Category Archives: Politics

Supreme Court Justices sold-out democracy in the name of free speech

On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, effectively put Federal, State and local governments up for sale to the highest bidders by muzzling our ability to communicate freely. Their “Citizens United” ruling gutted the … Continue reading

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Review of the movie “Wall Street: money never sleeps”

I thoroughly enjoyed the latest Oliver Stone movie Wall Street: money never sleeps. I highly recommend it as both entertaining and thought provoking. It is a fictionalized account of the collapse of Lehman brothers and the Wall Street bailout in … Continue reading

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Tax cuts are bloodlettings of primitive economics

George Washington, fell ill from an infection on December 12, 1799 at the age of 67. He was treated by a bevy of doctors, one of them a close friend. They repeatedly performed the age old ritual of bloodletting to reduce his … Continue reading

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Class warfare is alive, well and killing our GDP

Our middle class is shrinking, our GDP is shrinking, budget deficits are soaring and public education is degenerating. Those four things are linked in a downward spiraling feedback loop. However, we can halt the decline and eventually return to widespread prosperity. This … Continue reading

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It’s Not the Economy: it’s partisan schlock

There’s a rising chorus of whining and finger pointing from the Wall Street tribe that the recession is due to the mess in Washington.  It should reach a crescendo, amplified by money and sloppy reporting, in the weeks before the … Continue reading

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Thus Cheap Money does make addicts of us all!

To keep their economies afloat, Central bankers, at their annual meeting  in Jackson Hole, once again committed to continue or increase the supply of cheap money.  However, some of them are starting to recognize that the outcome of their efforts is … Continue reading

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