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Banks Get to Pay for Government Expansion

By AWC on January 22, 2010 • ( 0 )

The healthcare reform bill may be dead but there is still a need to understand why government expansionism is bad for business and for taxpayers. The elephant in the room on the healthcare plan was how the heck was the government going to pay… Read More ›

Uncertainty, The Storm That Never Ends

By AWC on January 22, 2010 • ( 0 )

Nothing makes a recession last longer than market uncertainty. Contrary to what the government would have you believe, the “market” is fairly predictable. There are thousands of leading and lagging indicators that move in certain directions of varying amounts and can… Read More ›

Negative Savings Rate Reaches Great Depression Level

By AWC on January 12, 2010 • ( 0 )

“Government deficits have caused the U.S. savings rate to turn negative for the first time since the Great Depression…” ~Bloomberg This is a good example of why government stimulus sounds good on paper, but does little to help the economy…… Read More ›

Government Christmas Eve Mischief

By AWC on December 27, 2009 • ( 0 )

In keeping with the government’s tradition of voting on things they don’t want us to hear much about, Congress voted on Christmas Eve (when it would be least likely to get reported in the press) to raise the debt ceiling… Read More ›

CA Ballot Measure to Raise Income Tax 17.5%

By AWC on December 22, 2009 • ( 0 )

I don’t believe there is any section of the Constitution that says governments should use taxpayer money to buy up shares of corporations so the government can control them. Do you ever remember reading anything like that in school? So why… Read More ›

The Continuing Collapse of Housing

By AWC on November 23, 2009 • ( 1 )

The economy and the housing market are conjoined twins. What each does affects the other directly, and immediately. The economy is driving down the housing market, which in turn is driving down the economy. Where will the rabbit hole end?… Read More ›

Feds Admit Their Stimulus Numbers Are All Wrong – And People Want Them To Run Healthcare?

By AWC on November 21, 2009 • ( 0 )

“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 ›

In CA, Your Paycheck Should Feel A Bit Lighter

By AWC on November 19, 2009 • ( 0 )

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 ›

Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici

By AWC on November 12, 2009 • ( 0 )

It’s a couple weeks overdue but I did attend a local costume party for Halloween and so I had to choose my character. Keeping in theme with my current crusade I decided to be V, from the movie V for… Read More ›

It’s a Lose-Lose-Lose Thing

By AWC on November 10, 2009 • ( 1 )

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

By AWC on November 6, 2009 • ( 0 )

“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 ›

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