Civil Unrest in Portugal continuing to rise. The big rally to get rid of the government on March 2nd appears to be just the beginning. “Grandola”, the signature tune of the 1974 “Carnation revolution” that overthrew the fascist dictatorship of Antonio Salazar after the army rebelled, reverberated through the crowds. We should see rising civil […]

I was one of the three largest wholesale gold dealers going into 1980. I wrote the law making gold not taxable for the State of New Jersey stating it would not be taxed unless “converted to use” only to have the bureaucrats change that saying it was taxable because it was an “investment use” and […]

About Time! The SPENDING CUTS will go into effect! The ONLY jobs impacted will be government that COST a fortune and produce NOTHING. This will help the dollar in light of Japan and Europe. The impact on the economy comes from the rise in taxes he signed into place to start with. WHY if he […]

Did Italy fail to see reality from the bondholder’s perspective, or the real reality from the long-term viability perspective? The latest article from the Economist says Italy is jeopardizing Europe and the Euro. Perhaps it is about time since the politicians spend without remorse and then the people are expected to sacrifice their entire future […]

U.S. Supreme Court IN RE SINKING FUND CASES, 99 U.S. 700 (1878) 99 U.S. 700 (L.Ed.) SINKING-FUND CASES. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. GALLATIN. October Term, 1878 APPEAL from the Court of Claims. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of California. The […]

Perhaps the two crazy theories to top the list are: (1) Canadian Tax Protesters are claiming that there is a legal person who has to file an income tax return, and then there is the natural person who the income belongs to therefore that person is not subject to income tax. The Canadian Tax authorities have […]

One reader asked: “I once, several years ago, read that the US had already printed “redbacks”, a US dollar to be used internationally; that is, the greenback would be used in the US for domestic trade and the “redback” would be used for international trade and it would have a higher value. Do you have […]

Throughout history there has been countless two-tier monetary systems where at times there have been a local currency issued by the immediate government, yet the people rely upon the currency of another government. Such periods are interesting for they are not official but emerge by the people rather than through a decree of a government. […]

It is vital to understand that what we face is by no means the plain vanilla version of governments just printing into hyperinflation. These people are fighting back as is ALWAYS the case with core and major economies. The German hyperinflation took place AFTER a revolution with a unstable government that lacked credit. When there […]

“I think you’re a positive influence to many more then you think, and I know they hope you stay the course.  A lot of my friends read your work and appreciate it.  There’s always going to be haters, and who knows why and who can explain them??  I’ve observed my life that some people simply […]