Category Archives: The History of it All

Leftists deep down believe that all our earnings, like our children, belong to the government. In its beneficence, government gives some back, often with strings, instead of taking every dime. November 2, 2021 ~ Remember when Democrats proposed in their … Continue reading →

This is one part of history that we all wish would not repeat…but, the way everything is going, it looks like it will be a while before things get better. I recall my Great-grandmother sharing her stories of ration food … Continue reading →

The homes did not become more expensive – your work, efforts, talents and the US dollar became WORTHLESS! 1934 Christmas Catalog from Montgomery Ward.

My grandfather was born on April 19, 1915 in a dirty, one-room shack in the town of Bonham, Texas. Given the era, they had no electricity and no running water. And the family considered themselves fortunate that both mother and … Continue reading →

Congress recently passed the so-called “supplemental” spending bill, wasting billions of your tax dollars supplementing the already swollen $2.3 trillion 2003 federal budget. Congress loves the annual supplemental bill, because unlike other spending bills, the supplemental does not fund any … Continue reading →

We have come to accept that we are permanently trapped in an endless cycle of debt and money creation. But the only reason why debt and money grow at an exponential rate is because that is what our system was … Continue reading →

Originally published on the Federal Observer, April 21, 2009. Maybe it’s coming ’round again. ~ J.B. You spend your entire adult life living life the right way. You buy a car on ‘time’, you pay your debt. You get retail … Continue reading →

Since the job that was actually assigned to [the Fed] by Congressman Carter Glass back in 1913 is now vestigial and long gone, and the financial system has been flooded with massive liquidity for decades on end, it might well … Continue reading →

…The Wall Street Ponzi Scheme Called Fractional Reserve Banking December 12, 2019 ~ Bernie Madoff showed us how it was done: you induce many investors to invest their money, promising steady above-market returns; and you deliver – at least on … Continue reading →

To advocate the complete, uninhibited gold standard runs the risk, in this day and age, of being classified with the dodo bird. When the Roosevelt administration took us off the gold standard in 1933, the bulk of the nation’s economists … Continue reading →