Category Archives: The Mine or the Shaft

One thing Trump (did NOT) brag about in his State of the Union… his plans to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid His tax cut isn’t helping the economy, but it did blow a hole in the budget that he’d … Continue reading →

Everything great in the world is done by neurotics; they alone founded our religions and created our masterpieces. ~ Marcel Proust I had a professor in college who always said, “It’s going to get a lot worse before it gets … Continue reading →

Although the repo market is little known to most people, it is a $1-trillion-a-day credit machine, in which not just banks but hedge funds and other “shadow banks” borrow to finance their trades. Under the Federal Reserve Act, the central … Continue reading →

NOTE: Recently we published a column which lay out the historical reality of own precious metals – chiefly gold and silver. Said column stated quite pointedly that, “The dollar has lost 98.2% of its purchasing power since 1900, while gold … Continue reading →

…and most of us don’t even have close to enough money saved We’re in a state of low savings. Depending on what state you choose to retire in, you could need anywhere from $666,000 to upward of $2 million saved. … Continue reading →

We are at the pinnacle of affluence right now, but every penny of every debt must still be paid, so the systems will fail… Some people see a “Mad Max” scenario might be coming because of the enormous unpayable global … Continue reading →

International Man: Before 1913 there was no income tax, and the United States was a much freer country. Initially, the government sold the federal income tax to the American people as something only the rich would have to pay.

What fools we have running the nation. We haven’t had true capitalism in over a hundred years, and what everybody who has bought the flawed concept doesn’t understand is that the supposed “Great Economy” is a pure fabrication and manipulation … Continue reading →

The Leftmedia’s harping on the economy has yielded the desired pollaganda result. “Americans’ attitudes toward the economy took a sharp turn downward in the third quarter,” CNBC reports, reaching “the lowest level of optimism in three years.” Moreover, “With only … Continue reading →