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Category Archives: Finance
Why we spend so much on healthcare
Why we spend so much on health care. The main reason for our abnormally high health care costs is that our politicians let the hospitals, drug makers, device makers and diagnostic labs set the price and gouge the system. Health … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative, Finance, Opinion, Politics
Tagged drug companies, drugs, health costs, healthcare, hospitals
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Our Debt Iceberg
There are now 10 states in the US that are insolvent and expected to file for bankruptcy in the near future. Those states are California, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin. These states account … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative, Finance, Liberal, National Debt, Opinion, Politics, State, Taxes
Tagged debt, iceberg, states going bankrupt
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Perpetual War
Perpetual War and the Military Industrial Complex Perpetual war refers to a lasting state of war with no clear ending conditions. It also describes a situation of ongoing tension that seems likely to escalate at any moment, similar to the … Continue reading
Posted in Empire, Finance, History, Liberatarian, National Debt, Opinion, Politics, State
Tagged Cold War, crony capitalism, military industrial complex, Perpetual war, war on terror
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The Banker’s Shell Game
By signing the Federal Reserve Act, Woodrow Wilson was a tool of big money. Yet he belatedly expressed regret, said “I have unwittingly ruined my country,” and called America “one of the worst ruled….most completely controlled governments in the civilized … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative, Empire, Finance, History, Liberatarian, National Debt, Occupy Wallstreet, Opinion, Politics, State, Taxes, Tea Party
Tagged act, depression, end the fed, federal reserve, gilded age, inflation, occupy Wall Street, recession, tea-party, The fed, wall street
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Obamacare Has Failed
At the end of the day, for all of the rhetoric and promises about what Obamacare would achieve, the health law’s most ardent supporters have stuck to their guns because of one thing: coverage expansion. But new data suggests that … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative, Finance, Liberatarian, Nanny State, National Debt, Opinion, Politics, State
Tagged healthcare, obamacare
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