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I'm Confused!
08/20/2012 16:16
The U.S. Government, over the past year or so, has seen fit to purchase 1.4 billion rounds of ammunition. And surprisingly none of it was for the military.
The Department of Homeland Security has purchased the majority of it. I know what you are thinking … target practice,...
The Corporation
08/08/2012 19:54
From Wikipedia we get the following characteristics of a corporation. With notes from the author of this blog
1. It is a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. This particular characteristic has made the...
I'll Bet You Assumed ...!
07/29/2012 12:35
Because Air and water are so necessary to life … I’ll bet you assumed you had certain rights (to that air and water)? Not so fast there … !
Are you aware that certain multi-national corporations and some unscrupulous (and extremely wealthy) individuals are buying up...
Where did it all go?
07/25/2012 19:30
I just threw out the trash … but once it is discarded where does it go? According to the Environmental Protection Agency (in 2008) approximately 250 million tons of garbage was produced (which means thrown out) … and 83 million tons of it was recycled (about 1/3). (See...
How much money is there?
07/20/2012 11:25
How much money is there?
According to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System there was $1.1 trillion dollars in circulation as of July 18, 2012 … of which $1.07 trillion was in Federal Reserve notes. (see...
Everything is Monitized!
07/19/2012 13:23
Everything is Monitized!
Everything has value! Now that seems like a fairly simple statement. But what does it really mean?
A tribesman living in an aboriginal forest would say that forest is the birthplace of everything he or she needs for life. It provides...
Budget Cuts
07/17/2012 11:17
Budget Cuts
On April 20th, 2009 Fox News reported that newly elected President Obama had ordered $100 million dollars in Federal Budget cuts. (see https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/20/obama-orders-million-budget-cuts-worries-confidence-gap/) According to the...
Let's Play Monopoly!
07/14/2012 17:52
Let’s Play Monopoly
You remember the board game Monopoly … well let’s play a game. However, I want to make a few little changes so that you can begin to see how The Federal Reserve plays the game.
There will be four players to begin the game and each player gets $10,000 from...
Fracking
07/11/2012 17:37
Fracking
In the Gulf of Mexico we just witnessed what happens when, in spite of the expertise and professionalism of the oil companies … something goes wrong. Raw crude oil exploded into the gulf and not only did it create havoc for the local economy … it also wrecked the...
I Did The Math!
07/10/2012 11:08
I Did The Math!
Recently there has been a lot of talk about government funding for what is called “Entitlement Programs”. Among those programs is Social Security and Medicare … which our government claims are slowly going broke. What is worse is they are trying very hard to...
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