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The Nation in the Bubble

Why is the U.S. economy stagnating instead of booming? Simple: We have spent a year training Americans to believe that work is alternately unsafe, unavailable or unnecessary. This week, the Biden administration received just the latest slap in the face … Continue reading

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The Necessity of Avoiding Group Think For Future Financial Survival

For the past year now, I have been writing about the importance of not only avoiding group think and greatly increasing one’s ability to think critically but also of the necessity to get one’s finances in order. These two achievements … Continue reading

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Social Security to become unable to pay full benefits sooner than previously estimated

Social Security’s trust funds will become unable to pay full benefits starting in 2034, one year earlier than estimated last year, its trustees projected Tuesday, as the COVID-19 pandemic forces a reassessment of the giant federal program’s finances.

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“Gold, Mr. Bond!”

‘Goldfinger’ 2021 plot twist could be villainous for banks In the plot to the 1964 James Bond classic, international gold smuggler Auric Goldfinger hatches a dastardly plan to enrich himself and his outsized gold holdings by setting off a Chinese-made … Continue reading

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If iss FREE – it Muss be fo’ ME!

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Sez it ALL!

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Living In Inflation Crazytown On The Hyperinflationary Highway To Weimar

Das wird schlimm… Wirklich schlecht! We haven’t had an extended bout of painful inflation like this since the days of the Carter administration, and our leaders in Washington have decided that the best way forward is to rapidly create even … Continue reading

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Cong. Louis T. McFadden on the Federal Reserve Corporation, May 23, 1934

Remarks in Congress: AN ASTOUNDING EXPOSURE Quotations from several speeches made on the Floor of the House of Representatives by the Honorable Louis T. McFadden of Pennsylvania. Mr. McFadden, due to his having served as Chairman of the Banking and … Continue reading

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SNAP benefits will increase to an all-time high

The 42 million Americans who rely on government help to pay for food will see the biggest-ever increase in their benefits starting in October, but some experts say it may not be enough to help hungry households put food on … Continue reading

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Gold still remains relevant 50 years after Nixon ended Bretton Woods Agreement

Fifty years ago this Sunday, the gold market was completely transformed in only a matter of minutes after then-president Richard Nixon decoupled the U.S. dollar from the precious metal. Although gold is no longer an official global currency, analysts note … Continue reading

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