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Editorial from the Joplin Globe
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December 8, 2010
Our view: Politics win out
The Joplin Globe Wed Dec 08, 2010, 08:01 AM CST
Politics reigned supreme over principles on both sides in the latest “deal” between Republicans and Democrats in Washington on Monday night.
President Obama has agreed to delay increasing income taxes on the rich, and Republicans have agreed to increase the deficit through extension of unemployment benefits for 13 months.
In reaching such a compromise, both sides ignored the most pressing problem facing the country: the massive debt and deficit spending.
If this compromise passes congressional votes in the next week or so, both debt and deficits will skyrocket by more than $100 billion per year.
And both sides will try to spin this compromise as a positive step for the country, though for different reasons.
And neither side will show how such an agreement violates the fundamental challenge for government to begin to live within our means.
Politics has surely trumped that important, even vital objective for the federal government.
How could this have been avoided? If increasing taxes is so important to economic livelihood, then simply let all the Bush tax cuts expire and require all Americans (at least those who pay taxes) carry the burden. If unemployment benefits are deemed critical, then keep them in place but find other cuts in federal spending to prevent deficit spending to pay for them.
We are sure the Debt Commission has found some short-term cuts that could support that effort if anyone reads those recommendations in depth, not just the sound bites contained therein.
Republican principles are not to raise taxes. Democratic principles are to protect the poor and middle classes from spending cuts or tax increases. Neither side has a clue how to restore economic prosperity by sticking only to their principles. Debt control and elimination of deficit spending are the keys.
The Debt Commission made that point and suggested a starting point to both raise taxes and cut spending simultaneously.
Now, see how the politicians are approaching the problem.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
More #information that you CANNOT live without Be #smart, don't be a #fool
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I have 3 fantastic links/reads for you today.. I hope you enjoy them and the knowledge they impart ;)
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From The Survival Station
Why Democrats And Republicans Are Both Wrong About The Bush Tax Cuts
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The following two links are available within the link above but I am listing them separately here for your convenience..
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From The Economic Collapse Blog
It Is Now Mathematically Impossible To Pay Off The U.S. National Debt
And..
Debt = Money, Money = Debt
I have 3 fantastic links/reads for you today.. I hope you enjoy them and the knowledge they impart ;)
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From The Survival Station
Why Democrats And Republicans Are Both Wrong About The Bush Tax Cuts
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The following two links are available within the link above but I am listing them separately here for your convenience..
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From The Economic Collapse Blog
It Is Now Mathematically Impossible To Pay Off The U.S. National Debt
And..
Debt = Money, Money = Debt
Monday, December 6, 2010
Self #Reliance = #Budget = #Nirvana
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Seriously, I have thought about this off and on throughout my life, since I was 15 or 16 years old..
'This' being, what if I didn't have to depend on anyone, or anything, else in the world but myself and my own ingenuity?
I used to daydream about living deep in the woods in a rustic cabin, fishing and hunting for food, taking care of myself..
Perhaps even without a smart phone or a LED HD 3D Flat Panel TV LMAO
I'm just a somewhat worn out middle aged man now.. 53 YEARS of age! Just try to imagine.. LMAO
However I STILL think about it to this day.. That's what 'dreams' are all about I suppose..
In fact, I think I may have improved on the entire fantasy now.. ;)
Just imagine, if you can..
I'd love to have just 40 or 50 acres in the real boonies. A place where, if I wanted, I could have a still to make my own liqueur, make my own wine too. And I even want to try my hand at beer.. Grow my own medicinal pot if I want to.. So far out on the edge of society that I no longer have to worry about man's laws.. Only God's laws..
But, obviously I hope, that's not to say that God wants me to get drunk and high lol
But grow my own food, produce, too. A nice large garden watered with collected rain water. Filled with organic produce. Free from genetic engineering and cancer causing pesticides and other man made additives..
A well stocked pond too, with bass, catfish and perch..
And hunt and trap for meat.. Deer, turkey, rabbit, quail, dove and maybe some duck..
Here's what my budget looks like right now.. This is pretty much where our income goes..
Housing = 21%
Food = 11%
Car payment = 8% (B/c we pay extra)
Utilities = 7.7%
electric = 2.7%
gas = 2.3%
water = 1.5%
water "mysterious customer charge" = 0.6%
sewer = 0.8%
sewer "mysterious customer charge" = 0.5%
About those mysterious "customer charges" on
the water = 0.6%
and the sewer = 0.5%
When we 'asked' the utility company about these mysterious extra
"customer charges" on our bill their answer was simply that "we are allowed,
by law, to charge those.."
Great, thanks for letting us know..
We also pay a mandatory trash pickup bill = 0.4%
I have an answer for the utility companies myself.. Dig a well on that small piece of land.
Install a septic tank to deal with waste.
Heat and cook with your own harvested wood.
I mean come on.. it's not like these things have never been done before.. At one time the were the standard..
And as for electricity spend the worthless fiat currency for a high tech solar system.. Generate MORE than you need for your own use and sell the excess to a f'ing power company.. Make them pay you!
Transportation cost (gas/fuel only) = 1%
And these we spend now.. Mostly because we are so civilized.. lol
Misc/entertainment/vices = 26%
Cable TV = 3%
Car insurance = 3%
phone = 1%
And last but not least our saving = about 5%
Add all those together and I come up with about 88.8%
100% - 88.8% = 11.2% left over which is there to cover expected and unexpected costs.. car repair, trips, major appliance purchases, whatever.. You know what I mean here lol
I have no idea how these numbers/statistics/percentages stack up as far as national averages or whatever.. And i don't really care that much..
