Political Economy

The Heritage foundation has producted a video which explains in simple terms how to balance the US budget and how to return the US to growth and prosperity. Please watch it below as it is as entertaining as it is informative. I wish President Obama (debt man walking) would watch it. The US budget deficit [...]

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As a political issue Raw milk raids by Federal officials may not seem that important. However, from a personal liberty, function of government issue, it is important. Further, it is  yet another waste of government resources to track down and arrest harmless US citizens and police your life. If we are not even free anymore [...]

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The US is in a civil war. Not a real war, but one of ideologies. It is a three-way civil war. It is the Democrats on one side, the old guard Republicans or the Neo conservatives against the Tea party. What caused this split? The main issue is how much personal and economic liberty are [...]

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In our genes are is encoded from the beginning of evolution the idea of survival of the fittest. When humans were becoming modern between 200,000 years and 50,000 years ago in Africa, only the strong survived. This is found and imprinted in our DNA . However, people have extend this idea of Darwinism to the economic [...]

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Offensive or defensive investment strategy, which one will yield a greater ROI? That is the question. This is not a post based on statistical research, such  as asset allocation and diversification but more personal reflections and I am more looking for answers and asking questions. What does it mean to be a defensive investor versus [...]

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Libs do not understand that if you want a big middle class with a fair distribution of wealth, try capitalism. Only in free market America do we have a such large middle class with a comfortable lifestyle. Believe me, the middle class and even the poor live a relatively cushy lifestyle. Capitalism is the best [...]

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What is the difference between the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve? The reason I wrote this post is, there is a lot of emotion and confusion circulating both about the role and the raison d’être for the central bank and the Treasury. The underlying premise is a government monopoly on the money supply is [...]

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I know this is a bit of a rant but the news of the US Federal budget is wearing on me, so here goes. I would never live in the Washington, D.C. area, our nations capital. Why? It is filled with, G-men, government workers, people feeding off the government and making careers off the Federal [...]

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GOP and Democratic economic fixes do not impress me at this juncture. Why? They are about slowing the leak not fixing the hole. Anyone who understand how to solve the economic woes of the USA are nit picked and labeled as fringe. Even respected economists debate in their ivory towers while the ship is still [...]

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The purpose of this post is explaining the three ways to get rich: savings, income and investing and answer the question ‘which one is the golden ticket?’ By the end of this post you will have a better answer so you can enrich your life and those around you. Investing, saving or income which will [...]

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