As school children we are taught that we live in a democracy and that we can vote. We are told that our elected officials go to Washington and pass laws that are good for our country and that our elected…
How Government Really Works: Money Talks
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The Coming Collapse of the Social Security Ponzi Scheme
Everyone knows that the Social Security System is a giant Ponzi scheme. While this is nothing new to those who study such things, private sector Ponzi schemes pale in comparison to the coming of “The Great Social Security Ponzi Collapse.”…
Too Big to Fail and Too Connected to Care
This week’s headlines include a rising unemployment rate, a slowdown in factory orders, and the slow disintegration of the Euro. As the recession enters its sixth year every trick has been tried as the economy skitters off a cliff. We…
US Government: The Ultimate Middleman: The War on Poverty
Over the past 40 or so years, our nation has spent trillions of dollars fighting the “War on Poverty,” and poverty has won. We have the same problems we had 50 years ago, only now they have become intractable and…