by Contributing Author | Jul 20, 2015 | Aftermath, Commodities
For decades, local and state governments in the United States have made promises to their employees that they cannot keep. They guaranteed a certain level of income to retirees at a time when America was its most prosperous, and when most people didn’t live as long as...
by Contributing Author | Jul 20, 2015 | Headline News
This article was originally published at Washington’s Blog. Update: Please see correction at the end. Two well-known financial forecasters claim that virtually all governments worldwide will be hit with a gigantic economic crisis in the first week of October...
by Contributing Author | Jul 17, 2015 | Headline News
This article was written by Michael Snyder and published at his Economic Collapse blog. Editor’s Comment: This debt is becoming contagion. With over $200 trillion in debt across the world, and countless countries, cities and states coming due on obligations they...
by Contributing Author | Jul 17, 2015 | Headline News
This article was originally published by Brandon Smith at Alt Market. I rarely touch on the subject of political correctness as a focus in my writings, partially because the entire issue is so awash in pundits on either side that the scrambling clatter of voices tends...
by Contributing Author | Jul 17, 2015 | Commodities
I think it’s safe to say that anyone who thinks the United States economy is on the road to recovery, is drinking some serious Kool-aid. As organizations like shadowstats have shown time and time again, our government likes to fudge the numbers on a regular basis....