The 09ers

Explorations In The Sierra Nevadas

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 [...]

FANNIE AND FREDDIE

Bank of America Sucks

Can someone PLEASE explain to me how this is legal.
On July 15th I deposited 1,000 from my credit union to BOA.
Today I was pleased to see this little treat. I went into BOA today to have them explain to me their rationale for thinking they could do this.

They continued to explain to me how the [...]

Pappa Benny: I need more power then God!

Bernanke made another one of is  epic speeches the other day. He went crying to congress, as always, to demand more power. He simply just asked for more power then God himself, what’s so wrong with that? He needs this power so he can ‘head off’ all of these financial fires before they get ‘bad’.
I’m [...]

I’ll be watching you

This video never gets old

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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