Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) slammed the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday for its recent decision to award approximately $62.5 million in bonuses, a move he characterized as “a very bad thing to do at this particular time.” IRS Commissioner John Koskinen announced earlier this week that government officials had agreed to reward the agency’s...
We Are Now In A Situation That Looks Like A Dead End For The Paper Money System
A paper currency system contains the seeds of its own destruction. The temptation for the monopolist money producer to increase the money supply is almost irresistible. In such a system with a constantly increasing money supply and, as a consequence, constantly increasing prices, it does not make much sense to save in cash to purchase assets later. A better...
68 Percent Of Americans Believe The Country Is On The Wrong Track
Are you deeply concerned about the future of America? Is something in your gut telling you that our system is fundamentally broken and that the mainstream media is not telling you the truth about what is happening? If so, you are definitely not alone. Right now, there are millions upon millions of Americans that are absolutely horrified as they watch this...
Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500: Stock Market Debt Hits All-Time High
The New York Stock Exchange recently updated its stock market margin debt data, and Main Street and Wall Street are both continuing to dump billions in borrowed dollars into the stock market. Borrowed money in the stock market, known as margin debt, hit an all time high of $401.2 billion in September.
Kerry Refuses to Rule Out U.S. Ground Troops in Syria, Then Backtracks
Secretary of State John F. Kerry refused Tuesday to rule out putting U.S. troops on the ground in Syria, saying the president needs to retain the ability to send in forces in very select circumstances as the Obama administration officially began to make its case for retaliatory military strikes on the Assad regime. Testifying to the Senate, Mr. Kerry accused...
North Colorado Residents Try to Will ’51st State’ Into Existence
They include a slate of new gun control laws, a highly controversial requirement for rural electricity cooperatives to double the amount of power they get from renewable energy and several initiatives that attempted to increase regulations on oil and gas developers who operate primarily in rural counties. “We believe there’s an attack on oil and gas,”...