What the Shrinking GDP Means
The U.S. economy shrank at an annualized rate of 6.2 percent in the final quarter of 2008, almost double the 3.8 percent contraction...
Opinion
Obama Outlined Economic Fascism to Congress
President Barack Obama outlined a financial plan in his February 24 address to Congress that meshes eerily with the fascist economic plan Benito...
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Could Bush Be Prosecuted?
Two recently published books address the possibility of prosecuting George W. Bush and top Bush administration officials for crimes committed while in office....
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New “Stimulus” Law Just a Beginning
President Barack Obama today signed into law the $787 billion “stimulus” bill — a.k.a. the American Recovery and Investment Act — that is...
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Obama Getting Away With “Failed Policies of the Past”
Why doesn’t someone in the mainstream media take Presidenat Obama and his spokesmen to task for their ridiculous pledges not to repeat “the...
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Bankruptcy (a.k.a. Stimulus) Bill Clears Congress
As the massive new stimulus bill, which President Obama is now preparing to sign into law, was undergoing consideration in the Senate, Americans...
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The Fed’s Hockey Stick Chart
On his January 29 TV show, Glenn Beck drew national attention to a relatively obscure graph of our nation's "monetary base" (a narrow...
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Geithner Unveils Lastest Financial Bailout
In a speech in the Treasury’s Cash Room today, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner unveiled yet another initiative to stop the financial crisis in...
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“Supersizing” the IMF
Is the International Monetary Fund headed toward becoming the Federal Reserve of the world? Although one-world elitists in political and banking circles have...
Read moreParallels With the Great Depression
What began early last year as a "credit crunch" and an "economic downturn" is now being characterized as a "long, severe recession." Once...
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Assignment: Make the Constitution “Live”
"Mister Welter! Mister Welter!" Brooke Forrest yelled down the hallway of Oprah's School for Relativistic Females and All Males Who Dress or Feel...
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Stimulus: More Spending or More Tax Cuts?
Should the stimulus bill be amended to place more emphasis on spending, or should it instead be amended to place more emphasis on...
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Economics and Common Sense
Common sense tells us that government cannot resuscitate the American economy and restore it to good health by spending more money and going...
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Federal Reserve as Corporate Overlord and “Super-Cop”?
Congress is considering granting the Federal Reserve Bank dramatic new powers by this spring, according to the Washington Post for January 26. According...
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House Republicans Voted Unanimously Against Stimulus Bill
The House of Representatives yesterday passed the $819 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, delivering President Obama his first major political victory and...
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