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Oct 09
7 in 10 Americans have less than $1,000 in savings
If you save anything in modern America, you are an utter fool. The U.S. government has been punishing savers for years. A variety of government programs punish savers: For example, near-zero percent interest rates (which disincentivize saving and incentivize borrowing), and the Social Security and Medicare programs (which incentivize early ‘retirement,’ and convince millions of …
Oct 07
81-year-old woman growing pot plant raided by National Guard with helicopter
Never before in American history has government been so powerful in relation to its subjects. Government ‘law enforcement’ at all levels is now so massively overfunded that it deploys tanks, helicopters and tactical teams to enforce the most trivial laws. Now a retired Massachusetts woman growing a single pot plant for medicine has been raided …
Oct 05
U.S. government spends 1.5 billion dollars ANNUALLY on public relations
Barack Obama became president of the United States in 2008 with the support of about $2 billion. (Because the presidential election is a two-year cycle, this means that the cost of promoting Obama to the Presidency was approximately $1 billion annually.) Campaign finance “reformers” routinely decry “money in politics” and push for government controls on …
Oct 04
U.S. Secretary of State discussed using a ‘drone strike’ to murder reporter Julian Assange
Every tyrant, king, president, czar or prime minister has always dreamed of having omnipotent power to snuff out criticism or critical journalism. Now there is a report that Hillary Clinton, as U.S. Secretary of State, thought seriously about killing Julian Assange (founder of the website Wikilieaks, which has exposed massive government corruption) by a drone …
Oct 02
Government appears to be helping cover up the risks of donating kidneys
Interesting (and courageous) essay by medical student Michael Poulson in the Washington Post. At age 18, Poulson donated a kidney. Like almost everything in American life, organ donation is overregulated by the government. The government imposes a ‘list’ system and criminalizes any selling of organs or other profit-potential ventures which might unleash innovation. And, it …
Oct 02
Minnesota medical insurance poised to skyrocket in cost
The “Affordable Care Act” was enacted by Congress in 2010 with claims that it would bring average savings of $2,500 per year per household. It has actually caused health care prices to explode faster than Medicare and Medicaid did. In Minnesota, average premium prices are set to increase by 50 % to 67% in 2017. …
Oct 02
U.S. “Defense Department” spent at least a half billion dollars to create fake al-queda videos
Governments worldwide have always sought to control the message. In recent years, a fake “grass roots” movement to give government more control over election ads has arisen, calling itself the “campaign finance reform” movement. This while government agencies spend hundreds of millions annually on ads, messages and propaganda (on top of all the other ways …
Sep 29
The percentage of Americans identifying as “middle class” has plummeted
An economy may be measured in many ways. But the percentage of Americans who say they are in the middle or upper-middle class has fallen 10 percentage points, from a 61% average between 2000 and 2008 to 51% today. See here. The reality is even worse: only 20% of American households actually possess the income …
Sep 29
Virtually every government claim about global warming is false or inaccurate
Virtually every claim made by the government regarding the threat of manmade global warming is untrue or inaccurate. This summer the government-supporting press has been blaring headlines about melting ice in the Arctic. Yet Arctic sea ice appears to be growing rapidly; perhaps at a record pace. See here.
Sep 29
Obamacare is spiking health care costs by at least 10 % annually
As a candidate on the campaign trail in 2008, Obama once said: “If you’ve got health insurance, we’re going to help that employer save $2,500 per family per year. … Those savings are going to be passed along to the workers.” But the “Affordable Care Act” has actually spiked costs (just as did Medicare and …
