“It may be a fact that that’s what’s on my Web site, but that may not be the correct number,” Earl Devaney, a White House official, testified this week. When pressed as to why there was so much inaccurate and… Read More ›
Government Failures
Posts about government’s negative manipulation and impact on the American citizen.
California – Now $21 Billion Dollars in the Hole
Keeping in theme with yesterday’s post, this is just a short and quick update on what is being reported today about our California budget. The legislators in California who have consistently based future budget revenue projections on “best case” scenarios… Read More ›
In CA, Your Paycheck Should Feel A Bit Lighter
If you’ve looked at your paycheck recently you’ll notice that it’s 10% less than it was last month. And the California legislature is hoping you won’t notice. How can you get it back? Look at the bottom of this post!… Read More ›
It’s a Lose-Lose-Lose Thing
So I get this letter in my mailbox yesterday from one of my credit card companies, Merrick Bank. It’s one of several similar letters I’ve received recently. The letter goes on to inform me that, “as a result of the… Read More ›
Silence is the Enemy
“Silence is the enemy, Against your urgency So rally up the demons of your soul!” Silence is the enemy. The government continues to destroy the dollar, reward irresponsibility, protect The Fed and its banker leadership from transparency to the public,… Read More ›
Want to know where the TARP money went? Then save bills HR1207 and S604!
Representative Ron Paul had introduced a bill which will permit the American people to audit the Federal Reserve. The Fed is an arm of the government (yeah, I said it) that controls monetary policy. In other words, if you want… Read More ›
3.5% GDP Growth? Try only 0.5%
Q3 GDP up 3.5% over prior quarter is being pitched as the economic turn of the tides. The recovery is here, break out the champagne. The problem is, the mainstream media never actually looks at the numbers. They just get… Read More ›
How Our Government is Destroying the Dollar
Please click on the image to see it full size. Our government has in effect been operating the ponzi (pyramid) scheme I outline above. The end result will be the destruction of the U.S. dollar and a serious drop in… Read More ›
Resistance
I hate being an activist. I was perfectly happy being a business systems analyst and accountant. I had plans that I had to put on hold because of the economy. Since I tie the delay to my future happiness to… Read More ›
GM Jobs: Easy Go, Easy Come, Easy Go
Just when you thought I couldn’t rail any more against the Cash-for-Clunkers program, I have some more railing yet to do. It’s not the program per se, it’s how well this program represents all government programs. Poorly conceived, horribly executed,… Read More ›
Cash-For-Clunkers kills Cars-For-Kids
I neglected to mention another group of Americans that were, and still are, being negatively impacted by this terrible government program. Many U.S. charities convert used cars to cash by selling them at auction and then use that money to… Read More ›
CEO’s Demand Pay Caps for Celebs
If I was a CEO with so many people carrying pitchforks and wailing to the government to control CEO pay, I would grab my own pitchfork and walk to the White House demanding that the salaries of Hollywood movie stars,… Read More ›
Term of the Week: Regime Uncertainty
Regime Uncertainty is a phenomenon that happens in countries where the government (the regime) interferes in the free market system, stifling business and paralyzing growth. FREE MARKETS Free markets are driven by the supply and demand of consumers who choose… Read More ›
Cash For Clunkers – I was right, they were wrong.
The data suggest that critics of Cash for Clunkers who argued that it would just “steal” sales from the future were correct, and those who, like me, expected that a little stimulus applied to the car market would create some… Read More ›
The Truth About Czars
How do you avoid asking the people to approve who governs them? Create a government within their government, and call them Czars. For over 200 years, leading members of our government were required to be approved by Congress, thereby enforcing… Read More ›
Obama pays your mortgage, and your gas too it seems.
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT Newscaster Peggy Joseph took her daughter out of school early Wednesday for this. Her emotions ran high following Obama’s speech Peggy It was the most memorable time of my life. I…it was a touching moment Reporter Why? Peggy… Read More ›
35,000 People Register for Obama Money …whoops…I mean your money.
INTERVIEW 1 OF 2: ROGULSKI: Why are you here? WOMAN #1: To get some money ROGULSKI: What kinda money? WOMAN #1: Obama Money ROGULSKI: Where’s it coming from? WOMAN #1: Obama ROGULSKI: And where did Obama get it? WOMAN #1:… Read More ›
Your Email. Your IM. Property of the NSA.
“Ordinary Americans’ most private emails have been and still are being intercepted in bulk and then stored in secret NSA databases, without probable cause,” said Kevin Bankston, a lawyer with the campaign group Electronic Frontier Foundation.” “The database system, called… Read More ›
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