Category Archives: Out of The Past ~ The Archival Edition

As time allows, we continue to review many previously posted columns and articles from the first generation of several of the family of Kettle Moraine Publications, drawing from in excess of 90,000 published articles – yet many could have been written today. Others were a forewarning of (as H.G. Wells once wrote) “Things to Come.” So today we return to the days of yesteryear, or is it, Back to the Future? C’mon Marty – tell me which it is – or will we even have a future?

100 Years Old And Still Killing Us: America Was Much Better Off Before The Income Tax

April 14, 2013 ~ Did you know that the greatest period of economic growth in American history was during a time when there was absolutely no federal income tax? Between the end of the Civil War and 1913, there was … Continue reading

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U menya yest’ dlya tebya podarok!…

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Two Cows…

All that you are about to read is Satire – or is it? It does a smashing job of properly describing the Global Economy. All has been stolen from a variety of web-postings. ~ Ed.

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The Party’s Over… The Bill ALWAYS Comes Due!

December 10, 2019 ~ Money is supposed to be representative of all the goods and services that the country has produced in an entire year.

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Enduring Appeal of Cold, Hard Cash”: Facing Crisis, Demand for Physical – NOT Digital Money

August 18, 2015 ~ The cashless control grid may still be coming, but it is not going to replace cash anytime soon. Though millions of people have started using digital devices to pay for goods and services, the appeal of … Continue reading

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Fed’s Dirty Little Secret: “The Gold Isn’t There… Exists as Paper IOU’s”

It is quite interesting to go back in time – specifically to March 16, 2014 – and come up eleven years when this issue has once again come to the forefront. ~ Editor March 16, 2014 ~ The assumption by … Continue reading

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America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People

A new book by economist Peter Temin finds that the U.S. is no longer one country, but dividing into two separate economic and political worlds April 20, 2017 ~ You’ve probably heard the news that the celebrated post-WW II beating … Continue reading

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GOLD – A Valuable Thing to Store!

January 18, 2008 ~ Gold is a valuable thing to store. However, it is not a store of value. Gold has intrinsic properties that make it valuable. However, it does not have intrinsic value. I mention this, because, at some … Continue reading

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The Federal Reserve: 100 Years Of Boom And Bust

December 11, 2013 ~ “If we evaluate an organization’s performance by what it promised when it was created, the Federal Reserve has clearly failed the American people,” is how Murray Sabrin concludes this documentary on the first 100 years of … Continue reading

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Bulls, Bears and PIGS

Artist: MiMo – Wall Street New York – 2015

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