"Can We Please Stop Pretending the GDP Is Growing"? Through the miracle of simple arithmetic, Charles Hugh Smith is able to bring you this analysis of federal spending and the American GDP that I guarantee you won't see in any Federal Reserve publication or on any business or national news program: The Federal government borrowed [...]
So serious that he recently e-mailed me a link to a map showing the cheapest gas in my area. Three locations pop up: one in Powhatan and two in Petersburg. Considering those are all about a 45-minute drive from my house, I’m not sure I’ll call that a net savings in gas. Warner’s e-mail also [...]
Do you want to know why food and fuel costs are soaring? The Dollar is breaking down. Do you want to know why the Dollar is breaking down? The madmen at the Fed are printing them to fund federal spending. Do you want to know why the federal government is spending them so fast? Here's [...]
This story broke last week, but if you haven’t heard about it, it’s important you do. If you ever doubted there was a coordinated plot to take down the capitalist system in America, well, you can doubt no more. From Business Insider: A former official of one of the country's most-powerful unions, SEIU, has a [...]
Most people have their paycheck automatically deposited into their checking account and they make note of it in their check register. Then most people keep a running total in their check register so they know how much money they still have left in their checking account. Now imagine that your register shows you still have [...]
When the Tea Parties say they want limited or smaller government, many of our critics try to make it sound like we are against any form of government control. If that was true then the Tea party would be advocating anarchy. However, nothing could be farther from the truth. What we want is Constitutional government. [...]
If you haven’t heard about the state repeal amendment yet, take some time to read this article and this one. The push for this amendment to the U.S. Constitution is really taking off, and it’s been only a couple months since it was introduced. Expect to hear a lot more about this in the coming [...]
How ironic that the silent majority (or "Country Class" to quote Angelo Codevilla from his American Spectator article last week) is rising in protest and volunteering blood, sweat and tears versus Washington, DC's professional politicians, bureaucrats and lobbyists. These volunteers have engaged themselves in a David v. Goliath effort to stem the tide of a burgeoning Federal government that is quickly developing into a cash [...]
