Monthly Archives: January 2015

Here, in chart form, is the primary source of spending-based “growth” for the US economy in the fourth quarter, the same source that bumped up final Q3 GDP from 3.9% to 5.0%.  And just in case it is still unclear … Continue reading →

On April 11, 2014, I posted this chart of the stock market (DOW Jones Industrial Average): https://virginiapatriot1776.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/stock-market-update-in-3-pics/ I said that the long term stock market up trend was in danger of breaking.  Well it is a slow process, but now … Continue reading →

Remember this? How many dimes does $ 1,350,000,000,000.00 come to? The figure does not come from a right wing web site, but from The wildly optimistic Congressional Budget Office report that revised cost estimates for the next 10 years Government … Continue reading →

Sign me up! The auto junk paper market is so out of hand that an unemployed NYC food stamp recipient recently got a $30,770 loan to buy her daughter a BWM 328xi so that she could drive to work…..in style, … Continue reading →

By Guy Christopher I know it’s easy to brush off those constantly mounting reports and stories of decay, destruction, and despair. I sometimes find myself ignoring as much bad news as possible, just to keep my sanity. Then I realize … Continue reading →

President Obama on Monday proposed a new law called the Personal Data Notification and Protection Act, which would create new rules for how companies handle their customer information. It also would criminalize international trade in stolen personal identity information. From … Continue reading →

Once upon a time, long ago, in a country far, far away, there was a saying “no taxation without representation.” Well, in America’s transition to an utopia of French or even Venezuelan caliber, for half the population taxation became an … Continue reading →

The mainstream experts are talking about how great the oil price drop is for the economy: But I have a different view. The FED hates dropping prices.  They fight hard to keep a steady rate of inflation.  Ever since the … Continue reading →

With charts. “Our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999.” “Wages are finally starting to rise again.” – if hope counts as a real number…   “These ideas won’t make everybody rich, or relieve every … Continue reading →

by John Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute “Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.” ? Aldous Huxley, Ends and Means If 2014 was the year of militarized police, armored tanks, and stop-and-frisk searches, 2015 may … Continue reading →