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Who Do You Trust?

January 17, 2014 • Top Story • 1466

It’s a simple question, who do you trust? Do you trust a broad reaching program with hundreds of intricate layers, most barely understood by those that oversea them? Do you trust a court system that promises to be on your side, but has zero risk of losing their power? Do you trust an Executive branch that brought your Healthcare.gov? If you answered ‘I do’ to any of those questions, you’re a fool.

Links

-> Obama And The N.S.A.: Why He Can’t Be Trusted

-> Climate Change Disbelief Rises in America

-> Who Read 1,582-Page $1.1T Spending Bill? Congressman: ‘Nobody Did’

-> Super Bowl Tickets May Be The Best Way To Bet On The 2014 Super Bowl

-> Six More US Merchants Are Being Hacked By Target-Style Attacks On Their Credit Card Systems

-> New School: A Plan for State-Based Accreditation of Alternative Higher Education

-> Hiring Recent Grads? Look For One Thing on Their Resume

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Made In America, Owned By China

January 16, 2014 • Top Story • 1371

Americans lead the world in one thing above all, the creation of debt. It’s true, we out spend most of the modern world and save like it’s the end of the world. The scariest part, China owns that debt at record levels, according to a report leaked yesterday. It may be time to add ‘brush up on your Mandarin’ to your 2014 resolutions.

Links

-> China’s Treasury Holdings Climb to Record in Government Data

-> Did The DEA Collude With A Mexican Drug Cartel?

-> Sen. Rand Paul: ‘You Name It, Your Freedom of Choice Is Gone’

-> Stocks Stay In Red; SolarCity Gains

-> Fed’s Beige Book Offers Clues On US Economy: Auto Sales, Jobs, Manufacturing, Housing

-> 3 Sentences That Destroy Companies

-> Where The World’s Super-Rich Spend Their Millions On Real Estate

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Economic Freedom, Not For US

January 15, 2014 • Top Story • 1313

The report is out and the US is not as free we used to be. The 2014 Index of Economic Freedom, released by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, has USA coming in at lucky #12, not even in the top 10. And it’s no surprise really. Between terrible Fed policies and a Govt that went 3+ years without a working budget, it’s amazing we’re even in the top 20.

Links

-> America’s Dwindling Economic Freedom

-> USA Falls 12th Place in Index of Economic Freedom Report

-> Dozens of Trade-Offs in $1.1 Trillion Budget Bill

-> What the Spending Bill Means for Your Business

-> The NSA Can Remotely Break Into Computers Not Even Connected To The Internet

-> MIT Professor Urging Climate Change Activists To ‘Slow Down’

-> One Guy Figured Out How To Make Millions In 8 Months — Here’s Why He Might Auction His ‘Easy Money’ Startup Away

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They’re Coming For Your Home

January 14, 2014 • Top Story • 1098

The wise ones at the Dept. Of Energy are pushing a plan that would require all homes to have energy use ratings, similar to those found on cars. While this seems innocuous at face value, it’s only the beginning. Consider this, in California you are taxed at a higher rate when you exercise your American right to buy a ‘gas guzzling’ car. It’s not a far cry to believe our homes are next.

Links

-> DOE Plugs Energy Rating for Homes, Similar to MPG Rating for Cars

-> Slain slumlord’s unpaid debt helped sink Obama’s bank

-> Check Out What Communism Did To The Environment

-> The Bullish Economic Story May Be On The Verge Of A Change

-> Of Bongs and Bureaucrats

-> How To Make Your Job More Flexible In 2014

-> Net Neutrality Ruling a Blow to Web Startups

Top Photo: Ed Yourdon via Flickr
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When Following The Leader Goes Wrong

January 13, 2014 • Top Story • 1194

Many of US fall into the same trap, we see a flashy title from a big company or institution and we lose sight of what trait really defines a good leader: The ability to lead. Take the Fed for example, it’s a brain trust of people who could probably wallpaper the Oval office in degrees, but can they really lead? None of them have every proven it, yet our financial futures lie in their illustrious pedigrees. Just because your a member of the right ‘club’ – doesn’t mean your fit to lead your way out of paper bag.

Links

-> The Fed And The Cult Of ‘Expert’ Management

-> Inside Colorado’s Green Rush: Drug Deals Go Out In The Open

-> China Surpasses US As World’s Largest Trading Nation

-> 1,687,000 Fewer Americans Have Jobs Today Than 6 Years Ago

-> How Samsung ‘White Gloves’ The Elite

-> Will House Flipping Decelerate In 2014?

Top Photo: Ken Whytock via Flickr
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How Do Elite Millionaires Connect With Average US?

January 10, 2014 • Top Story • 1640

The answer is, they don’t. That’s why this country is where it is, almost a third of population out of the work force, the middle class is being crushed by terrible policies, and the Federal Debt is an unimaginable number. To find a raw deal like this, you’d have to rewind back to this great country’s inception and those forces that drove US to throw off our ‘leaders’ are at work today. How do we change this? Information. It sounds cliche, but the further we pull back the lid on what is being done to US, the sooner we get back to what makes this country great: the open and free pursuit of happiness, in whatever form it may take.

