We get it. It’s one year until the election and the Canadian Conservatives want to appear that they’re doing something right in order to defeat Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau. One of these measures is probing the price gap between the United States and Canada, which is something that has been a long complaint among […]
Archives for December 2014
Report: 7 biggest federal income tax changes for 2015
Whenever tax season comes along, one cannot help but think of the line from “Friday the 13th,” when the village’s drunken old man tells the horny teenagers: “Doomed…you’re all doomed…” That’s the best way to describe tax season and the taxman. Although Christmas is upon us and everyone is thinking of Santa Claus, tax season […]
Peter Schiff: Federal Reserve can’t raise rates without bursting bubbles
The main talk on Wall Street – besides falling oil prices – is the Federal Reserve’s move to either raise interest rates next summer or keep them at near zero. Although it was a certain among economists and financial experts a month ago that the United States central bank would hike rates, now it isn’t […]
Government, media reports admit that price inflation is here
Governments at all levels and various media agencies continually issue articles and reports outlining how expensive life has become. Whether it’s housing, education, healthcare or food, we are regularly warned that it’s become just too exorbitant to live without either a six-figure income or a two-person income household. The most interesting aspect of this is […]
An important chart to remember as we ring in 2015 – the national debt
We’re in the final weeks of 2014, an interesting year to say the least. With 2015 on the horizon, here is an interesting chart (below) to remember when the esteemed elected officials discuss raising the debt ceiling and talk about the enormois national debt next year. Right now, the United States national debt is on […]