The 09ers

Explorations In The Sierra Nevadas

Happy 95th Birthday Federal Reserve! Are you dead yet?

Human Capital

Now that I have graduated college I have been blessed with the fantastic gift of a ginormous pile of debt.  Lately, this burden has brought me a large amount of anxiety and I’m almost positive it is actually interfering with my productive labor. It’s a strain on my own mental health to be constantly worrying [...]

A guide: How to survive the depression.

We Need Your Help

No, we’re not asking for your money.
We’re asking for your help in asking our government for money.
You see, we’ve noticed that some folks who have made some shoddy decisions are now able to get preferred money-recipient status from the government.
We’re interested. We figure we’re even more attractive candidates for the relief programs because, as reasonable [...]

Prophecy? Or Just Good Economics

Sorry, Art, you fail.

Now hiring deadweight losses.

What do you do after you pass the $800-something-billion-pork-wrapped bill? Well duh, hire your friends and get the party started! If you’re going to maximize your budget, and do it well, you better have one of your buddies bringing the strippers and the other the booze.
Even when you know that such bills are purely for [...]

A Drop of Refreshment in a Sea of Socialism

It’s ok. I won’t tell anyone.

Answer me this. Who is the Federal Reserve? What do they do? The fact of the matter is, I know you don’t know.
Sure, you may have learned about the Fed and suggested they are the central bank who maintains the currency and prevents economic depressions. You may have even taken a money and banking [...]

Stick it to em Jim Rogers

FDIC: Celebrating 75 Years of Propaganda…errrm protection

Yesterday I was browsing the news and ran into this ad.

Which led me to one of the largest government propaganda websites I have ever seen to this day. Take a wild guess how felt when I saw this advertisement they were listing on their website. 

 
First of all, I find this a TAD bit ironic they [...]

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