Tag: Economy

Fabricating the Inflation Rate

The latest lie from the U.S. government is the “new” official inflation rate of 1%.  Wouldn’t it be nice if that were true? Of course, when you live in the real world you know better. The government uses two methods…

The Tidal Wave Is Coming

With all the vile bitterness of the current presidential nomination campaign, people have a tendency to turn a deaf ear to the background noise but that background noise is growing louder and it’s time to listen. The role of the…

Headed Over A Cliff At Breakneck Speed

Let’s face it, Western democracies worked well for many years.   They were remarkably prosperous and  peaceful, but, all good things must come to an end and in the end,  we are are victims of  our own success. Out of rational self-interest, the realities…

Death of the United States

By Jeremiah Johnson This week we remembered our fallen veterans. We may also remember the United States, as she was, for she, too, has fallen: from forces inside that have collapsed and denigrated it.  The good old days are long gone. …

America is Decaying from the Inside

This is the year we either decide to continue down the same destructive path or veer right. I opt for veering. Big government did not just happen, it should not have happen, yet it did! What went wrong? “Government is…

America’s Impotence Was Obama’s Choice

It is time for  American conservatives to face a few hard truths. The Constitution is in tatters, our justice system has been co-opted, the economy is largely nationalized, private property is fast slipping from our hands, our currency is debauched, the debt is…

Clause in the Dodd-Frank bill

The world will soon be facing a tsunami of defaults on bad debts. This will include municipal or local government defaults, governments “defaulting” on promises they’ve made to the people (Social Security, Medicaid), a default on the social contract between…

The End Justifies The Means

“Politics is a game in which prizes are distributed and burdens are imposed  according to skillful use of pressures and counterpressures. Importunity may  prevail over reason, expedience over evidence, and power over justice.  Many  politicians practice their craft according to…

Executive Regulation for Businesses

Businesses that employ more than 100 people just have another reporting burden to which they must attend. Per the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the President is now requiring that all such companies report to the federal government what they pay their…

Saudi Arabia Buying US Farmland

CNBC reports – Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries are scooping up farmland in drought-afflicted regions of the U.S. Southwest, and that has some people in California and Arizona seeing red. Saudi food giant Almarai, purchased  10,000 acres of…