Small Gold Buyers Face Big Government Burdens
Gold has always been the bane of big government planners. The precious metal has, from time immemorial, constituted real and portable wealth. Diamonds...
Economy
Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.8%
As extended unemployment benefits for two million Americans began to run out this week, ...
Fed Data Reveals Trillions in Bailouts to Big Foreign Banks
Secret Federal Reserve System data released December 1 reveals that the banking cartel (the...
News Baron Murdock Set to Launch Daily iPad Paper
Media mogul Rupert Murdock, whose News Corp. owns and operates scores of daily newspapers,...
Cotton Prices Expected to Soar
Last year, conservative pundit Glenn Beck warned his viewers to stock up on clothing...
Federal Salaries Rise Fast Under Bush, Even Faster Under Obama
While average Americans have seen their wages and benefits stagnate, decrease, or even vanish...
Commodities Skyrocket After Fed Announces $600 Billion More Inflation
One day after the Federal Reserve Bank's “Federal Open Market Committee” (FOMC) announced it...
TARP Bailout Payback: “Drop in the Bucket”
Over the recent clamor of approval for the outcome of the Troubled Asset Relief...
Behind the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis
The foreclosure crisis continues to threaten the U.S. banking sector with more headaches, admitted...
Chevy Volt Misses the Mark
Now that the Chevy Volt, General Motors’ electric car, is about to arrive in...
When Unemployment Pays Better Than Employment
Back in June, Republican Senate candidates Sharron Angle of Nevada and Rand Paul of...
Handicapped Passenger Told: “Too Disabled to Fly”
October 15, US Airways asked one of its passengers flying from West Palm Beach...
Gold and Commodities Soar With Fed Inflation News
Commodities markets have soared on news of a global currency inflationary war by central...
No Social Security COLA Next Year
Social Security recipients will go a second consecutive year without receiving a cost-of-living adjustment...
Bank of America Suspends Foreclosure Sales
Amid the rising turmoil in the housing market, the Bank of America announced today...
Washington Could Learn From Havana and Moscow
Once upon a time the United States had some standing to lecture communist countries...
Gold and Competitive Currency Destruction
The price of gold as measured against the U.S. dollar hit a record $1,341...
IMF Outlook for Global Economy Gloomy
There is little growth on the horizon for the global economy, and a significant...
Corn Syrup Makers Seek Name Change for Sweetener
With high-fructose corn syrup suffering from years of bad press, and consumption of the...
Recession is Over?
With a straight face, the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the...