We are facing a collision of many different economic situations, any one of which would be a major problem. Put together, and we are in a very precarious position.
We’ll try to keep up with the list of the economic threats we are currently facing and provide information on each. Some of them may be listed under several headings as may be warranted.
ECONOMICS
Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice. ~ George Washington
- The Devil Is in the Deficits
- Stimulus or Sedative?
- Soros manipulates euro - is U.S. dollar next?
- Tell Us the Truth
- Obama's Ides-of-March Moment is Near
- Economists: Another Financial Crisis on the Way
- Mark Steyn: America's future could be all Greek to us
- Fiscal Death by Welfare
- Don't go wobbly on us now, Ben Bernanke
- The Economy Keeps Getting Worse, While Washington Fiddles
- Joe Biden’s Deceptive Celebration
- Too Little, Too Late, Too Cynical
- CBO Report Was Pre-Ordained to Show the Stimulus Succeeded
- Better Here than There
- The Great Recession of 2011-2012
- Let the PIGS Get Slaughtered
- Financial Crisis: The Fall of the House of Cards
- Government Stimulus A Big Lie
- US bank lending falls at fastest rate in history
- National Debt by the numbers: What does 12 trillion mean?
- Our Time for Choosing
- Germany growls as Greece balks at immolation
- The Pending Implosion Of Liberal Socialism
- The White House's Illegal Piggy Bank
- Obama is Owned - You Can Bank On It
- The New Fascists: Part 1 – A Political Primer
- The Trojan Horse Meets the Vampire Squid
- Obama On Path To Be Worse Than Carter & Clinton Combined
- China orders retreat from risky assets
- Porkulus II: Return of the Phony Jobs Boondoggle
- Hurtling Down the Road to Serfdom
- Hurtling Down the Road to Serfdom
- I Was a Teenage President
- Electricity emergency in oil rich Venezuela
- Party of 'No'...and Proud
- Drillgate: Internal Emails Shows Obama Team Lying to Public
- China's debt bomb
- Stealth Stimulus
- Our National Blind Spot
- Leo Hindery: A Liberal Canary in the Obama Mine Shaft Who Deserves Watching
- Unsustainable
- Zero Private-Sector Jobs Created Since 1998
- Taxpayers Deserve an Annual Report to the Shareholders
- Bad feelings grow about employment report
- Bad feelings grow about employment report
- Obama: “Every economist” says I saved or created 2 million jobs
- The Ticking U.S. Fiscal Bomb
- Taxpayers, Meet Your New Tenants
- A New Era Of Irresponsibility
- FHA faces the music
- Obama's Secret Slush Fund
- A Dark Secret About Creating Jobs in America
- Barack Obama finds out who really holds power
- Roubini Calls U.S. Growth ‘Dismal and Poor,’ Predicts Slowing
- Senate permits gov't to borrow an additional .9T
- Income angst? Not for public employees
- Is Uncle Sam Bankrupt?
- Is Uncle Sam Bankrupt?
- The Spending 'Freeze' That Isn't
- The Spending 'Freeze' That Isn't
- His Genius Is Wasted On You
- Obama versus Obama
- CBO: 'U.S. fiscal policy is on an unsustainable path to an extent that cannot be solved by minor tinkering'
- The Spender-in-Chief’s Fiscal Freeze Follies
- Public Employee Unions Are Sinking California
- An Economic Time Bomb
- An Economic Time Bomb
- Defusing the Debt Bomb
- Google’s founders to give up control
- 'Sorry, Folks' -- A Message From Your Captain
- Meet the new boss...Same as the old boss...
- The Currency of Social Justice
- US Unemployment Worsens & Spreads
- Geithner aired concern on bank limits-sources
- Jobless claims “unexpectedly” rise again
- The Left's Rhetoric of Accusation
- Bank Tax Misses the Real Bailout Deadbeats in Detroit and DC
- The unanswered question
- Obama's Health Care Discrimination
- The Next Government Takeover: Student Loans
- California: An Obituary
- The electronic run on banks nobody seemed to notice
- The War On Banks
- Eureka, I Am a Conservative!
- The Communist States of America: the New Stimulus 'Math'
- There Is an Endless Number of Jobs
- America slides deeper into depression as Wall Street revels
- Obama's Green Jobs Program: 5,294 Per Job
- Shrinking U.S. Labor Force Keeps Unemployment Rate From Rising
- Treasury lifts bailout cap
- A Crime Theory Demolished
- Phantom zip codes also found in Virginia
- Democrats Heading For The Exits, Stage Left
- Yes, Health Care Legislation Will Affect 16% of GDP (At Least)
- Love in an Economic Downturn
- U.S. taking majority ownership of GMAC
- Hey Fed, What's Going On?
