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SEPTEMBER 2013 The mainstream media is an integral spoke in our “Watchdog on Wall Street Axis of Evil,” working hand in hand with crony capitalists and the crooked politicians at the helm of our dysfunctional bureaucracy and weakening republic. The relationship between the three is symbiotic and beneficial to their own existence and needs, but […]
OCTOBER 2013 In a classic episode from the television show Seinfeld we are introduced to character known as the Soup Nazi. He is restaurateur whose soups are so good that he can treat his customers with zero patience and disdain and the customers willingly put up with it. In fact his customers must mind perfect […]
I always get a kick out of the bull-excrement mission statements from the big investment firms… Our integrity and reputation depend on our ability to do the right thing, even when it’s not the easy thing. J.P. Morgan Chase No financial incentive or opportunity regardless of the bottom line justifies a departure from our values. […]
NOTHING contributes so much to the prosperity and happiness of a country as high profits,” proclaimed David Ricardo, an early-19th-century economist. If so, America is in a miserable state: corporate profitability has fallen to its lowest level since the depression of the 1930s. In the third quarter of this year, the pre-tax profits of non-financial […]
JULY 2013 The story goes that Benjamin Franklin emerged from Independence Hall in Philadelphia, on September 18, 1787 and was approached by a woman. She asked… “Well Doctor, what do we have a republic or a monarchy?” Franklin replied, “A republic if you can keep it.” Benghazi, the Internal Revenue Service, the National Security Agency, […]
MAY 2013 Never ever underestimate how far our pathologically criminal ruling elite will go in their abuse of power. It has now become borderline ridiculous, the stuff of fiction not long ago. We have reached a point where there seems to be no line that they will not cross and this past month proved […]
MAY 2013 In an effort to try to inject some common sense into the financial calamity that we saw was about to take place back in 2008 we offered up our agenda for getting the country back on track. In the column, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town I took some serious shots at […]
APRIL 2013 A recent study released by the Spectrum Group, entitled 2013 Mass Affluent Investor, found that the average American “Main Street” investor remains overly pessimistic in regards to their finances. Their study focuses on what they call the Mass Affluent Investor, which they define as people with a net worth of $100,000 to $1 […]
APRIL 2013 I read it, but I didn’t believe it. President Barrack Obama has decreed April, “National Financial Capability Month.” This administration with all its knowledge and insight, will do things such as teach our nation’s youngsters “how to budget responsibly.” Obama’s Official Proclamation… “I call upon all Americans to observe this month with programs […]
APRIL 2013 “In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous” Publius Cornelius Tacitus Over the past three decades we have had multitudes of laws and regulations that have moved the nation closer to the world that Tacitus studied and wrote about two thousand years ago. Whether it be the Graham-Leach-Bliley Act that […]
APRIL 2013 Politicians love to stand in front of cameras and microphones, pat themselves on the back and tell us tales of jobs creation and innovation when government and private business work together. The phrase “public-private partnership” gets politicians more excited then a teenage boy at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The phrase […]
SEPTEMBER 2011 Jobs, Jobs, Jobs The Seventh Quarterly Report on the economic impact of the Obama administrations stimulus package shows what little the Keynesian effort accomplished in stimulating the economy. The White House’s Council of Economic Advisors, whose economists were appointed by President Obama, authored the report. The wizard of smart economists reported that using […]