Category Archives: Money

How to Pay for the Jobs Bill

Posted on September 11, 2011 by ayecapitalist

Around 1935, President Roosevelt, faced with the depth of the Great Depression, created a Jobs and Social Security Program to stabilize the American economy. He introduced some bold new initiatives: Social Security Public Works Administration Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Rural … Continue reading →

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Gold as a Thermometer for the Economy’s Fever

Posted on August 22, 2011 by ayecapitalist

Have you heard of Peter Schiff? He runs an unusual brokerage company called Euro Pacific Capital which can get you investments you can’t get into elsewhere, like Australian stocks/CDs and physical gold. He is someone widely derided by the conventional … Continue reading →

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Are Taxes too High?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by ayecapitalist

I received a very informative link to ten telling charts about U.S. taxes, from my friend Ashok Chandra that I wish to share. Our taxes are the lowest they have been since 1950! Corporate taxes have been falling precipitously for … Continue reading →

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America Downgrades Itself!

Posted on August 8, 2011 by ayecapitalist

Yesterday the inevitable happened. S&P downgraded U.S. debt from AAA to AA+. It was a stunning case of self-inflicted pain by a dangerously dysfunctional government. They were ably aided by a media that is incapable of analysis and perspective, so … Continue reading →

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A Letter to Obama

Posted on July 4, 2011 by ayecapitalist

Dear Mr. President, Can we talk? Your presidency is failing. I voted for you, as did millions of others, because we thought you could arrest our country’s precipitous decline. America desperately needed change when you came into office – we … Continue reading →

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VAT Dreams

Posted on May 29, 2011 by ayecapitalist

An ancient Indian sage (Tulsidas) once said that the most benign government was one that: when it showered its citizens with benefits it felt like bountiful rain and when it taxed its citizens it was imperceptible like the evaporation of … Continue reading →

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