Links

-> For The First Time, More Than Half Of Congressional Lawmakers Are Worth At Least $1 Million

-> 20,000 Fewer Women Held Jobs in December

-> Thank Labor Force Dropouts, Not New Jobs, For A Falling Unemployment Rate

-> In Praise Of Libertarian Judgmentalism

-> A Totally Different Theory About Chris Christie’s Bridge Scandal

-> How to Boost Your Effectiveness by 400 Percent

-> How Your Brain Activity Changes When You’re “In The Zone”

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2 Different Strategies and 1 BIG Mistake

January 9, 2014 • Top Story • 1882

Let’s get this out of the way, Chris Christie is the big mistake, pun intended. He has the charisma, he has the right friends, but he is a fool for thinking he could run for the highest office in the land and not have every skeleton, BIG or small, dragged from his closet. Silver lining, Mollie Hemingway over at The Federalist points out that Chris Christie’s little mistake is a prime example of how much control politicians have over our lives, and we have no idea. The fact that anyone could cause a traffic jam for some stupid political gain is scary, far scarier than any NSA mass data sweep.

Robert Frost once wrote about ‘TWO roads diverged..’ and he goes on to consider two seemingly comparable paths that lay before him, today we stand at the same threshold. Path the first follows the over utilized strategy of smoke and mirrors taxing tricks like TIFF districts and Tax Free Zones. Strategies like these manipulate demand by falsely inflating the demand for businesses in areas where demand isn’t. The other path follows the strategy that businesses should be allowed to determine their fate, not be forced by the Govt to reduced wage hours to meet some superfluous mandate. Which path we take has already been chosen for us, but the beauty of this country and our Constitution, it’s never too late to turn back.

Links

-> Chris Christie’s Accidental Argument For Limited Government

-> THIS IS A TERRIBLE STRATEGY: Tax-Free Zones

-> THIS IS A GREAT STRETEGY: Saving The 40hr Work Week

-> The 15 US Cities That Are Driving The Future

-> Janet Yellen: The Sixteen Trillion Dollar Woman

-> 7 Steps to a Convincing Apology (You’re Welcome, Governor Christie)

-> The Physics of Mind Control

Top Photo: SHUN [iamtekn] via Flickr
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50 Years Later:The War on Poverty’s Exit Strategy Still A Mystery

January 8, 2014 • Top Story • 1495

50 years ago, a wealthy white man announced a ‘plan’ to end poverty in this country. Today, a wealthy black man has picked up that charge and run with it. The only constant (besides the poverty rate in this country, which hasn’t moved much at all) is that a rich man in DC is deciding to spend your money on plan that has been a proven failure.

Links

-> Progressives Flunking Income Inequality Test

-> Tell Us the Truth About Social Security

-> Poverty level under Obama breaks 50-year record

-> The Biggest Bet Ever: Soros, Paulson and Cooperman Take On Adelson Over The Future Of Gambling In America

-> Stock Market Declines May Be Deadly

-> Gov’t offers new approach to classroom discipline

Top Photo: UNDP in Europe and Central Asia via Flickr

-> Your Small Business Obamacare Deadline Cheatsheet
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Getting Paid With Our Money For 2yrs Is Not Enough?

January 7, 2014 • Top Story • 1632

The further extension of unemployment benefits is on it’s way to being legal, but is it the right answer? In theory, it’s a the right thing to do, but so was the Iraq War, and much like the Iraq War, there isn’t an exit strategy. We’ve been down this road before the first time unemployment benefits were extended in ’08, it was a temporary fix for a terrible problem. But here we are again, the cycle continues, we keep paying.

Links

-> Unemployment benefits bill clears hurdle

-> Obamacare Puts Down Roots for the Long Haul

-> Seattle Swears In a Socialist (GOOD LUCK WITH THAT)

-> An Activist Hedge Fund Manager Has A Coffee Mug Specially Designed To Intimidate CEO

-> 3 Ways to Fire Customers… Without Them Knowing It

-> What the Middle Class Should Want From the Economy in 2014

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Socialism Will Save US All…

January 6, 2014 • Top Story • 1523

The bright ones at the Rolling Stone have come up with a solution to all our problems, Socialism. You see, they think Capitalism is the true root of America’s woes. In other words, the pursuit of personal achievement is a terrible evil…really? Check it out, you’ll be amazed.

Links

-> Rolling Stone: America Should Replace Capitalism With Socialism

-> Happy New Year! Feds list 141 new regulations in only three days

-> Muslim Mortgages Paid with More than $300 Million – Courtesy of US Taxpayers

-> HHS Regulation Could Add More Names to List of Prohibited Gun Buyers

-> Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke

-> Can You Raise Money This Year? These 3 Trends May Decide

-> This Is What A $70,000 Tuna Looks Like

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Who Do You Trust?

Made In America, Owned By China

Economic Freedom, Not For US

They’re Coming For Your Home

When Following The Leader Goes Wrong

How Do Elite Millionaires Connect With Average US?

2 Different Strategies and 1 BIG Mistake

Getting Paid With Our Money For 2yrs Is Not Enough?

Socialism Will Save US All…

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