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IRS 1040 Form, 1913: Lest We Forget

“A century ago, Americans paid this. Note: $20,000 in 1913 would be $469,000 today; $500,000 would be $11,726,000 today.” Continue reading →

EMU plot curdles as creditors seize Cyprus gold reserves

“First they purloin the savings and bank deposits in Laiki and the Bank of Cyprus, including the working funds of the University of Cyprus, and thousands of small firms hanging on by their fingertips. Then they seize three quarters of the country’s gold reserves, making it ever harder for Cyprus to extricate itself from EMU at a later date. The people of Cyprus first learned about this from a Reuters leak of the working documents for the Eurogroup meeting on Friday. This seemed to catch the central bank by surprise. Officials said they knew nothing about it. So who in fact made this decision?” Continue reading →

Obama Will Become First President to Spend $4 Trillion in One Year

“In the historical tables it released along with President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2014 budget proposal this morning, the White House Office of Management and Budget revealed that in fiscal 2016, under the president’s budget proposal, it expects Obama to become the first president in the nation’s history to preside over a federal government that spends more than $4 trillion in one year. The OMB’s historical tables also reveal that the White House does not expect this administration to ever run an annual deficit as low as $458.5 billion, which was the deficit the government ran in fiscal 2008, the last fiscal year completed before Obama took office.” Continue reading →

Bill Bonner: $10,000 each in two suitcases

“Price controls didn’t work for the Romans. They didn’t work for the Germans. They didn’t work for the Zimbabweans or any of the other hundreds of governments that have tried them. But who knows? Maybe they’ll work for the Argentinians. But inflation is just getting started here. The rate is officially about 10%. Unofficially, it’s 30%. Officially, you can trade a dollar for 5.4 pesos. Unofficially, you’d be a fool to do so. The black market rate is eight to the dollar – and more. So what do we do? Every time we come to Argentina we bring the maximum – $10,000 each – in $100 bills. Then, when we need to buy things, we trade our dollars on the black market.” Continue reading →

History’s Hidden Engine

“Chronicling the new and revolutionary science of socionomics, History’s Hidden Engine is the result of more than three years of research and dedicated filmmaking by David Edmond Moore. In just 59 minutes and with the help of pop songs, news footage and cultural images, this documentary explores how social mood drives trends in movies, music, fashion, economics, politics, the media, and even the stock market. Moore traveled North America to capture the insights of 17 brilliant minds at the vanguard of socionomic research, and the results are nothing short of astonishing.” Continue reading →

A Distinguishing Discussion with the Candidates for OK GOP Chair

Kaye Beach April 14, 2013 On Friday’s (April 14, 2013) AxXiom For Liberty radio show Howard and I spoke to Amanda Teegarden and Dave Weston, both candidates for Oklahoma state Republican Chair. The OK GOP Convention will be held this … Continue reading →

Dad Finds 4th-Grader’s Crayon-Written Paper: ‘I’ll Give Up Constitutional Rights To Be Safer’

“The words are written in crayon, in the haphazard bumpiness of a child’s scrawl. ‘I am willing to give up some of my constitutional rights in order to be safer or more secure.’ They’re the words that Florida father Aaron Harvey was stunned to find his fourth-grade son had written, after a lesson in school about the Constitution. Harvey’s son attends Cedar Hills Elementary in Jacksonville, Fla. Back in January, a local attorney came in to teach the students about the Bill of Rights. But after the attorney left, fourth-grade teacher Cheryl Sabb dictated the sentence to part of the class and had them copy it down, he said.” Continue reading →

Missouri Highway Patrol gave concealed carry permits data to feds

“Missouri’s database of concealed weapon permits was twice given to federal authorities investigating Social Security disability fraud in a move that has enraged lawmakers already angry over potential abuses in a new driver’s licensing system. Missouri State Highway Patrol Col. Ron Replogle was questioned for nearly an hour this morning by the Senate Appropriations Committee after he revealed to Chairman Kurt Schaefer yesterday that his agency had turned over the data. The delivery of the information to federal authorities has become a huge issue for lawmakers since they began raising questions about new driver’s licensing procedures.” Continue reading →