Category: Government Money
Wall Street adviser: Actual unemployment is 37.2%, ‘misery index’ worst in 40 years
Don’t believe the happy talk coming out of the White House, Federal Reserve and Treasury Department when it comes to the real unemployment rate and the true “Misery Index.” Because, according to an influential...
California Drought: Higher Food Prices, Fewer Jobs, Less Power
California’s severe drought could have wide-ranging effects beyond familiar water restrictions, ranging from higher food prices to a power shortage in the state. The Fresno Bee reports that farmers in parts of California are leaving...
Sen. Paul Speaks at 2014 Index of Economic Freedom
Sen. Paul Speaks at 2014 Index of Economic Freedom
Bailing Out Health Insurers and Helping Obamacare
Robert Laszewski—a prominent consultant to health insurance companies—recently wrote in a remarkably candid blog post that, while Obamacare is almost certain to cause insurance costs to skyrocket even higher than it already has, “insurers...
Putin Seeks to Create Post-Soviet ‘Eurasian’ Economic Union
Vladimir Putin is seeking to unite nations formerly attached to Russia through the Soviet Union with an economic partnership that would make them a challenge to the European Union. The AFP reports today that...
NSA reportedly building quantum computer that could crack most encryption types
The National Security Agency is reportedly racing to build a computer that will be able to break almost every kind of encryption used to protect medical, banking, business and government records around the world....
NSA’s Secret Toolbox: Unit Offers Spy Gadgets for Every Need
The NSA has a secret unit that produces special equipment ranging from spyware for computers and cell phones to listening posts and USB sticks that work as bugging devices. Here are some excerpts from...
The deliberate dumbing down of America–The past century of reforms
The deliberate dumbing down of America–The past century of reforms WASHINGTON, D.C. – Have US education reforms over the past century led to the dumbing down of America? This 12 minute movie will take...
The 14th unilateral change to Obamacare that’s been made without consulting Congress
Yesterday the Obama administration suddenly moved to allow hundreds of thousands of people who’ve lost their insurance due to Obamacare to sign up for bare-bone “catastrophic” plans. It’s at least the 14th unilateral change...
