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Thomas Paine on Government v Society

  Thomas Paine was hated in England for what he wrote. Pictured below is a political token blaming Paine for effectively the American and French Revolutions...

Avoiding Taxes in Europe is Becoming An Art Form

As taxes rise and services decline, underground economies are booming. Barter is returning and governments are clamping down following the model of the commonly...

The Rise of Barter in Greece & Southern Europe

  Some people are claiming that Greece is doing away with the Euro because people are bartering. This is simply not the case. There is a collapse in public...

Thirst for Taxes Locks out Vatican from Electronic Wire Transfers like Iran

If anyone ever thought governments are Christian as opposed to the old atheist USSR, you have another thing coming. Governments do not trust the Vatican and have...

US Criminally Charged Swiss’s Oldest Bank

Behind closed doors, the universal image of the United States around the world speaking with other people in government was clear – it is regarded as the...

Interest Rates & 2013

2013 will be the Pi (π) target year for the low in interest rates from the 1981 high. The key in this giant financial crisis is still Europe. Marxism has failed....

What was in the “fiscal cliff” Bill?

The Bush tax cuts will become permanent for all individual income below $400,000 (and family income below $450,000). The sequester spending cuts will be delayed two...

Fed Concerns Bearish For Gold

The news pundits call the minutes from the Fed’s December policy meeting showing a growing concern about further increases in the central bank’s $2.9...

Gold & Underground Economy

I have warned that the role of gold will be primarily as an underground currency. As governments become more and more desperate, people turn to alternatives. I have...