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    Sorry, Jim Rogers, You Were Wrong About Inflation

    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e8bcc516-5c33-11de-aea3-00144feabdc0.html Another deflation real world example.... http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2009/06/trucks-sit-idle-rail-traffic-horrific.html
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    Sorry, Jim Rogers, You Were Wrong About Inflation

    .............................................................. What is not happening....and not even in consideration is a proper downsizing in govt.... What has not been placed into consideration are true structural changes which would radically change the business landscape.... The...
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    Sorry, Jim Rogers, You Were Wrong About Inflation

    ............................................................................... Thank you for your excellent post.... The govt. has taken the surfacial view of hoping to lever expensed funds by enabling failed banks to stay in a lever position....because the view without a lever is to...
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    Currency Debasement History

    http://mises.org/story/3498
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    A Tidbit from Dave Rosenberg on Inflation

    .......................................................... Exactly..... It does not matter how the money is made available....as long as it is available.... It does not have to have a "wealth label".... It is what it is.... ...
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    A Tidbit from Dave Rosenberg on Inflation

    ....................................................... Good post .... Here's the logic.... $30 Trillion was lost from a $70 Trillion economy.... There have been efforts to make partial replentishments to banks..... However only a fraction of the lost $30 Trillion has been put...
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    Why The US Needs To Change Immediately To A Broad Based Consumption Tax

    .......................................................... 1000000% correct it is not only destructive.....it is utter nonsense.... This is like establishing and mandating a huge expense that is fixed....without a clue about the top down number.... ie One assigns a huge debt to a...
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    Why The US Needs To Change Immediately To A Broad Based Consumption Tax

    http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/ Both state and Fed income taxes need to be immediately structurally changed to a broad based consumption tax.... 1) You use it ....you pay for it.... 2) Stabilizes the tax take 3) Everyone has skin in the game 4) Promotes good...
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    How Powerful is the Subconscious Mind?

    .......................................................... Exactly.... It's all about gaining rights to the podium....and then selling the admission tickets....to those that will buy them.... ie selling trading books....etc....
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    Sorry, Jim Rogers, You Were Wrong About Inflation

    ........................................................ Absolutely correct.......... When $30 Trillion leaves a $70 Trillion economy.... What has to happen to all prices ? When $30 Trillion is added to a $70 Trillion economy....what has to happen to all prices ...
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    Morgan Stanley to repay TARP

    Another major point is the "accurate repayment of TARP".... ie GS is going to walk away without repaying the total amount it received from TARP.... ie the amount paid to GS via AIG is not included in their payback amount.... TARP repayments are not the correct amounts due....
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    Hedge Funds Are Here To Stay

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ai5PLqcRXWyc ......................................................... If there ever was proof that the long only bias of some general government's regulations are antiquated.....the recent period proves it.... Buy and hold suggests...
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    Reuters: US to lose AAA rating!

    How can a country whose banks literally blew out all of their consumers deposits by "stupid" leverage have or maintain a AAA rating....? Oh....you mean the same folks that rated the" CCC paper AAA" for commission payments....? These people just do not stop .... Do they ?
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    Socialized Medicine A Certainty ?

    .................................................... This is easy.... Just state to the country .... Look Cali won't go the 10/5 unless there is a 2% Cali surcharge tax for 5 years.... And furthermore.....what would move it over the edge....like hot butter on bread.... Would...
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    Socialized Medicine A Certainty ?

    ............................................... As long as "free" means that it will be paid from the 10/5 State Fed C tax pool....no other taxes.... The statement is cool....
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    Socialized Medicine A Certainty ?

    .................................................... You are hitting on the main issue. There is a price, like it or not. And it is not going away. ................................................... But the issue at hand is that the current set of numbers are not affordable...
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    Socialized Medicine A Certainty ?

    http://seekingalpha.com/article/143257-socialized-medicine-is-coming?source=feed The real issue at hand must include the idea of money per person...and its limitations regardless of the problem title.... In this case ....the health funding title is $184,000 per person.... If this is the...
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    jim rogers reported to be on ET

    ................................................ Actually..... Getting into farming today on a competitive basis would be quite expensive.... Even the largest family farms find it difficult to compete.... It used to be over 70% of the population was agrarian.....now it is less than...
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    Oil Vs Dollar Price Correlation

    ......................................................... Which gets to my major point.... One cannot predict future prices.... One can "insure".... One can "react".... ie Vulnerable oil dependent countries should include in their budgets the costs of insurance.... And for...
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    Oil Vs Dollar Price Correlation

    .......................................................... This is very interesting.... What this suggests is that an abnormally high number of participants became very active....not unlike a large hedge fund piling into a thin stock.... This would point towards a somewhat flawed price...
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