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‘Digital Gold’ Flight To Physical Gold

30% to 50% price drops in a matter of days and the loss of $300 billion in value is quite a knock for a market that was not meant to be in a speculative bubble. In just 36 hours the … Continue reading

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Silver As A Strategic Metal and Why Prices Will Soar

The arguments in favor of silver as an investment asset are growing rapidly. In the opinion of the Jackass website, silver is the most under-valued hard asset in existence, with the highest potential for price appreciation on the globe. To … Continue reading

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How The Investor Fundamentally Changed The Silver Market

While silver investors continue to be discouraged about the low price, the market has experienced a fundamental change that needs to be understood. Ever since governments removed silver from official coinage, over 50 years ago, the market has been supplemented … Continue reading

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Will Millenials Ever Be Able To Retire?

My oldest granddaughter (early 30’s) recently asked me that question. She and her husband have two children, a new home and are still paying off their college loans. I can still remember when we lived from paycheck to paycheck, questioning … Continue reading

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Video: Where Does the Federal Government Get All That Money?

Every year the U.S. federal government collects more than $3 trillion in taxes, and almost half of that comes from you and me. Every year the U.S. federal government collects more than $3 trillion in taxes, and almost half of … Continue reading

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Rise and Decline of the Welfare State

Class Struggle and Imperial Wars as the Motor Force of US History Introduction The American welfare state was created in 1935 and continued to develop through 1973. Since then, over a prolonged period, the capitalist class has been steadily dismantling … Continue reading

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Student Debt Is a Symptom of Our Broken Education System

We are facing an education crisis in this country While the value of continued education after high school is undeniable, our nation’s singular focus remains on the necessity of traditional four-year degrees, which come at a soaring cost to students … Continue reading

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The economy’s biggest mystery — paychecks just aren’t growing

Despite a mostly solid run of job growth, 2017 ends pretty much where it began — with a two-speed economy where wage growth is funneling to one end while the other lags behind. Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report brought with it … Continue reading

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One world, One money

A global currency is not a new idea, but it may soon get a new lease of life ~ Foreword ~ In 1998 this Rothschild owned publication claimed we will be under a global currency by 2018. They also correctly … Continue reading

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Life is a Stage… or Several

For Shakespeare the seven ages of man moved from the fifth, the established man of “Justice,” to the sixth, “the lean and slippered Pantaloon / With spectacles on nose and pouch on side,” essentially a wealthy fool, to the seventh, … Continue reading

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