I can live like this because we TRY to watch our spending and be sensible.. We TRY to live within our means while still having a comfortable lifestyle.. We don't BORROW money at high interest rates because we don't care about being good little debt slaves for the government, banksters, multinational corporations and retailers. We don't waste money on the latest greatest tech toys when everything we have now seems to work just fine. We try not to buy a bunch of plastic junk from China that is intentionally designed to have to be replaced right away with more cheap, slave labor Chinese junk..
*I* feel like if everyone lived like that.. Concentrate on paying yourself FIRST, treat your money with the respect it deserves (even though that is debatable now lol) All the rest of our problems would likely take care of themselves..
The banks, the government, Federal Reserve Bank, the multinational corporations, retailers and the rest would all collapse, as they already should have..
Good riddance to all is what I would have to say about it.. We'd all be much better off without them.. IMHO
it is TIME for human beings to evolve.. to improve.. To refuse to be ruled by the greed and corruption of an elite few..
Maybe America needs to return to a simpler time.. Perhaps we are a bit too progressive? Is that blasphemy?
Greg
Seriously, I have thought about this off and on throughout my life, since I was 15 or 16 years old..
'This' being, what if I didn't have to depend on anyone, or anything, else in the world but myself and my own ingenuity?
I used to daydream about living deep in the woods in a rustic cabin, fishing and hunting for food, taking care of myself..
Perhaps even without a smart phone or a LED HD 3D Flat Panel TV LMAO
I'm just a somewhat worn out middle aged man now.. 53 YEARS of age! Just try to imagine.. LMAO
However I STILL think about it to this day.. That's what 'dreams' are all about I suppose..
In fact, I think I may have improved on the entire fantasy now.. ;)
Just imagine, if you can..
I'd love to have just 40 or 50 acres in the real boonies. A place where, if I wanted, I could have a still to make my own liqueur, make my own wine too. And I even want to try my hand at beer.. Grow my own medicinal pot if I want to.. So far out on the edge of society that I no longer have to worry about man's laws.. Only God's laws..
But, obviously I hope, that's not to say that God wants me to get drunk and high lol
But grow my own food, produce, too. A nice large garden watered with collected rain water. Filled with organic produce. Free from genetic engineering and cancer causing pesticides and other man made additives..
A well stocked pond too, with bass, catfish and perch..
And hunt and trap for meat.. Deer, turkey, rabbit, quail, dove and maybe some duck..
Here's what my budget looks like right now.. This is pretty much where our income goes..
Housing = 21%
Food = 11%
Car payment = 8% (B/c we pay extra)
Utilities = 7.7%
electric = 2.7%
gas = 2.3%
water = 1.5%
water "mysterious customer charge" = 0.6%
sewer = 0.8%
sewer "mysterious customer charge" = 0.5%
About those mysterious "customer charges" on
the water = 0.6%
and the sewer = 0.5%
When we 'asked' the utility company about these mysterious extra
"customer charges" on our bill their answer was simply that "we are allowed,
by law, to charge those.."
Great, thanks for letting us know..
We also pay a mandatory trash pickup bill = 0.4%
I have an answer for the utility companies myself.. Dig a well on that small piece of land.
Install a septic tank to deal with waste.
Heat and cook with your own harvested wood.
I mean come on.. it's not like these things have never been done before.. At one time the were the standard..
And as for electricity spend the worthless fiat currency for a high tech solar system.. Generate MORE than you need for your own use and sell the excess to a f'ing power company.. Make them pay you!
Transportation cost (gas/fuel only) = 1%
And these we spend now.. Mostly because we are so civilized.. lol
Misc/entertainment/vices = 26%
Cable TV = 3%
Car insurance = 3%
phone = 1%
And last but not least our saving = about 5%
Add all those together and I come up with about 88.8%
100% - 88.8% = 11.2% left over which is there to cover expected and unexpected costs.. car repair, trips, major appliance purchases, whatever.. You know what I mean here lol
I have no idea how these numbers/statistics/percentages stack up as far as national averages or whatever.. And i don't really care that much..
I can live like this because we TRY to watch our spending and be sensible.. We TRY to live within our means while still having a comfortable lifestyle.. We don't BORROW money at high interest rates because we don't care about being good little debt slaves for the government, banksters, multinational corporations and retailers. We don't waste money on the latest greatest tech toys when everything we have now seems to work just fine. We try not to buy a bunch of plastic junk from China that is intentionally designed to have to be replaced right away with more cheap, slave labor Chinese junk..
*I* feel like if everyone lived like that.. Concentrate on paying yourself FIRST, treat your money with the respect it deserves (even though that is debatable now lol) All the rest of our problems would likely take care of themselves..
The banks, the government, Federal Reserve Bank, the multinational corporations, retailers and the rest would all collapse, as they already should have..
Good riddance to all is what I would have to say about it.. We'd all be much better off without them.. IMHO
it is TIME for human beings to evolve.. to improve.. To refuse to be ruled by the greed and corruption of an elite few..
Maybe America needs to return to a simpler time.. Perhaps we are a bit too progressive? Is that blasphemy?
Greg
Special guest post 'Still Fed Up' loved by many as @Neo761 "Robinhood"
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Hello Folks,
Michael Storm aka “Robinhood” from winnersedgetrading coming in again with another “rant and rave” that some might enjoy and others might hate. Perhaps you might have read my first article and are wondering if I have calmed down a bit… the answer is no, I am still “fed up”, lol.
I have been studying various countries for a few months now, as I am getting ready to leave mine and I saw some good, bad and ugly out there. But a few have really stood out as having really great prospects for growth and freedom. Ah, FREEDOM!!! That is what the soul craves for! That is what the people want!
