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Class Warfare And The Federal Reserve

The administration oozes daily rhetoric about issues and concerns that focuses on the allegation that there are different classes in the US and that those at the top of the socio-economic spectrum are taking advantage of those the WH deems … Continue reading

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2 Cents Worth On Life Its Ownself

The gray matter churns and turns out these thoughts even when we try to restrain them.  So let’s see what comes out of the lost and found bin this week. Don’t know about you but that recent ad by Ford … Continue reading

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2 Cents Worth On Life Its Ownself

Human foibles and money issues dominant the current thoughts of most.  So, let’s take a gander out some of those matters together. We all know that the Fed Reserve has enormously increased it balance sheet by buying Treasuries and other … Continue reading

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2 Cents Worth On Life Its Ownself

I just try to follow along in the vein set by Blackie for lo those many years.  Interesting times for sure are upon us and causes thought for the musings….. I didn’t realize that economics was so easy.  We just … Continue reading

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2 Cents Worth On Life Its Ownself

Just as it is harvest time throughout the land it is time to glean the jewels of wisdom or folly from the sage for the ages.  Our prices can’t be beat.  A nod to Blackie and away we go. Do … Continue reading

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Learning From History Or Confusing Facts–Which Is Fed Doing

Bernanke has made so many references to the Great Depression over the last 18 months that it is impossible to keep count.  We have all read or heard by now that he spent his academic career studying the Great Depression and … Continue reading

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Gold or Money Which to Trust

From the most ancient of times governments have dealt with the issue of having a medium of exchange–money.  From earliest Babylonian times  to the long ago Chinese empires to the Romans and the Hanseatic League, kings, emperors and rulers of … Continue reading

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Funding the Deficit

The proposed budget of the new crowd in Washington calls for deficit spending in huge amounts for years to come.  The lowest level of those deficits is over 400 billion and shows increases in the out years, climbing all the … Continue reading

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