Middle-class Americans are struggling to make ends meet: prices are going up at the grocery store, wages have been stagnant and the United States dollar’s purchasing power doesn’t buy as much as it used to. Are middle-class Americans being left behind in the collapse of the U.S. economy? Despite the federal government spending hundreds of […]
Archives for March 2013
Stocks hit all time high from Fed money printing
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has hit all time high and free market economists are saying that it is a direct result of the massive Quantitative Easing (money printing) that the Federal Reserve has been doing in a futile attempt to rescue the economy. Bank stocks such as JPMorgan and Citi also hit 52 week […]
Report finds Iowa taxpayers on the hook over subsidies given to 44 companies
New analysis performed by Iowa Watchdog discovered that at least 44 businesses owe the state’s taxpayers roughly $8 million for loans they had received from officials. The loans were granted due to a promise that the funds would yield 1,388 new jobs, but only 21 employment opportunities were produced. The report had found that the […]
DHS purchases 2700 armored vehicles: is the government preparing for an economic collapse?
The Department of Homeland Security has recently purchased 2700 armored vehicles for use by local police departments. This follows the recent DHS purchase of more than 1.6 billion rounds of ammunition. Mark Dice speculates in the below video about the possible reasons for these preparations. Does the government expect a complete collapse of America or […]
Video: A quick history of war, OPEC and gas prices by LearnLiberty
LearnLiberty has published a 2:13 video titled “A Quick History of War, OPEC, and Gas Prices.” The interesting video takes a look at all of the major events, such as the formation of OPEC, the Iraq Wars, United States price controls, the Yom Kippur War and many other important dates. Enjoy the video.