I do NOT think that normal ordinary Americans like being microwaved with these new untested airport scanners, being felt up by strangers grabbing your private parts. Or worse watching some guy rub his hands all over your wife and kids while you have to sit back and shut up about it cause your fearful of being sued for $10K and besides you REALLY need to get where your going…… Folks, this is B.S. of the HIGHEST possible magnitude! WE are not the terrorists! This is being done under a ruse, to just encroach and steal more freedoms. To just erode more privacy and slap us into submission as a people. I am not an idiot, I have examined it from both sides of the argument. ALL arguments on the reverse side are weak!!!! Embarrassing old men in wheel chairs with steel pins in their legs? Embarrassing cancer victims with breast prosthesis? Embarrassing some teenager and making her pull out her nipple rings? Embarrassing some poor little 3 year old girl and making her cry her eyes out???? COME ON!!!!!!! Give me a break! TSA, you can……. (expletives deleted for the sensitive)!!!! This is making one company very rich. I bet they pushed hard for it. I wonder how much they are getting out of this deal selling these machines?
Enough of that, lets move on to the “meat” of this. As many of you know I have posted a few articles from Simon Black the Sovereign Mans website on twitter. If you have been reading his articles you know he pulls no punches and tells it like it is. The other day I saw an article on 6 countries where freedom still exists. That was a GREAT article. So, pulling a bit from that….. Who WOULDN’T want to go to a place where:
Freedom…. Is strong and the government leaves people alone and privacy and freedom are respected?
Corruption…. Is low and police are well respected rather than feared. (As for Police today in America, I find most of them to be arrogant Jerks and use intimidation tactics.)
Business….. Lots of opportunity, not punishing creativity. (Think about it, starting a business in America is very prohibitive in every way, From the red tape, to the ridiculous regulations, even the hiring now… So much lawsuits against employers your almost scared to take a chance with anyone. Firing them becomes a problem.)
Taxes….. Reasonable. Our taxes in America have pushed most people to the breaking point. The Government is like a giant parasite killing the host! The host is sick. But some countries actually have reasonable taxes. Go figure! What a novel idea! Singapore, rock on!
Immigration….. SOME countries make it easy. Some easier than others. But as I research this its still NOT that easy. I personally do not understand why the cost of entrance into a country is so high and the wait is so long. It is what it is and no country is perfect. This I just have to deal with.
Infrastructure… Lets face it. We ALL like clean and modern roads. We all like internet being stable and affordable. We all like cell phones. I just don’t like the idea of my calls being recorded without so much as a court order. Oh and my internet usage being tracked so now I have to hire a company to encrypt everything. Bummer.
Medical care…. Some countries are the envy of the world here. Singapore is number one and Thailand high on the list. Others are top notch too. Medical tourism is becoming HUGE. People LEAVE America, Canada, and other countries to go to Thailand, Singapore and Mexico to pay just under 20K for double hip replacement surgery come back here and SAVE over 80K. I have read countless stories of top quality surgery out of the US. People are flocking so SAVE. Why? Because our costs are insane, that is why. If these new laws go into effect America’s medical system may become a nightmare. I don’t want it, that is for sure.
Schools. Already covered that in my last article. America is being dumbed down continually. Lowering the SAT’s so some can make the grade. Our school system is a failure. But some countries (only a few) have world class schooling. Nice!
Banking: This is amazing. You can walk into Switzerland and cash a check for 50K without I.D. for it is the check being verified, not you. In America I cant cash a check for 3K without filling out a form, 5k? The next grade of form. 10K??? Heck with that! That one gets mailed right out to the IRS PRONTO! Who wouldn’t like the bank secrecy laws of the Swiss and Belize, Panama, Hong Kong and Singapore? What the heck America? WHO’s money is it????? If the money belongs to you and me, then I would prefer my bank to shut the heck up and stop giving me grief for me accessing my own funds. I don’t enjoy giving my thumb print at some banks to cash a check! Very darn un-cool. 2 forms of I.D. to boot. Would you like a dna sample too!?
What are some other issues plaguing America? I know this is not exhaustive. We have become a perfect “welfare” society. Where the Gov. shells out food stamps, housing assistance, heat assistance, etc… to countless thousands and thousands of people. This is just unsustainable. There are people that have NO incentive to go work, for they are paid more to sit at home than to go work. This is just plain stupid and is only hurting us as a country. America wake UP!!! The Gov. does not “have” to give, it must steal the money from those that work and pass it along to those that do not, it is simply wealth redistribution.
My end point is this. We should vote with our dollars and our bodies. We should vote with our support. Do I support America in all this corruption and wickedness? NO. I do not. Every country SHOULD look at their citizens as partners in a GOAL. What should the goal be? How about to be the BEST! I mean the most desired, beautiful, clean, safe, low crime, business friendly, lowest tax nation on earth! The Most stable economy, the best economic prospects, the happiest citizens, the FREEST nation where liberty REIGNS supreme ! Oh yeah, baby! That’s what I am talking about. How about the most civilized, tolerant, educated, friendliest, happiest people on earth?
Forget the “race to the bottom”. Why would we want to race to the bottom? Why is that even on the news these days, as if this is a good thing? This is stupid. How about a race to the TOP! How about lets see which country on the earth can be the most competitive for the brightest and the best minds on earth? That sounds like a nice race.
Truth be told the people of the world are NOT happy with corruption, crime, rapes, murders, corrupt judges, corrupt lawyers, corrupt politicians! We are NOT happy with our kids being fondled by the TSA or cops in schools, drugs in schools, knives and guns in schools! We are NOT happy with inferior medical at insane prices. We are NOT happy with taxes that absolutely HURT so bad it angers us all year. We are NOT happy that should we decide to paint our house of fix up and beautify our yards that our taxes go up several hundred dollars the very next year! We are NOT happy that we go and buy a new car and get a one thousand dollar tax bill 11 months later! Why punish me for buying a car? Why punish me for fixing my house? We are NOT happy! Lets face it! We are the crummy frog in the water pot! We are the frog that is having the heat turned up slowly but I swear, SOME of the people of this country are really darn uncomfortable and ready to jump right out of the pot. There are those of us that are looking for brighter shores. More opportunity, less corruption, more freedom, less taxes, cleaner air, lower crime. Etc and so on.
