Mitt Romney has revealed his effective tax rate. “About 15%,” he says. That seems like more than enough to us. But it’s not enough to satisfy the zombies. Romney has made a lot of money. They want more of it.
January 20th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "zombie economy"
Debts With Unsolvable Insolvency
Even before debt became such a big problem, real growth had already begun to disappear from the developed world. There has been none in Japan for the last 20 years…and almost no real growth in the US private sector for the last 10 years. In Europe, grosso modo, the story is similar.
January 18th, 2012 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
Insider Economy
As the economy is taken over by zombies, more and more people are needed to do the zombies work shifting more and more of the economy’s output to the insiders.
The insiders rig the system for their own benefit. The rigs each one of them a form of price-fixing or central planning weaken the system. In today’s battle, the insiders fight to protect it.
November 24th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Differing Views of Wealth Creation
What’s the latest news on wealth creation?
No one knows exactly how it will work out. Some are betting on a recovery and a new bull market. Others have put their money in gold or cash to preserve their wealth…expecting more crises and more calamities.
November 24th, 2011 | Bill Bonner | 1 comment | Continued
Only Thing Rising Faster than Demand for Government Debt is Supply of It
All major governments of the West – and Japan – are now borrowing as if their lives depended on it.
November 30th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
You Buy Gold When the Government is Making a Mess of the Monetary Situation
Are the feds making a mess of the monetary situation? Oh dear, dear reader…please ask us something harder. Trillion dollar deficits as far as the eye can see…
November 24th, 2009 | Bill Bonner | 0 comments | Continued
U.S. Government Must Roll Over $3.4 Trillion in Debt Over Next Four Years
And if America can’t find anyone willing to finance its deficits, what then? Well, the luxury of issuing debts in the currency you also print is that you can print money to pay for them. Technically, you can never become insolvent when you enjoy this privilege. The Fed, for example, can create new money to buy debt issued by the Treasury, funding deficits ad infinitum.
November 3rd, 2009 | Dan Denning | 5 comments | Continued
