Archive for Inflation

Chuck-E-Cheese Economics: The Biggest Tax Hike No One Knows About

This spring break children and grandchildren will travel across the countryside to come visit grandma and grandpa. As we gather together, eat turkey, or vacation together; there will be a lot of down time as well. Often the challenges of keeping the ...

 

If “School House Rock” Explained The Economy To Us, We’d Understand The Problem

When i was a kid, School House Rock played a huge part of my edjamacation.... I mean education. Well, no ones perfect, right. I learned through song about government, "I'm just a bill up on Capital Hill." I learned about adverbs and conjunctions: "Al...

 

Cincinnati Radio Interview With Emily Bauman

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Why is Unemployment Still High?

Why is unemployment so high? Why hasn't it gotten better? Why haven't the national credit card of TARP, Stimulus funds, bail-outs, and buy-outs made the situation any better?   It's not Obama's fault nor Bush's fault.  Or another way to say it migh...

 

The Monkey On Uncle Sam’s Back Has Gas

Prepare your budget for rising gas prices.   Some experts predict the price will rise to $5 or $6 a gallon by the end of summer.   This price is not only painful for the typical family but has a domino impact on everything else as well.  The price...

 

Death by Doctors

George Washington died the same way America's economy is dying: he was bled to death by his doctors. As George's symptoms got worse, his doctors siphoned out another pint of blood--believing his bad blood was the problem. With every pint pumped f...

 

Inflation?

Imagine getting up from the Lazy Boy and finding out half your possessions have been "escorted" out the back window as you watched American Idol. Some clever thief took your prize treasures--right under your nose. How do you feel? Angry? Upset? Do y...

 

Why the Federal Reserve is Turning the Dollar into Monopoly Money through Quantitative Easing

           Here is a phrase that you don't hear much but will soon dominate the news:  quantitative easing. What does that mean? In layman's terms, one might say, "I'll rob Peter to pay Paul" or "I'll pay off one credit card by putting it on...

 

Why Private Bankers (The Federal Reserve) Hurt The Poor and Middle Class

Leviticus 19:36 You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. In order to ensure we had “honest scales and just weights”, historically the...

 

The Prophet Micah Would Condemn the Federal Reserve System in America’s Policies

Illusion #1: The Illusion of Value In Bible times, the prophet Micah observed those who were exploiting and cheating the poor. They were powerful people using dishonest scales. He says in Micah 6:11, “Shall I acquit a man with dishonest scales,...