50 Ways to Starve the Beast

http://economicrisis.com/50-ways-to-starve-the-beast/4087 50 Ways to Starve the Beast A term coined in 1985 by an unnamed staffer of the Reagan administration was “Starve the Beast”. This referred to a fiscally conservative political strategy to cut government...

Monthly Income Drops to Lowest of 20 Years

http://economicrisis.com/monthly-income-drops-to-lowest-of-20-years/2324 Monthly Income Drops to Lowest of 20 Years In the month of January this year, the overall income of the Americans experienced a sudden downfall. The fall was so extreme and instant that it reached...

The Great Ethanol Boondoggle

http://economicrisis.com/the-great-ethanol-boondoggle/1681 The Great Ethanol Boondoggle One of my biggest disappointments with the Obama administration so far is his continued support of the ethanol boondoggle. The program was ramped up by the Bush administration to...

Russia Targets Americans Amid Obama’s Gun-control Battle

http://economicrisis.com/russia-targets-americans-amid-obamas-gun-control-battle/544 Russia Targets Americans Amid Obama’s Gun-control Battle President Obama helped spur a run on firearms and ammunition by people looking to stock up before proposed gun controls take...

The Wal-Mart Indicator: We’re Heading for a Stagflationary Disast

http://economicrisis.com/the-wal-mart-indicator-were-heading-for-a-stagflationary-disaster/486 The Wal-Mart Indicator: We’re Heading for a Stagflationary Disaster In the second half of 2012, the media, Federal Reserve, and various Governmental economic bean counters...

Retail Apocalypse: Why Are Major Retail Chains All Over America

http://economicrisis.com/retail-apocalypse-why-are-major-retail-chains-all-over-america-collapsing-2/336 Retail Apocalypse: Why Are Major Retail Chains All Over America Collapsing? If the economy is improving, then why are many of the largest retail chains in America...

No Tool To Balance Offending Balance Sheets Other Than Gold

http://economicrisis.com/no-tool-to-balance-offending-balance-sheets-other-than-gold/329 No Tool To Balance Offending Balance Sheets Other Than Gold QE to Infinity, followed by Gold balancing the balance sheets of the sovereign balance sheet disasters. Just as there is...

Wal-Mart Executives Sweat Slow February Start in E-Mails

http://economicrisis.com/wal-mart-executives-sweat-slow-february-start-in-e-mails/332 Wal-Mart Executives Sweat Slow February Start in E-Mails Wal-Mart Stores Inc. had the worst sales start to a month in seven years as payroll-tax increases hit shoppers already battling...

No atheists in Congress and religion and capitalism killed people

Peter Stark, the only avowed atheist in Congress, lost his bid for re-election. Ironically, another progressive beat him, and beat him in part by attacking Stark's vote against re-affirming "One Nation, under God" in our Pledge of Allegiance. This shouldn't be in the Pledge...