Strengthening or Weakening the Economy?

"We must ask ourselves what strengthens this country, and what weakens it." "Government is a monumental drag on this economy. Government at all levels currently absorbs about 35-40 percent of GDP, which is still not enough for its voracious appetite.

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Expert calling it a U.S. depression

"The economy will not recover without fundamental changes in banking and trade policy. A large stimulus package, though necessary, will only give the economy a temporary lift," he said. "The economy is in a depression, not a recession."

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Peter Schiff: Predicitions for 2009

The value of the dollar is going to plunge.

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Gold May Advance for Eighth Year as 'Perfect Insurance' Sought

"Gold will go to a new record in 2009," said Philip Klapwijk, chairman of GFMS and the second-most accurate forecaster in the LBMA survey. "There really is scope for a major collapse in confidence in the U.S. dollar.

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Will There be a Recovery?

Economists will scoff at the question in the title. But that's because they are trying to fit the present into the past.

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2008 Job Losses Probably Worst Since 1945: U.S. Economy Preview

"We're continuing to lose massive amounts of jobs," said Michael Feroli, an economist at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in New York. "The negative momentum carrying over into the first half of 2009 will hold down the economy regardless of policy."

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Yen, Dollar Head for 2008 Gain Versus Euro in Flight to Safety

The dollar fell the most against the yen in more than two decades in 2008 on speculation the Federal Reserve's zero interest rate will undermine demand for the greenback.

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Pediatricians Demand Annual Flu Shots for Infants as Vaccine

Vaccinations are modern medicine's most-favored form of quackery. Even while the bulk of the evidence shows vaccines and flu shots ultimately harm more people than they help, they continue to be pushed by doctors, drug companies and state health authorities.

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Additives used in bacon, ham and chicken 'could make cancers grow'

A common additive used in bacon and ham could fuel the growth of cancers, research suggests. High doses of inorganic phosphate salts – which are used to enhance the texture and flavour of processed meats – increased the size of tumours in mice.

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Avoiding a Liquidity Trap

Zero interest rates, while sounding great, invariably carry very dangerous, unintended consequences, one of which is a condition known as a liquidity trap.

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Bailout legacy will be inflation, some economists warn

Industrial nations have been pumping trillions of dollars into their economies in the form of stimulus investments, bailouts and tax rebates.

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There's No Pain-Free Cure for Recession

As recession fears cause the nation to embrace greater state control of the economy and unimaginable federal deficits, one searches in vain for debate worthy of the moment.

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Central banks revolution gathers pace

"A quiet revolution in central banking is gathering speed, as the Federal Reserve ploughs ever deeper into the brave new world of unorthodox monetary policy and other central banks ponder how far they might have to follow.

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1/3 of Banks will Disappear in 2009

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Great Depression reaches Detriot

The Great Depression has reached Detroit. The average price of a home is now $18,513 and unemployment has reached 21%, and it's expected to get worse.

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US economy shrinks as IMF warns of Great Depression

The second Great Depression is going to be global. The IMF's top economist, Olivier Blanchard, warned governments around the world should boost domestic demand in order to avoid a Great Depression similar to the downturn that shook the world in the 1930s.

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Ground Zero on Wall Street Fed Funds and T-Bills Hit 0% Interest

"I am more concerned with the return of my money than the return on my money."– Mark Twain

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Kissinger Calls For New International System Out Of World Crises

The very people that appied the shock to the world's money supply are the very ones that are going to propose a solution. In the confusion, people will accept it. Get ready for some new funny money.

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World faces "total" financial meltdown: Bank of Spain chief

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world ..." - Yeats The global financial system is about to receive a shock. Every central bank is printing money like crazy providing bail out on top of bail out, the center cannot hold.

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Saudi businessman offers $10 million for shoe thrown at Bush

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Federal Reserve sets stage for Weimar-style hyperinflation

The Federal Reserve has bluntly refused a request by a major US financial news service to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from US taxpayers and to reveal the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.

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DOCTORS OPPOSE MARYLAND VACCINE ROUNDUP: Expect Dangerous Reactions When Children Are Treated Like Cattle

Vaccine roundups, that should scare any citizen of this country and especially any parent.

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