intolerable, Jews, liberty, Mexico, military, money, objectives, persecution, police, President Obama, prohibition, protectionism, Rob Viglione, scapegoats, Secretary of State, socialism, summoned, Taliban, taxpayer funds, union workers, unions, violence, wall street, War on Drugs, White House
Bankers compelled to cooperate with government, Obama narrows goals in Afghanistan-ends “nation building” activities, expect more taxpayer handouts to automakers, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Mexico to pledge U.S. support for War on Drugs…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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Posted on 20 March 2009. Tags: alternative energy, assets, balance sheet, barack obama, budget, budget deficit, budget proposal, cartels, CBO, Congressional Budget Office, credit unions, DEA, diplomacy, drug cartels, Drug Enforcement Agency, drug prohibition, drug violence, drugs, Energy Department, energy-loan guarantee, European state, freedom, high risk, Iran, legalization, liabilities, liberty, loan program, Mexico, military, National Credit Union Administration, nationalize, NCUA, new beginning, Obama-proof portfolio, Obamanomics, peace, photovoltaic systems, President Obama, reckless spending, record deficits, Regulators, renewable energy, risk, Rob Viglione, seize banks, socialism, Solyndra, stress tests, U.S. Central Federal Credit Union, videotaped message, War on Drugs, Western Corporate Federal Credit Union, White House, wholesale credit unions
Obama’s budget plans bring $9.3 trillion in deficit spending, regulators “seize” credit unions and banks, Energy Department to give $40 billion in alternative energy loans, drug violence sparks debate on legalization, and Obama offers Iran “new beginning” in U.S.-Iranian relations…just the latest in your Freedom Under Fire Report! Continue Reading
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