- The War Against the Wannabe Rich
- Interesting Thought on paying Taxes into Escrow...
- Recovery not as strong as previously thought
- City To Shut Down Christmas Eve To Save Cash
- More prime mortgages default in 3rd quarter
- China: Harder to buy US Treasuries
- Laughing at the Left
- Is America a Deer in the Headlights?
- Obama signs .1 trillion spending bill into law
- Initial Jobless Claims in U.S. Unexpectedly Increase
- U.S. National Debt Tops Debt Limit
- China’s Century: The Impending Threat to America and the Dollar
- U.S. gave up billions in tax money in deal for Citigroup's bailout repayment
- FDIC Boosts 2010 Budget, Staff as Bank Failures Rise
- Another Federal Bludgeon
- David Brooks, Economics & Liberal Conservatism at the New York Times
- D.C. hands out M in bonuses despite recession, budget gaps
- For feds, more get 6-figure salaries
- The Debt Spiral
- What Are President Obama's Actual Objectives?
- Democrats plan nearly trillion debt limit hike
- Medicare sausage?
- Gov't misuses funds, TARP should fold
- House Passes Broad Wall Street Regulatory Overhaul
- Soros: Climate financing dispute could wreck talks
- Playing Politics With the Fed
- Jeffery Immelt's Convenient Religion
- GEDDES AND BURNETT: Eco at the end of recession?
- Dems to lift debt ceiling by .8 trillion, fear 2010 backlash
- Mark Penn's two firms got million from stimulus for PR campaign
- Watermelon Marxists
- New Federal Regulations Threaten Small Business Access to Credit
- My Big Fat Government Takeover
- Requiem for the Dollar
- House establishes permanent 'death tax' branch
- Unexpected drop in jobless rate sparks optimism
- A 'Lost Decade' For U.S. Growth?
- A 'Lost Decade' For U.S. Growth?
- A New Leviathan?
- Celebrate Thanksgiving the Ayn Rand way: Thank yourself
- Dubai's threat to U.S. banks
- We Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
- Wave of Debt Payments Facing US Government
- The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% Of Workers Are Unemployed
- SNL Obama & Jintao Press Conference
- SNL Obama & Jintao Press Conference
- Jobs reports 'riddled with inaccuracies'
- Société Générale tells clients how to prepare for potential 'global collapse'
- US public debt tops 12 trillion dollars for first time
- Glenn Beck: Healthcare bill taxes
- .8 trillion - Interest on U.S. debt
- Phantom districts in Texas receive millions in 'stimulus'
- TARP Audit Finds Geithner Gave Away The Farm
- China has now become the biggest risk to the world economy
- China has now become the biggest risk to the world economy
- Mortgage delinquencies hit another record in 3Q
- If You Thought the Housing Meltdown Was Bad…
- Barrick shuts hedge book as world gold supply runs out
- One World Government The Real Aim of Environmentalism
- Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5%
- Freddie Mac posts billion loss
- Stop the 'jobless recovery' madness!
- Stop the 'jobless recovery' madness!
- Killing Capitalism Soros-Style
- OMB director warns growing deficit a threat to American economy
- OMB director warns growing deficit a threat to American economy
- Economist warns of president's financial 'bubble'
- Economist warns of president's financial 'bubble'
- Gold Trades Near Record as Indian Central Bank Buys From IMF
- Mother of all carry trades faces an inevitable bust
- Mother of all carry trades faces an inevitable bust
- Hold the Champagne: Happy Days Aren't Here Again
- Stock analysts issue 'Black Tuesday' warning
- Stock analysts issue 'Black Tuesday' warning
- U.S. Economy: Consumers, Government Propel Return to Growth
- U.S. Economy: Consumers, Government Propel Return to Growth
- STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated by 1,000s
- STIMULUS WATCH: Stimulus jobs overstated by 1,000s
- America Moving from Kingdom of Cash to Socialism Slowly but Surely
- Worsening job picture fuels slide in confidence
- Worsening job picture fuels slide in confidence
- Deserted shopping mall bleak symbol of Fed bailout
- Is alternative to dollar in works?