The nations of the world should look at it like this. They are in competition. People are going to hunt and look and vote and take themselves out of places that suck and get into places that have bright futures. Next Month I will be leaving. The next article WILL be from the new land. I hope that when I get to that new land, I can have a fresh impact on the people for good and for righteousness. For “a prophet is not without honor, except in his own country…” The people around me are not listening and have deaf ears, cold hearts and no concern. What are your thoughts about this people? How are we going to handle this? What kind of nation will America be for our kids in 20 years when they are going off into the world?
Lastly I will leave you with this: There once was a King. A GREAT King. He went down in history with the greatest nation on earth, the happiest people and the most prosperous kingdom EVER. His name? King Solomon. The Queen of Sheba had heard of his fame and when she showed up to “check it out” she said: “Behold, the half of the story was not told unto me! Happy are your servants… Happy are your people…” etc… and so on. He ruled in righteousness. The scriptures say that those that rule among men are to do so with righteousness.
We are no longer a righteous people. Take a hard look at the puritans and those that stepped off of the mayflower and the early part of our American History. We were a HARD working people! Strong! Men were men! Women were women, loved, honored respected and treasured by real men. We all had a strong work ethic. Honesty was far more in place than today. Used to be a mans word was his bond and a handshake sealed it. Not so now! Children could once play anywhere and roam anywhere and LIVE! Today? You can’t even let them out of your sight for a second in fear some psycho is going to get them. Bye the time they are 13 they are bratty to the extreme and expect the world to hand them everything. Masters at playing computer games or texting their friends but don’t know how to work! No more Values. Where is the nobility that we once had as a people? Long gone, dust in dusty pages of our history. How terribly sad.
Each one of us is faced with this ONE life. “ it is appointed unto man once to die and after this the judgment” How are we doing? What are we standing for? Let EACH one of us STRIVE to be righteous and Godly and go back to the Old Paths that were once laid out for us. Let each of us speak up and do the very best we can as human beings on this earth. Treat our families right, treat our friends right. Be Helpful, be caring, be SOMETHING! We need some fire back in our spirits folks! Really we do. I don’t mean to just rant, and rave and complain. Seriously. I am STRIVING for something. I have a plan. I have weighed it out and counted the cost. I personally want to be all that I can be and to be the very best and die trying. What would it be like if everyone on earth just quit all the corruption and just starting living for the pure sake of righteousness? I think that would be a great place to live in. No matter what country we are in.
So, in conclusion, let us think about this, let us pray about this, let us meditate upon this. We got this one life, what are we going to do with it? How are we going to live? Where are we going to live? How are we going to use it for the best? I know I can’t change everyone, but I can change me. I can be a guide to my family. I am casting my vote! How bout you? Vote!
Till next time……..
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I would like to specially Thank @neo761 for sharing his important thoughts with my readers..
Greg
Hello Folks,
Michael Storm aka “Robinhood” from winnersedgetrading coming in again with another “rant and rave” that some might enjoy and others might hate. Perhaps you might have read my first article and are wondering if I have calmed down a bit… the answer is no, I am still “fed up”, lol.
I have been studying various countries for a few months now, as I am getting ready to leave mine and I saw some good, bad and ugly out there. But a few have really stood out as having really great prospects for growth and freedom. Ah, FREEDOM!!! That is what the soul craves for! That is what the people want!
I do NOT think that normal ordinary Americans like being microwaved with these new untested airport scanners, being felt up by strangers grabbing your private parts. Or worse watching some guy rub his hands all over your wife and kids while you have to sit back and shut up about it cause your fearful of being sued for $10K and besides you REALLY need to get where your going…… Folks, this is B.S. of the HIGHEST possible magnitude! WE are not the terrorists! This is being done under a ruse, to just encroach and steal more freedoms. To just erode more privacy and slap us into submission as a people. I am not an idiot, I have examined it from both sides of the argument. ALL arguments on the reverse side are weak!!!! Embarrassing old men in wheel chairs with steel pins in their legs? Embarrassing cancer victims with breast prosthesis? Embarrassing some teenager and making her pull out her nipple rings? Embarrassing some poor little 3 year old girl and making her cry her eyes out???? COME ON!!!!!!! Give me a break! TSA, you can……. (expletives deleted for the sensitive)!!!! This is making one company very rich. I bet they pushed hard for it. I wonder how much they are getting out of this deal selling these machines?
Enough of that, lets move on to the “meat” of this. As many of you know I have posted a few articles from Simon Black the Sovereign Mans website on twitter. If you have been reading his articles you know he pulls no punches and tells it like it is. The other day I saw an article on 6 countries where freedom still exists. That was a GREAT article. So, pulling a bit from that….. Who WOULDN’T want to go to a place where:
Freedom…. Is strong and the government leaves people alone and privacy and freedom are respected?
Corruption…. Is low and police are well respected rather than feared. (As for Police today in America, I find most of them to be arrogant Jerks and use intimidation tactics.)
Business….. Lots of opportunity, not punishing creativity. (Think about it, starting a business in America is very prohibitive in every way, From the red tape, to the ridiculous regulations, even the hiring now… So much lawsuits against employers your almost scared to take a chance with anyone. Firing them becomes a problem.)
Taxes….. Reasonable. Our taxes in America have pushed most people to the breaking point. The Government is like a giant parasite killing the host! The host is sick. But some countries actually have reasonable taxes. Go figure! What a novel idea! Singapore, rock on!
