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Romney: Coming out of the closet as a Keynesian, but we already knew this, Part I
Earlier in our news section, we submitted a piece from Business Insider that analyzed a story from Fox News. They were giddy of Romney’s tax and spending plan. Here are the actual quotes from the analysis:
Cyber-War Is Evolving Fast
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[[wysiwyg_imageupload:2380:]]By Chris Wood
A new war is being waged a war that is not fought with guns, missiles, or human soldiers, but with code in cyberspace, using computers and the Internet. It's a war on all fronts by governments against governments, governments against corporations, organized crime and insiders against both, and even individuals against other individuals (which is more often dubbed cybercrime, but that's not a necessary distinction for our purposes).
Sandy Springs Georgia: The City That Outsourced Everything
[[wysiwyg_imageupload:2199:]]The people of Sandy Springs grew tired of being taxed up the yin yang while having no say on how local tax dollars were spent. They split from their previous county, and used private industry to doing everything that we expect municipal governments to do: pick up trash, pave streets, maintain parks, etc...What did they find? Private industry has maintained the same services at half the cost!
Since they reincorporated as their own city, Sandy Springs has been able to run with no increase in taxes, and the city is flush with cash. Within the past five years, four other smaller cities in Georgia are following the lead of Sandy Springs. Let's put the public unions on notice.
U.S. Budget Impasse has Momentous Significance for Holders of Gold and Silver
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[[wysiwyg_imageupload:2155:]]By Jeb Handwerger
Regardless of whether a compromise is reached over the approaching lockdown of the United States ceiling and the raising of the debt, this impasse has momentous significance for holders of gold (SPDR Gold Shares (GLD)) and silver (iShares Silver Trust (SLV)). The serious weaknesses of our economic structure is exposing it as a paper tiger. Instead of seeking fiscal sanity, the inability of our leaders to agree on even the smallest of issues is reminiscent of the Roman Empire dealing out bread and circus to the masses when Rome could no longer afford the good times and the games.
Geithner's Failed Makeover
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[[wysiwyg_imageupload:1741:]]By Michael Pento
To counter the increasing demands that government reduce its micromanagement of the economy, last week the Obama Administration offered a fig leaf in the form of a white paper entitled "Reforming America's Housing Finance Market." In addition to marking the official end of the Bush era "ownership society," where increasing the level of home ownership was a national priority, the document contains a recommended regulatory overhaul of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) as well as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (together known as Government Sponsored Enterprises "GSE's"), that intends to bring the share of government owned home loans from the current 95% to 40% over the next 5-7 years.
The Fed and Job Creation
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[[wysiwyg_imageupload:1555:]]By Ron Paul
Unemployment continues to plague our economy. In spite of constant claims that we have just turned the corner into recovery, the jobs reports remain grim with no real signs of improvement. While Keynesian economists and big government apologists scratch their heads about persistent unemployment in spite of unprecedented government "investment" in the economy, free market economists understand the problem perfectly well. In short, they understand that we are looking to the Federal Reserve to solve an unemployment crisis that the Fed itself largely created.
On Gun Control and Violence
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[[wysiwyg_imageupload:1326:]]By Ron Paul
The terrible violence in Arizona last weekend prompted much national discussion on many issues. All Americans are united in their sympathies for the victims and their families. All wonder what could motivate such a horrible act. However, some have attempted to use this tragedy to discredit philosophical adversaries or score political points. This sort of opportunism is simply despicable.
We are fortunate to live in a society where violence is universally denounced. Not one public official or commentator has attempted to justify this reprehensible act, yet the newspapers, internet, and airwaves are full of people trying to claim it was somehow motivated by someone else's political rhetoric. Most disturbing are the calls to use government power to censor certain forms of speech, and even outlaw certain types of criticism of public officials. This was the completely apolitical act of a violent and disturbed man. How sad that the attempted murder of the Congresswoman who had just read the First Amendment on the House floor would be used in efforts to chill free speech! Perhaps some would feel safer if the Alien and Sedition Acts were reinstated.
U.S. States Proposing Gold-backed Currencies
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By Robert Kientz
As the weakening of fiat currencies continue unabated through the destructive forces of money supply inflation, several US States have proposals for bills to begin looking at gold and silver as currency for settlement of state related transactions.
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