Monthly Archives: October 2012
How to Fix America’s Debt
Third quarter Gross Domestic Product increased at a 2 percent annual rate, reported the Commerce Department last Friday. That’s up from the second quarter’s 1.3 percent growth rate. But don’t get too excited… According to Lucia Mutikani at Reuters, the … Continue reading
Deceptive Schemes to Bailout Unfunded Public Pensions
To sharpen the mind and invigorate the spirit we begin with the following riddle… What does man love more than life; Fear more than death or mortal strife; What the poor have, the rich require; And what contented men desire, … Continue reading
In Mob We Trust
“Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance,” – H.L. Mencken Democratic Collectivism With the possible exceptions of love and war – or a residential real estate bubble – there’s nothing like the promise of election … Continue reading
“The Bank Was Saved, and the People Were Ruined”
“The Bank Was Saved, and the People Were Ruined” By Jeff Thomas, International Man The above quote is from William Gouge, commenting on the Panic of 1819. The panic had been caused when the First Bank of the United States … Continue reading
