Category Archives: class war
MERS: THE INVISIBILITY CLOAK OF THE BANKSTERS
Yes, the banks don’t want you to see what they’re doing–or not doing, as the case may be. Specifically, they don’t want you to see that they have separated your note from your deed of trust/mortgage. In my opinion (and … Continue reading
PART 2: WHAT “RECOVERY”? WHO CAN AFFORD ANYTHING?
Who can afford anything? Not many people, it seems. As noted in yesterday’s post, half of America cannot afford the house they are “buying,” while at the same time rents are skyrocketing, with the number of people who pay half … Continue reading
NOT NEGATIVE, JUST TRUE: “EXPENSES SOAR, WAGES STALL”
A few days ago, the website of The Washington Post ran a story with this headline–“Happy Days No More: Middle-class families squeezed as expenses soar, wages stall.” No shit, Sherlock. The article tells us the following: “Wages for millions of … Continue reading
WHY DOES EVERYTHING COST SO MUCH? SCHIFF EXPLAINS
The simple answer is, of course, inflation. The powers that be are trying to convince us that inflation is a good thing, a healthy thing, as Peter Schiff notes here: “It is no accident that the concept of ‘inflation’ has … Continue reading
ANTI-MINIMUM WAGE ARGUMENT DESTROYED
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDIGaiNO270 The argument against raising the minimum wage that one encounters quite a bit on social media and forum/blog comments goes something like this: if and when minimum wage is raised, it only makes the cost of goods and services … Continue reading
EVERYTHING IS RIGGED BECAUSE YOU ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH
Today Neil Garfield gets into the fact that the courts are rigged. Yeah, I know–no shit, Sherlock. He has this to say: “Citizens who find themselves in the court system are fast losing faith that it is a rubber stamping … Continue reading
FINES AREN’T FINE: JP MORGAN CHASE AND QE
So JP Morgan Chase is being fined again for essentially colluding with Bernie Madoff. Ho hum–big deal. Well, for them anyway. Because even though the latest $2 billion fine–according to Marketplace–“brings the grand total of fines JPM has paid in … Continue reading
THE FED HAS FAILED: 100 YEARS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE
The Federal Reserve Act was passed on December 23, 1913. It was supposed to prevent bank panics, like the Panic of 1907. It was supposed to keep inflation and unemployment down. It was supposed to stabilize the system. That’s how … Continue reading