Immigration….. SOME countries make it easy. Some easier than others. But as I research this its still NOT that easy. I personally do not understand why the cost of entrance into a country is so high and the wait is so long. It is what it is and no country is perfect. This I just have to deal with.
Infrastructure… Lets face it. We ALL like clean and modern roads. We all like internet being stable and affordable. We all like cell phones. I just don’t like the idea of my calls being recorded without so much as a court order. Oh and my internet usage being tracked so now I have to hire a company to encrypt everything. Bummer.
Medical care…. Some countries are the envy of the world here. Singapore is number one and Thailand high on the list. Others are top notch too. Medical tourism is becoming HUGE. People LEAVE America, Canada, and other countries to go to Thailand, Singapore and Mexico to pay just under 20K for double hip replacement surgery come back here and SAVE over 80K. I have read countless stories of top quality surgery out of the US. People are flocking so SAVE. Why? Because our costs are insane, that is why. If these new laws go into effect America’s medical system may become a nightmare. I don’t want it, that is for sure.
Schools. Already covered that in my last article. America is being dumbed down continually. Lowering the SAT’s so some can make the grade. Our school system is a failure. But some countries (only a few) have world class schooling. Nice!
Banking: This is amazing. You can walk into Switzerland and cash a check for 50K without I.D. for it is the check being verified, not you. In America I cant cash a check for 3K without filling out a form, 5k? The next grade of form. 10K??? Heck with that! That one gets mailed right out to the IRS PRONTO! Who wouldn’t like the bank secrecy laws of the Swiss and Belize, Panama, Hong Kong and Singapore? What the heck America? WHO’s money is it????? If the money belongs to you and me, then I would prefer my bank to shut the heck up and stop giving me grief for me accessing my own funds. I don’t enjoy giving my thumb print at some banks to cash a check! Very darn un-cool. 2 forms of I.D. to boot. Would you like a dna sample too!?
What are some other issues plaguing America? I know this is not exhaustive. We have become a perfect “welfare” society. Where the Gov. shells out food stamps, housing assistance, heat assistance, etc… to countless thousands and thousands of people. This is just unsustainable. There are people that have NO incentive to go work, for they are paid more to sit at home than to go work. This is just plain stupid and is only hurting us as a country. America wake UP!!! The Gov. does not “have” to give, it must steal the money from those that work and pass it along to those that do not, it is simply wealth redistribution.
My end point is this. We should vote with our dollars and our bodies. We should vote with our support. Do I support America in all this corruption and wickedness? NO. I do not. Every country SHOULD look at their citizens as partners in a GOAL. What should the goal be? How about to be the BEST! I mean the most desired, beautiful, clean, safe, low crime, business friendly, lowest tax nation on earth! The Most stable economy, the best economic prospects, the happiest citizens, the FREEST nation where liberty REIGNS supreme ! Oh yeah, baby! That’s what I am talking about. How about the most civilized, tolerant, educated, friendliest, happiest people on earth?
Forget the “race to the bottom”. Why would we want to race to the bottom? Why is that even on the news these days, as if this is a good thing? This is stupid. How about a race to the TOP! How about lets see which country on the earth can be the most competitive for the brightest and the best minds on earth? That sounds like a nice race.
Truth be told the people of the world are NOT happy with corruption, crime, rapes, murders, corrupt judges, corrupt lawyers, corrupt politicians! We are NOT happy with our kids being fondled by the TSA or cops in schools, drugs in schools, knives and guns in schools! We are NOT happy with inferior medical at insane prices. We are NOT happy with taxes that absolutely HURT so bad it angers us all year. We are NOT happy that should we decide to paint our house of fix up and beautify our yards that our taxes go up several hundred dollars the very next year! We are NOT happy that we go and buy a new car and get a one thousand dollar tax bill 11 months later! Why punish me for buying a car? Why punish me for fixing my house? We are NOT happy! Lets face it! We are the crummy frog in the water pot! We are the frog that is having the heat turned up slowly but I swear, SOME of the people of this country are really darn uncomfortable and ready to jump right out of the pot. There are those of us that are looking for brighter shores. More opportunity, less corruption, more freedom, less taxes, cleaner air, lower crime. Etc and so on.
The nations of the world should look at it like this. They are in competition. People are going to hunt and look and vote and take themselves out of places that suck and get into places that have bright futures. Next Month I will be leaving. The next article WILL be from the new land. I hope that when I get to that new land, I can have a fresh impact on the people for good and for righteousness. For “a prophet is not without honor, except in his own country…” The people around me are not listening and have deaf ears, cold hearts and no concern. What are your thoughts about this people? How are we going to handle this? What kind of nation will America be for our kids in 20 years when they are going off into the world?
Lastly I will leave you with this: There once was a King. A GREAT King. He went down in history with the greatest nation on earth, the happiest people and the most prosperous kingdom EVER. His name? King Solomon. The Queen of Sheba had heard of his fame and when she showed up to “check it out” she said: “Behold, the half of the story was not told unto me! Happy are your servants… Happy are your people…” etc… and so on. He ruled in righteousness. The scriptures say that those that rule among men are to do so with righteousness.
We are no longer a righteous people. Take a hard look at the puritans and those that stepped off of the mayflower and the early part of our American History. We were a HARD working people! Strong! Men were men! Women were women, loved, honored respected and treasured by real men. We all had a strong work ethic. Honesty was far more in place than today. Used to be a mans word was his bond and a handshake sealed it. Not so now! Children could once play anywhere and roam anywhere and LIVE! Today? You can’t even let them out of your sight for a second in fear some psycho is going to get them. Bye the time they are 13 they are bratty to the extreme and expect the world to hand them everything. Masters at playing computer games or texting their friends but don’t know how to work! No more Values. Where is the nobility that we once had as a people? Long gone, dust in dusty pages of our history. How terribly sad.