- FDIC bank fund in the red until 2012
- FDIC bank fund in the red until 2012
- Glenn Beck, Michele Bachmann: Obama and His Corrupt Parasites to RE-FUND ACORN
- Mortgage Madness, Again
- Mortgage Madness, Again
- Foreclosures: 'Worst three months of all time'
- Foreclosures: 'Worst three months of all time'
- What Soros Wanted, Obama Delivers
- Foreclosures Will Peak at End of 2010, Mortgage Bankers Say
- Obama Dollar Retreats Most Against Commodities in Wealth Shift
- Obama Dollar Retreats Most Against Commodities in Wealth Shift
- Is Obama pushing to intentionally make America a second-rate world power?
- Is Obama pushing to intentionally make America a second-rate world power?
- Dollar Reaches Breaking Point as Banks Shift Reserves
- Magic Numbers in Politics
- Magic Numbers in Politics
- Washington is nuts
- Dollar Reaches Breaking Point as Banks Shift Reserves
- Dollar facing 'power-shift': analysts
- Proposals to create jobs add up to second stimulus
- Oil states say no talks on replacing dollar
- UN calls for new reserve currency
- The demise of the dollar-China, Russia, etc to stop using Dollar for Oil
- World Bank could 'run out of money' within 12 months
- World Bank could 'run out of money' within 12 months
- Will California become America's first failed state?
- Will California become America's first failed state?
- Weekly US Railroad Carloadings Down 17.1%, Cumulative Decline By 18.2%
- Weekly US Railroad Carloadings Down 17.1%, Cumulative Decline By 18.2%
- Roubini Sees Stock Declines as Soros Warns on Economy
- Roubini Sees Stock Declines as Soros Warns on Economy
- Banks With 20% Unpaid Loans at 18-Year High Amid Recovery Doubt
- U.S. Employers Cut 263,000 Jobs, Rate to 9.8%
- U.S. Employers Cut 263,000 Jobs, Rate to 9.8%
- FDIC insurance plan is no long-term solution
- Greenspan Says U.S. Will Need to Tighten Credit, Raise Taxes
- Geithner: Proposal is a 'revolution'
- Geithner: Proposal is a 'revolution'
- Ron Paul’s Predictions about Iran, Israel, China and What that Means for The United States
- A Year Later, Barofsky Sees a 'Far More Dangerous' Financial Situation
- Unprecedented U.S. corp. defaults seen for '09
- Money figures show there's trouble ahead
- Money figures show there's trouble ahead
- What’s the real reason that banks aren’t foreclosing?
- What’s the real reason that banks aren’t foreclosing?
- Corpse of a Thousand Houses
- Corpse of a Thousand Houses
- Surrendering U.S. Sovereignty at G-20 Summit
- Surrendering U.S. Sovereignty at G-20 Summit
- Greenspan Admits The Federal Reserve Is Above The Law & Answers To No One
- Greenspan Admits The Federal Reserve Is Above The Law & Answers To No One
- More Help Coming To Clean Up Crisis
- More Help Coming To Clean Up Crisis
- World Bank says don't take dollar's place for granted
- World Bank says don't take dollar's place for granted
- Social Security strained by early retirements
- Social Security strained by early retirements
- Spain tips into depression
- Spain tips into depression
- Rare earths are vital, and China owns them all
- Durable Goods Orders in U.S. Unexpectedly Decreased
- Durable Goods Orders in U.S. Unexpectedly Decreased
- US large-loan bank losses triple to billion
- US large-loan bank losses triple to billion
- No full recovery until 2015, says the IMF
- No full recovery until 2015, says the IMF
- US May Face 'Armageddon' If China, Japan Don't Buy Debt
- Luxury Hotels in U.S. Risk Default as 0 Rooms Remain Empty
- Luxury Hotels in U.S. Risk Default as 0 Rooms Remain Empty
- Existing-Home Sales Decline Unexpectedly; Market Weak
- Existing-Home Sales Decline Unexpectedly; Market Weak
- A Billion Bailout for the Postal Service?
- A Billion Bailout for the Postal Service?
- Dollar under scrutiny at G20 summit
- Dollar under scrutiny at G20 summit
- HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy
- HSBC bids farewell to dollar supremacy
- Fed May Signal U.S. Economic Recovery Has Started
- Fed May Signal U.S. Economic Recovery Has Started
- FDIC weighs extraordinary steps to shore up fund
- Obama to address world at UN
- Fed Rejects Geithner Request for Study of Governance, Structure
- U.S. to push for new economic world order at G20
- U.S. to push for new economic world order at G20
- Interview: Congressman Alan Grayson Demands Important Answers from the Fed
- FDIC chief considers tapping Treasury for funds
- FDIC chief considers tapping Treasury for funds
- Obama Says Financial Regulations Must Be Strengthened Globally
- Obama Says Financial Regulations Must Be Strengthened Globally
- Obama Open to Newspaper Bailout
- Obama Open to Newspaper Bailout
- Apparently Using the Dictionary to Define 'Tax' Is Cheating
- House votes to cut off funding, but 75 stand by ACORN
- ANALYSIS-US firms, others may gain from shield pullback
- Empower the Fed to regulate risk?
