The latest on the Ouzo crisis is that ze Germans have given in to peer pressure. They have agreed to a rather substantial credit line for Greece. Angela Merkel thinks she has played a crafty hand, but our favourite head of state is mistaken. She thinks that the credit line’s existence will solve the problem, without even having to use it. Dan Denning thinks otherwise.
April 17th, 2010 | Nickolai Hubble | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "ron paul"
What Good is Mandatory Healthcare if You Can’t Find a Doctor
Following months of heated public debate and aggressive closed-door negotiations, Congress finally cast a historic vote on healthcare late Sunday evening.
March 26th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Feds are Getting Plenty of Taxpayer Support
Not only are the feds taking up a bigger percentage of GDP, they’re also becoming bossier. During the Bush years the federal register recorded 7,000 more pages of new rules.
February 16th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Congress Slams Ben Bernanke and Fed Reserve
Because the mainstream press wouldn’t want people thinking bad things about the Fed Reserve. They are here to save us. They are the cavalry riding over the hilltops to our rescue.
The myth of the purity of the Federal Reserve’s motives is jealously guarded by the mainstream press. Any dissenting voices are quickly dismissed as cranks and extremists.
December 8th, 2009 | Murray Dawes | 16 comments | Continued
The Destruction of the Dollar by the Federal Reserve
Then, on the “quiet 23rd of December in 1913″, J.P. Morgan and buddies got Congressional quislings to pass legislation authorizing the creation of the Federal Reserve, and to which I add that the jerk Woodrow Wilson then signed it…
September 1st, 2009 | Mogambo Guru | 1 comment | Continued
Members of Congress Have the Same Questions As the Rest of Us
We report to you today from the banks of the Potomac. Our old friend, Congressman Ron Paul organized an off-the-record discussion with several other members of Congress. The subject was the financial meltdown…and the bailout. We were there to talk, of course, but we were more interested in listening.
May 25th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Ron Paul Heralds a 15 Year Depression
He’s probably right. In the old days, “panics” and “depressions” ended fairly quickly…at least unemployment tended to be short-term. There were no elaborate social welfare systems then. No unemployment compensation. No food stamps or “independence” cards. People had to make do.
March 24th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
Planet Death Star
Kevin Rudd is headed over to America next month to speak with Barrack Obama about climate change, the global financial system, and others ways to save the world and improve on human nature. Perhaps he might ask him if America’s US$1.75 trillion annual deficit for next year should cause global investors to worry about America’s credit quality.
February 27th, 2009 | Dan Denning | 4 comments | Continued
Inflation: Ron Paul Explains How We Got Into This Mess
Already price inflation overseas is even higher than here at home as a consequence of foreign central bank’s willingness to monetize our debt…
July 10th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 9 comments | Continued
Capitalism Was Just Fine Until Politicians Got Involved
The genius of capitalism was described by Adam Smith more than 200 years ago: Let a man seek his own advantage; sometimes he will flourish. Sometimes he will flounder. But today almost every voter wants to stop free markets from doing what they do best: separating fools from their money. Everyone wants a softer cushion under his derriere and he’ll vote for the politician who offers it to him most convincingly.
February 25th, 2008 | Bill Bonner | 3 comments | Continued