Each one of us is faced with this ONE life. “ it is appointed unto man once to die and after this the judgment” How are we doing? What are we standing for? Let EACH one of us STRIVE to be righteous and Godly and go back to the Old Paths that were once laid out for us. Let each of us speak up and do the very best we can as human beings on this earth. Treat our families right, treat our friends right. Be Helpful, be caring, be SOMETHING! We need some fire back in our spirits folks! Really we do. I don’t mean to just rant, and rave and complain. Seriously. I am STRIVING for something. I have a plan. I have weighed it out and counted the cost. I personally want to be all that I can be and to be the very best and die trying. What would it be like if everyone on earth just quit all the corruption and just starting living for the pure sake of righteousness? I think that would be a great place to live in. No matter what country we are in.
So, in conclusion, let us think about this, let us pray about this, let us meditate upon this. We got this one life, what are we going to do with it? How are we going to live? Where are we going to live? How are we going to use it for the best? I know I can’t change everyone, but I can change me. I can be a guide to my family. I am casting my vote! How bout you? Vote!
Till next time……..
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I would like to specially Thank @neo761 for sharing his important thoughts with my readers..
Greg
Friday, December 3, 2010
All these people (#politicians / #FED Board members / #Bankers) should be in #PRISON!
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Copied this from my Facebook page and HAD to post it! Everything you need to know to convince you that all these people (politicians / Federal Reserve Board members / Bankers) should be in PRISON!
My God! Somebody make it stop!
PLEASE send this out via blog, email, TV whatever to as many people as you possibly can! I BEG you!
If WE don't STOP this it will NEVER end and it is our children and their children and every generation after that will pay!
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As 2011 approaches our country is in a very grave situation. We have Treason in high places.
If one pours gasoline on the side of a building and ignites the building while they profess that they are simply trying to help those inside stay warm; how long will people watch in disbelief before they conclude that the stated intent does not match the actions or results of the arsonist?
When we see this grand ceremony about cutting off $160 Billion in unemployment aid "to save the country", keep in mind the Federal Reserve Bank gave out trillions of dollars to foreigners and American financiers and bankers that will never be repaid. This money has gone to the direct benefit of the individual owners of these intuitions, many of which have conflicted interest as a result of their interest with the Federal Reserve Bank.
The level of fraud, corruption, secret transactions and insider backroom deals and sheer magnitude of the amount of money looted from the American people is incompressible. The actions of these bankers has destabilized our financial and economic markets and the currency of the United States of America so as to undermine the very foundation of our Constitutional Republic.
It is now time that every American call and send this to their Governor, State Attorney General, Congressman, US Attorney, local FBI office, US Senator ,state senators and legislators and demand Justice.
DEMAND that a full Congressional Inquiry and a United States Grand Jury be Convened immediately to consider the Un-American Activities and Treasonous Activities of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and conspirators that have participated fraud, corruption, perjury and looting of the United States.
Please forward this email to everyone American on your email list.
Will Pitts
Chairman
Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida
Fed made $9 trillion in emergency overnight loans
http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/01/news/economy/fed_reserve_data_release/index.htm?hpt=T1
Meet The 35 Foreign Banks That Got Bailed Out By The Fed (And This Is Just The CPFF Banks)
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/meet-35-foreign-banks-got-bailed-out-fed-and-just-cpff-banks
Fed Opens Books, Revealing European Megabanks Were Biggest Beneficiaries
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/01/fed-opens-books-revealing_n_790529.html
Hot mic catches senator saying agenda is "all rigged"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aDZy6zWeio&feature=player_embedded
MSNBC: Ratigan The Fed is a Criminal Con Job
Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACm1ntw_4dM&feature=player_embedded
Part 2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpCSzgB4MA&feature=player_embedded
SCANDAL EXPOSED: Paulson/Goldman/Center for Responsible Lending
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E10bHAI7U68&feature=player_embedded
Goldman CEO Visited WH 4 Times During SEC Investigation
http://www.thefoxnation.com/business/2010/04/22/goldman-ceo-visited-wh-4-times-during-sec-investigation
Goldman's White House connections raise eyebrows
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/21/92637/goldmans-connections-to-white.html
Indymac Boys Get Sweetheart Deal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssl5yb7FewA
Greenberg Agrees To Sell Up To 10M AIG Shares To UBS
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100319-713302.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
Obama's $6.3 Trillion Scam Is America's Shame:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.G6KFfaDdSc
Congress threatened with Martial Law if they do not give hundreds of billions to Bankers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8
Alan Grayson: "Which Foreigners Got the Fed's $500,000,000,000?" Bernanke: "I Don't Know."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0NYBTkE1yQ&feature=player_embedded
BoE Secretly Loaned $102.9 Billion to RBS
http://www.cnbc.com/id/34126826
Bank of England tells of secret £62bn loan to save RBS and HBOS
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/6646923/Bank-of-England-tells-of-secret-62bn-loan-to-save-RBS-and-HBOS.html
Bank of England advisers not told about secret £62bn loan to HBOS
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/dec/03/bank-england-secret-loan-hbos
Bankers Loot the Country
Federal Reserve refuses to tell the US Senate to Whom they have given $2.2 Trillion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EQDrVKYWmc
Bailouts could cost U.S. $23 trillion
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25164.html
Sticker Shock: $23.7 Trillion Bailout?
