Debt Slavery: 30 Astonishing Facts About Debt In America
The following article is a reprint. We have not authenticated and have not verified the information contained within this article. By The Economic Collapse Blog Published “Before Its News” Feb 10, 2012 Credit Card Debt #1 Today, 46% of all Americans carry a credit card balance from month to month. #2 Overall, Americans are carrying [...]
The Tipping Point – When the Cost of Rules and Regulations Exceed Their Benefit
Are we really applying common sense to the way we govern, or are we laying the seeds of our own destruction? The issue here is that free society continually strives to protect the rights of the individual in the belief that if we protect each of us individually, then we protect society against dictators, despots [...]
A Call For Less Bureaucracy and More Private Enterprise
New US Government Employees Republicans in the US claim to be fighting for a reduction in the US deficit. As part of this initiative, they claim that included in the Obama recovery funding was the hiring of 250,000 new government employees, whose function is to regulate and oversee business, financial, medical and other aspects of [...]
Capitalism Needs Tweaking – Point #8 of 10 (Con’t)– Understanding ‘external auditors’
Financial Statements are Now Designed to Protect the Auditor In my previous blog, I discussed how incomprehensible financial statements have become. By the sheer volume and detail of information, they confuse the reader. The trick is to give so much detailed and professional explanation in these documents, that no-one except the most sophisticated of readers [...]
Short-selling Legend Michael Burry Speaks at Vanderbilt
I normally would not impose this frequency of blogs on my readers. However, Michael Burry recently gave a speech at Vanderbilt University in which he detailed how he foresaw the crash in mortgages, and his VIEWS ON the CURRENT SITUATION in the USA. I urge you to listen. This is a man that became very [...]
An Examination of the TSX LSE “Merger”
A Commodity Based Economy Canadians have a history of being a resource based economy. When the world economy suffers, so does Canada. This has been true for as long as Canada has existed as a nation. Attempts to Broaden our Economy Previous governments have enacted all sorts of policies to attempt to diversify and strengthen [...]
Capitalism Needs Tweaking – Point #4 of 10 – The Income Tax System is used Ineffectually
There are large income tax incentive programs to Encourage Conservation of Energy, or to Promote Research and Development, or to Induce the Production of Ethanol, and so many other programs Yet our biggest issue is ignored under our income tax system – the devastation wrecked upon average citizens by the relentless economic cycles that ravage [...]
FUND ELECTIONS OUT OF THE PUBLIC PURSE.
The Remarkable Story of China & the Negative Effect of Democracy So much has been written about China that everyone is aware of this economic miracle. There is a lot to be said about a central economy that considers economic growth to be important. The largest reason for this economic growth, is the planning and [...]
Investment Advisors Make Money on Sales, not on Performance. Commissions Provide the Incentive to Look for the Next Sale
In our January 6, 2011 blog, we published a list of 10 corrections needed to the Capitalist System. This is Point # 3. The Commission Incentive for Humans to Ignore What They Sell. If you get paid only on what you sell, and the moment it leaves your shop, there is no incentive to stand [...]
Capitalism Needs Tweeking – 10 Corrective Measures Needed
In my blog of December 9, 2010, I listed 10 main changes needed to the Capitalist system. I am a capitalist, but I recognize the need for change. The severity of the economic meltdown and the outrageous extravagance of those taking advantage of Capitalism, makes change so very necessary. One can point to many faults, [...]
Investing Insights
Important Themes from My 2010 Blog Firstly I wish to thank the readers for taking the time in this busy world to read this blog. I started writing in June 2010 with the thought that people buy an inexpensive household item only after comparison shopping and due consideration, yet people invest their life savings by [...]
What is Wrong with Capitalism – #2 of 10 Checklist of Dec 9/10 – Lack of Warranty
A Warranty is normally attached to a product, except in the Financial Industry The Lack of Warranty attached to Financial Investments. Buying a car means whoever sold you the car stands behind the car. The financial system works on the opposite principle. BUYER BEWARE ! Money is Earned by Your Advisor When you Buy Something [...]
What is Wrong with Capitalism – First Item on my 10 Point Checklist of Dec 9/10 (continued)
The Main Elements that are Wrong with our Economic System – First Item on my 10 Point Checklist of Dec 9/10 – Continued from blog of Dec 20, 2010 Let me begin by saying again that I am a Capitalist. I believe Capitalism to be the only economic system that the Western world should follow. [...]
A Problem with Democracy – Our cherished Rights – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Our Cherished Rights We in democratic societies fight to keep our cherished rights. We feel that any move to restrict our rights, is a move against individual freedom, and is something that is not very good. Generally these cherished rights are necessary to our well-being. These rights protect us and mandate the way that our [...]
The Financial Meltdown was Avoidable – What is Capitalism?
In a recent blog, I tried to give an overview of what happened and why it happened. In writing that blog, it occurred to me that the subject of how to avoid future similar meltdowns is about as confused in the public’s minds as to the reasons why the meltdown occurred. If you Understand Why [...]
The Sheer Size of the Fiscal Bailouts Prevents Observers from Understanding What is Happening
Follow the Historical Cycles There have always been cycles and there always will be cycles unless new massive regulation takes over that moderates the ability of Wall St, or the NEW Wall Street (wherever that may be) from making money. Essentially the money traders find a new thing to trade or to promote and they [...]
The Morality of Financial Crimes
A Complete Lack of Social Conscience The world suffered a tremendous shock in 2008 and 2009. Greedy and unconscionable financial industry executives did what they always do. They stole as much money from the unsuspecting as they could, and they paid zero attention to the effect of this theft on the societies that allowed them [...]
