The US empire is doomed. Just like all the others that went before it. It is doomed by nature herself – condemned by the gods to blow up and die.
January 10th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "U.S. government"
Alan Greenspan and the Arithmetic of a Revolution
Hey… That rascal, Alan Greenspan, is back in the newspapers. And this time he has something sensible to say.
January 6th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 7 comments | Continued
A Health Care System for Zombies
The health care system is supposed to be run by private enterprise. It’s supposed to be free and dynamic, responding to market pressures and adapting to consumer demand. Our colleague, Porter Stansberry, says it has been corrupted. As you can see for yourself, it is degenerate…and zombified.
December 22nd, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Unpopular Cures for an Economic Depression
Trying to fix an economic depression is expensive…. The US government spends $1.60 for every $1 it receives in taxes. This is a recipe for a disaster, not for a recovery.
December 15th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Changing Views on the World of Economic Growth and Recovery
What’s new in the world of economic growth and recovery?
When we signed off last week, the Germans and the French were trying to hold Europe together. This morning, they are still trying.
December 13th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Beware The Blunt Instrument of Government
Government claims the right to tell you what to do. Using the blunt instrument of ‘government’ some people are able to categorize, regulate, tax, inspect, dragoon, conscript, enslave, bully, incarcerate, murder and push around other people.
December 8th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
A New Theory of Government
We have been disappointed with political ideas and theories of government. They are nothing but scams, justifications, and puffery. One tries to put something over on the common man…the other claims it was for his own good…and the third pretends that he’d be lost without it.
December 7th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 2 comments | Continued
The Current Financial Bubble, 1982 – 201?
The growth of the current financial bubble is easily seen in the growth of the total debt, as a proportion of the size of the economy: simply track the ratio of total-debt to GDP.
June 9th, 2010 | Dr. David Evans | 2 comments | Continued
US Government to Kill Its Own Economy
If you want the government to take care of you, said Jefferson, “you will soon want bread.” He didn’t say it exactly that way. We improved it…
May 28th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
The Tax Window of Opportunity
Historical income tax rates reveal grim days ahead for US taxpayers. The federal income tax began innocently enough, in 1913, by imposing a 7 percent levy on the top bracket…
April 19th, 2010 | Vedran Vuk | 0 comments | Continued
Greenspan and His Fed Were Wrong 90% of the Time
Mr. Greenspan defended his legacy. He was right 70% of the time, he said. The other 30% of the time he was wrong.
April 12th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Trade of the Decade: Sell Stocks and Buy Gold
So about 10 years ago, when I first started working with Bill, he came up with this idea for a Trade of the Decade. It was really just a literary device. But it ended up being a brilliant investment call.
March 30th, 2010 | Eric J. Fry | 1 comment | Continued
Almost Every Mortgage Written Last Year Underwritten by US Government
And they took over the auto business too. They should be able to do for autos what they did for passenger trains. That is, they should turn Detroit into an Amtrak…
March 30th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Geithner Says it Would Take a “Long Time” to Repair the Housing Market
Some wait for the housing market to ‘recover.’ Some may imagine that they will once again see profits from their houses. Others just hold on…
March 29th, 2010 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