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Politics/story?id=814
Tracking the $19 Trillion Bailout Funds
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/wealthofnations/archive/2009/09/22/tracking-the-19-trillion-bailout-funds.aspx
Fed Lends Two Trillion Without Oversight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxuqmPyKqcs&feature=player_embedded
Final Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lehman Brothers when company was stolen from shareholders - More evidence of fraud by the Federal Reserve Bank and US Treasury and Lehman Brothers -Fascist Richard Fuld
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35841681#35841681
How Lehman, With The Fed's Complicity, Created Another Illegal Precedent In Abusing The Primary Dealer Credit Facility
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/how-lehman-feds-complicity-created-another-illegal-precedent-abusing-primary-dealer-credit-f
Access to fed Money - One of few naked Short Sellers who destroyed Bear Stearns and Lehamn Bothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q48eSoTNByQ&feature=related
Geithner: Pickpocketing Trillions from the People to Give to the Oligarchy Was "Deeply Unfair", But We ... Um ... Had To
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/04/geithner-looting-country-for-trillions.html
Why Is The Fed Actively Managing A $25 Billion Maiden Lane MBS Portfolio When Its $2.4 Trillion SOMA Holdings Have A $1 Billion DV01? (And Are Unhedged)
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/why-fed-actively-managing-25-billion-maiden-lane-mbs-portfolio-when-its-24-trillion-soma-hol
Lehman was another Enron :MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35841681#35841681
Did The Fed Just (Surreptitiously) Bail Out Europe?
http://www.themarketguardian.com/2010/04/did-the-fed-just-surreptitiously-bail-out-europe/
Copied this from my Facebook page and HAD to post it! Everything you need to know to convince you that all these people (politicians / Federal Reserve Board members / Bankers) should be in PRISON!
My God! Somebody make it stop!
PLEASE send this out via blog, email, TV whatever to as many people as you possibly can! I BEG you!
If WE don't STOP this it will NEVER end and it is our children and their children and every generation after that will pay!
---
As 2011 approaches our country is in a very grave situation. We have Treason in high places.
If one pours gasoline on the side of a building and ignites the building while they profess that they are simply trying to help those inside stay warm; how long will people watch in disbelief before they conclude that the stated intent does not match the actions or results of the arsonist?
When we see this grand ceremony about cutting off $160 Billion in unemployment aid "to save the country", keep in mind the Federal Reserve Bank gave out trillions of dollars to foreigners and American financiers and bankers that will never be repaid. This money has gone to the direct benefit of the individual owners of these intuitions, many of which have conflicted interest as a result of their interest with the Federal Reserve Bank.
The level of fraud, corruption, secret transactions and insider backroom deals and sheer magnitude of the amount of money looted from the American people is incompressible. The actions of these bankers has destabilized our financial and economic markets and the currency of the United States of America so as to undermine the very foundation of our Constitutional Republic.
It is now time that every American call and send this to their Governor, State Attorney General, Congressman, US Attorney, local FBI office, US Senator ,state senators and legislators and demand Justice.
DEMAND that a full Congressional Inquiry and a United States Grand Jury be Convened immediately to consider the Un-American Activities and Treasonous Activities of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and conspirators that have participated fraud, corruption, perjury and looting of the United States.
Please forward this email to everyone American on your email list.
Will Pitts
Chairman
Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida
Fed made $9 trillion in emergency overnight loans
http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/01/news/economy/fed_reserve_data_release/index.htm?hpt=T1
Meet The 35 Foreign Banks That Got Bailed Out By The Fed (And This Is Just The CPFF Banks)
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/meet-35-foreign-banks-got-bailed-out-fed-and-just-cpff-banks
Fed Opens Books, Revealing European Megabanks Were Biggest Beneficiaries
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/01/fed-opens-books-revealing_n_790529.html
Hot mic catches senator saying agenda is "all rigged"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aDZy6zWeio&feature=player_embedded
MSNBC: Ratigan The Fed is a Criminal Con Job
Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACm1ntw_4dM&feature=player_embedded
Part 2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSpCSzgB4MA&feature=player_embedded
SCANDAL EXPOSED: Paulson/Goldman/Center for Responsible Lending
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E10bHAI7U68&feature=player_embedded
Goldman CEO Visited WH 4 Times During SEC Investigation
http://www.thefoxnation.com/business/2010/04/22/goldman-ceo-visited-wh-4-times-during-sec-investigation
Goldman's White House connections raise eyebrows
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/04/21/92637/goldmans-connections-to-white.html
Indymac Boys Get Sweetheart Deal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssl5yb7FewA
Greenberg Agrees To Sell Up To 10M AIG Shares To UBS
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100319-713302.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
Obama's $6.3 Trillion Scam Is America's Shame:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a.G6KFfaDdSc
Congress threatened with Martial Law if they do not give hundreds of billions to Bankers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaG9d_4zij8
Alan Grayson: "Which Foreigners Got the Fed's $500,000,000,000?" Bernanke: "I Don't Know."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0NYBTkE1yQ&feature=player_embedded
BoE Secretly Loaned $102.9 Billion to RBS
http://www.cnbc.com/id/34126826
Bank of England tells of secret £62bn loan to save RBS and HBOS
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/6646923/Bank-of-England-tells-of-secret-62bn-loan-to-save-RBS-and-HBOS.html
Bank of England advisers not told about secret £62bn loan to HBOS
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/dec/03/bank-england-secret-loan-hbos
Bankers Loot the Country
Federal Reserve refuses to tell the US Senate to Whom they have given $2.2 Trillion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EQDrVKYWmc
Bailouts could cost U.S. $23 trillion
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25164.html
Sticker Shock: $23.7 Trillion Bailout?
