In case you missed any of this week’s articles, here is a round-up of some of the most read pieces written by the Economic Collapse News staff: A look at foreign governments that donated money to the Clinton Foundation How doctors are influenced by drug companies $15 minimum wage leads to crime? Mark Perry demolishes […]
Archives for August 2016
Hillary Clinton confirms she will raise taxes on the middle class, audience cheers
Speaking in front of a crowd that included billionaire Warren Buffett, former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton revealed that she plans to raise taxes on the middle class if she wins the election. And, much to the surprise of observers, the audience cheered. Here is what she said: “Because while Warren […]
Insider Trading and Taxes: The State Wants to Read Your Mind
By: Matthew Doarnberger Professional golfer Phil Mickelson was back in the news this summer thanks to a 2014 federal investigation into an insider trading case. It is alleged that Mickelson owed high stakes sports gambler Billy Walters a considerable amount of money in July of 2012. As a result, Walters advised Mickelson to buy stock […]
5 random things for a Friday (Venezuelans eating zoo animals, negative net worth, fewer teens getting summer jobs)
News Story of the Day: things have gotten so bad in Venezuela that the people have now resorted to eating zoo animals. You may remember a few months ago we reported that Venezuelans had started to hunt and eat cats, dogs and pigeons. Well, with food shortages even more rampant and the socialist government going […]
States Must Help Restore Sound Money in America
By Jp Cortez and Stefan Gleason This article was originally published on Tenth Amendment Center Control the money and you control the people. The federal government has done just that in the United States. Over the last hundred years, the federal government and the Federal Reserve, a privately owned bank cartel conceived of in secret, have […]