By Larry Edelson Editor’s Note: The American’s for Tax Reform Foundation’s Cost of Government Day Report is a mindbender. If this isn’t a steady march towards national, corporate socialism then what? The Cost of Government Day (COGD), the day of the calendar year on which the average American worker has earned enough gross income to [...]
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When Private Money Becomes a Felony Offense | New York Sun
Posted in America, Banking, Money on March 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Seth Lipsky The next chapter in the struggle over sound money may be the case of a newly minted felon named Bernard von NotHaus. Mr. von NotHaus was convicted this month of counterfeiting money by issuing silver coins called Liberty Dollars. His company’s website says it’s been taken down by court order, and absent [...]
The Unsustainability of Modern Capitalism | Information Clearing House
Posted in America, Banking, Corruption, Economics, Money, tagged Banking, capitalism, Money, power-structure on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Daily Bell: Please treat this interview as if no one knew about you or your bestselling books. Give us some background on where you grew up and how you entered the CIA. John Perkins: I grew up in New Hampshire and went to business school in Boston. At that time, I was approached by the [...]
The Declining Dollar Chart | King World News
Posted in America, Money, tagged Banking, Money on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
With gold higher and silver up almost $1.30, King World News today interviewed James Turk out of Spain. Turk had this rather frightening warning about the dollar, “The dollar right now is hanging on the precipice. If we break below 77 on the dollar index, look out below. I don’t think people really appreciate how [...]
Biggest Scam in World History Exposed | Conscious Media Network
Posted in Banking, Corruption, Money, Political, tagged Banking, governance, Law on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The greatest scam in history has been exposed — and has largely been ignored by the media. In fact, it’s still going on. The specifics of a secret taxpayer funded “backdoor bailout” organized by unelected bankers have been revealed. The data release revealed “emergency lending programs” that doled out $12.3 trillion in taxpayer money ($16 [...]
Gold ATMs – First In Abu Dhabi, Soon Everywhere: Gold Is Now One Step Closer To Full Currency Status | Zero Hedge
Posted in Money on May 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
BY TYLER DURDEN Just in case you are worried that all those gold coins you have buried in your back yard will never be accepted as (il)legal tender, here comes Abu Dhabi with a gold ATM machine, making gold-based “currency” transactions one step closer. This is a harbinger of things to come, as people increasingly [...]
It’s Official – America Now Enforces Capital Controls | Zero Hedge
Posted in America, Money, Taxes on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It couldn’t have happened to a nicer country. On March 18, with very little pomp and circumstance, president Obama passed the most recent stimulus act, the $17.5 billion Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (H.R. 2487), brilliantly goalseeked by the administration’s millionaire cronies to abbreviate as HIRE. As it was merely the latest in an [...]