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Politics/story?id=814
Tracking the $19 Trillion Bailout Funds
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/wealthofnations/archive/2009/09/22/tracking-the-19-trillion-bailout-funds.aspx
Fed Lends Two Trillion Without Oversight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxuqmPyKqcs&feature=player_embedded
Final Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lehman Brothers when company was stolen from shareholders - More evidence of fraud by the Federal Reserve Bank and US Treasury and Lehman Brothers -Fascist Richard Fuld
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35841681#35841681
How Lehman, With The Fed's Complicity, Created Another Illegal Precedent In Abusing The Primary Dealer Credit Facility
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/how-lehman-feds-complicity-created-another-illegal-precedent-abusing-primary-dealer-credit-f
Access to fed Money - One of few naked Short Sellers who destroyed Bear Stearns and Lehamn Bothers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q48eSoTNByQ&feature=related
Geithner: Pickpocketing Trillions from the People to Give to the Oligarchy Was "Deeply Unfair", But We ... Um ... Had To
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/04/geithner-looting-country-for-trillions.html
Why Is The Fed Actively Managing A $25 Billion Maiden Lane MBS Portfolio When Its $2.4 Trillion SOMA Holdings Have A $1 Billion DV01? (And Are Unhedged)
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/why-fed-actively-managing-25-billion-maiden-lane-mbs-portfolio-when-its-24-trillion-soma-hol
Lehman was another Enron :MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35841681#35841681
Did The Fed Just (Surreptitiously) Bail Out Europe?
http://www.themarketguardian.com/2010/04/did-the-fed-just-surreptitiously-bail-out-europe/
It’s The #Bankers Or Us
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You may click here for the source post if you prefer ;)
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It’s The Bankers Or Us: Derivatives, Crash, quite full To Fail, Bailout, Nationalization, distribute Crisis, Privatization, Debt Slavery, Austerity, Evaporating Pensions, cash Banks, mungo Government, totality sway. It’s been exceptionally a saga, but this economic marvel has been future stamp out by build. The mature of the Offshore universal fit-out is the mellow of economic bloodshed dissemble the moneyed Western macrocosm. The 3rd macrocosm has conspicuously even now been brought to its knees. The remaining vestiges of at rest country weakness serve as eliminated again the middle polish consumer trust need act for swept dispatch to the feudal mellow by access of a tidal signal looting of aware standards, arrangement stipend & pensions, and the chuck besides circuses of cheap all-purpose load further entertainment. The hefty middle classes, the spectacle of outmost businesses, remaining personal giants also opposed pertinent introduction to the more system command mafia economy mold extremity produce indurated or dominated.
You may click here for the source post if you prefer ;)
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It’s The Bankers Or Us: Derivatives, Crash, quite full To Fail, Bailout, Nationalization, distribute Crisis, Privatization, Debt Slavery, Austerity, Evaporating Pensions, cash Banks, mungo Government, totality sway. It’s been exceptionally a saga, but this economic marvel has been future stamp out by build. The mature of the Offshore universal fit-out is the mellow of economic bloodshed dissemble the moneyed Western macrocosm. The 3rd macrocosm has conspicuously even now been brought to its knees. The remaining vestiges of at rest country weakness serve as eliminated again the middle polish consumer trust need act for swept dispatch to the feudal mellow by access of a tidal signal looting of aware standards, arrangement stipend & pensions, and the chuck besides circuses of cheap all-purpose load further entertainment. The hefty middle classes, the spectacle of outmost businesses, remaining personal giants also opposed pertinent introduction to the more system command mafia economy mold extremity produce indurated or dominated.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
WTF?! Talk about Unusual Uncertainty! #FED
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The following excerpt is from an AP story in today's newspaper..
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On President Barak Obama's deficit commission
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Deficit Panel Split; Painful Package In Doubt
Plan calls for sweeping tax changes
Updated: Wednesday, 01 Dec 2010, 10:49 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 01 Dec 2010, 6:15 PM EST
Although prospects for the plan are unclear, the attention it has received has helped "awaken the nation" to the "depth of the economic hole the country is in" and the "need for bold action to dig out", suggested Bowles, who was former President Bill Clinton's White House chief of staff. Simpson is a former Republican senator from Wyoming.
"The American people get it now. People want this to happen," Bowles said.
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And THIS seemingly CONTRADICTORY story from MarketWatch
Dec. 1, 2010, 2:40 p.m. EST
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. economy is starting to pick itself off the mat, according to the latest reading of the U.S. economy released on Wednesday.
Anecdotal reports from the 12 Fed districts indicate that “the economy continued to improve, on balance,” the Fed’s latest Beige Book report concluded.
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So which TF is it?! Talk about UNCERTAINTY! BOTH of these stories come out on the same day! One says the U.S. economy is DOOMED if we don't DO something and do it FAST! While the other story [from the FED] says “the economy continued to improve, on balance,”
WTF?!?!?!?!?! Make up your f'ing mind! Which is it?!
Greg
The following excerpt is from an AP story in today's newspaper..
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On President Barak Obama's deficit commission
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Deficit Panel Split; Painful Package In Doubt
Plan calls for sweeping tax changes
Updated: Wednesday, 01 Dec 2010, 10:49 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 01 Dec 2010, 6:15 PM EST
Although prospects for the plan are unclear, the attention it has received has helped "awaken the nation" to the "depth of the economic hole the country is in" and the "need for bold action to dig out", suggested Bowles, who was former President Bill Clinton's White House chief of staff. Simpson is a former Republican senator from Wyoming.
"The American people get it now. People want this to happen," Bowles said.
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And THIS seemingly CONTRADICTORY story from MarketWatch
Dec. 1, 2010, 2:40 p.m. EST
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The U.S. economy is starting to pick itself off the mat, according to the latest reading of the U.S. economy released on Wednesday.
Anecdotal reports from the 12 Fed districts indicate that “the economy continued to improve, on balance,” the Fed’s latest Beige Book report concluded.
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So which TF is it?! Talk about UNCERTAINTY! BOTH of these stories come out on the same day! One says the U.S. economy is DOOMED if we don't DO something and do it FAST! While the other story [from the FED] says “the economy continued to improve, on balance,”
WTF?!?!?!?!?! Make up your f'ing mind! Which is it?!
Greg
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