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Destroying the Retirement Dreams of a Generation

Stocks had a rough go of it yesterday.  After recouping some of the day’s early losses the DOW ended the day with a 102 point loss.  One headline said it was Europe’s fault.  Another said it was Wal-Mart bribery in … Continue reading

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Compulsory Profits Off the Back of Every American

In the fall of 2009, back when the sky was falling, Goldman Sachs’ top man, Lloyd Blankfein, explained to The Times of London that his bank was doing “God’s work.”  At the time we weren’t sure what Blankfein was getting … Continue reading

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Reckoning Time and Money

It all seems so systematic, arranged, and orderly.  Sixty seconds make a minute, 60 minutes make an hour, 24 hours make a day, and one day equals one complete rotation of the planet earth. About every 30 days the moon … Continue reading

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Default Now

It is too bad that idiots don’t warn people before they do something really stupid.  Perhaps someone of sound mind could intercept them and redirect their misguided intentions. Instead they seem to attract other kindreds…where they thrash about with self-reinforcing … Continue reading

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