- Bernanke: Recession's 'very likely over,' yet jobs remain unstable
- Bernanke: Recession's 'very likely over,' yet jobs remain unstable
- Obama Admin: Cap And Trade Could Cost Families ,761 A Year
- US credit shrinks at Great Depression rate prompting fears of double-dip recession
- Economist warns of double-dip recession
- Revealed: The ghost fleet of the recession
- US tyre duties spark China clash
- US tyre duties spark China clash
- Fed Says Economy Stable or Improving in Most of U.S.
- Fed Says Economy Stable or Improving in Most of U.S.
- Treasury: Millions more foreclosures coming
- Does the world have the courage to deal with its debts?
- U.S. Dollar Will Weaken, Currency Crash Possible, Roubini Says
- Economic News Sept 8, 2009
- China alarmed by US money printing
- UN wants new global currency to replace dollar
- Dollar hits low for year as gold breaches ,000
- Dollar hits low for year as gold breaches ,000
- Senate must raise debt ceiling above T
- Rounbini: "U-Shaped" Recovery Possible
- Rounbini: "U-Shaped" Recovery Possible
- Punishing consumers to 'protect' them
- White House Debunks Reports It Will Fly China's Flag on South Lawn
- The Bear is Back as Chinese Stocks Plunge
- Stocks: Another Scary September?
- Shipping Rates Fall by 50%
- Shipping Rates Fall by 50%
- The Collapse of America
- August 31, 2009 ~ Highlights
- Regulators Shutter Three U.S. Banks, Bringing 2009 Toll to 84
- Worse and Worser
- FDIC Problem Bank List Surges, Putting Fund at Risk
- Federal Reserve Says Disclosing Loans Will Hurt Banks
- Can the soufflé really rise again?
- Can the soufflé really rise again?
- How GE puts the government to work for GE
- Obama's 09 deficit exceeds all eight years of Bush red ink
- Obama Raises 2010 Deficit Estimate to .5 Trillion
- As Budget Deficit Grows, So Do Doubts on Dollar
- As Budget Deficit Grows, So Do Doubts on Dollar
- Court Orders Fed to Disclose Emergency Bank Loans
- U.S. Mortgage Holders Less Likely to Dig Out of Delinquency
- Former CBO director doubts new deficit numbers
- Real Unemployment At 16 Percent
- The risk of a double-dip recession is rising
- Cognitive Dissonance: A Case Study
- Don't Let Your Wants Hurt You
- Obama Administration to Increase 10-Year Deficit Estimate to Trillion
- Obama Administration to Increase 10-Year Deficit Estimate to Trillion
- U.S. Loan to Brazilian Oil Company Riles Conservatives in Favor of Offshore Drilling
- Impact of the Waxman-Markey Climate Change Legislation on Ohio
- Mark Steyn: Stimulus hits a pothole
- US state, local government jobs up despite recession
- US state, local government jobs up despite recession
- The Terrible Cost of Eating the Rich
- The Terrible Cost of Eating the Rich
- The Pay Czar's Power Grab
- Buffett Says U.S. Federal Debt Poses Risks to Economy, Dollar
- Pimco Says Dollar to Weaken as Reserve Status Erodes
- Toxic Loans Topping 5% May Push 150 Banks to Point of No Return
- Colonial BancGroup and Pennsylvania thrift shut
- We broke the bank!
- We broke the bank!
- Federal deficit higher in July, .27T this year
- Plan for Guard troops on border stalls over money
- RBS uber-bear issues fresh alert on global stock markets
- Foreclosures rise 7 percent in July from June
- Retail sales dip unexpectedly, jobless claims rise
- Retail sales dip unexpectedly, jobless claims rise
- Geithner Asks Congress to Increase Federal Debt Limit
- Regulators close 3 banks in Fla., Ore.; total 72
- ‘Lost Couple of Decades’ Looming for U.S. Economy: Chart of Day
- ‘Lost Couple of Decades’ Looming for U.S. Economy: Chart of Day
- Fannie Mae seeks .7B in US aid after 2Q loss
The United States
U.S. to Push for New Economic World Order at G20
Revealed: The Ghost Fleet of the Recession
Economic News for September 8, 2009
The Housing Crisis
Jobs
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