
Analysis Topic: Politics & Social Trends
The analysis published under this topic are as follows.Monday, January 12, 2009
Credit Crisis Panic Measure Tax Savings to Force People to Spend / Politics / Credit Crisis 2009
By: MoneyWeek
Punishing savers is no way to help the economy.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Too Big to Fail? / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Rudy_Avizius

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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Democrats Attacks on Obama Presidency have Already Begun / Politics / US Politics
By: Walter_Brasch
Sens. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) flexed their muscles, shook their rattles, and told President-elect Barack Obama not to tread upon them. "I don't believe in the executive power trumping everything," Reid, the Senate's majority leader, told the political newspaper, The Hill. He said he believed "in our Constitution, three separate but equal branches of government." For emphasis, he warned, "If Obama steps over the bounds, I will tell him. . . . I do not work for Barack Obama, I work with him."Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Obama Dreaming of Deficits / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Oxbury_Research
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama’s economic stimulus package will include hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tax breaks for individuals and businesses, according to a transition official and Democratic aides. Obama is asking that tax cuts make up 40 percent of a stimulus package, the people say.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, January 05, 2009
A Whole Lot of Quantité Going On / Politics / Economic Stimulus
By: Adrian_Ash
- WHAT on earth...?
- Sorry, if you could just keep turned to the wall...
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Friday, January 02, 2009
Anti-Gold:Usura Socialism / Politics / Fiat Currency
By: Christopher_Quigley
Turning and turning in the widening gyre;
The Falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart: the centre cannot hold;
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
U.S. Treasury Starts to Make Subprime Auto Loans / Politics / Credit Crisis Bailouts
By: Mike_Shedlock

General Motors Corp and its GMAC funding affiliate launched programs on Tuesday to lure U.S. car and truck buyers back into showrooms as the largest U.S. automaker tries to revive its sagging fortunes.
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Important Economic and Political Transitions During 2009 / Politics / US Politics
By: Dr_Ron_Paul

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Sunday, December 28, 2008
State Budget Gimmicks Can't Solve Banking Crisis / Politics / Credit Crisis 2008
By: Mike_Shedlock

Illinois gambling regulators on Monday chose the lowest bidder among three finalists for the state's only unused casino license, saying the company that plans to build in Des Plaines didn't raise the ethical concerns posed by finalists for Waukegan and Rosemont.
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
What Happened to the American Dream? / Politics / US Economy
By: James_Quinn

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Friday, December 26, 2008
The Federal Reserve Abolition Act / Politics / Fiat Currency
By: Stephen_Lendman

It's a bold and needed measure to "abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks, to repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and for other purposes."
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
New Year Resolutions and the Financial Crisis / Politics / Social Issues
By: Alex_Epstein
Given the devastated state of many Americans’ finances, our New Year’s resolutions will take on greater significance this year. To “get out of debt” was often a casually stated goal to be set as midnight approached and forgotten soon after; today it is rightly recognized as a fundamental necessity of life.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, December 22, 2008
The Death of Deep Throat and the Crisis of Journalism / Politics / US Politics
By: STRATFOR

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Monday, December 22, 2008
U.S. Government's Own Madoff Style Ponzi Scheme Fraud / Politics / US Politics
By: Dr_Ron_Paul
Billions of dollars were recently lost in the collapse of Bernie Madoff's self-described Ponzi scheme, in which too-good-to-be-true returns on investments were not really returns at all, but the funds of defrauded new investors. The pyramid scheme collapsed dramatically when too many clients called in their accounts, and not enough new victims could be found to support these withdrawals. Bernie Madoff was running a blatant fraud operation. Fraud is already illegal, and he will be facing criminal consequences, which is as it should be, and should act as an appropriate deterrent to potential future criminals. But it seems every time someone breaks the law, politicians and pundits decide we need more laws, even though lack of laws was not the problem.Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, December 22, 2008
The Federal Reserve Bank is the Reason for America's Downfall / Politics / Fiat Currency
By: Darryl_R_Schoon
The American Dream, An Obituary - The American Revolution was an extraordinary event. The idea that freedom was an inherent right, that tyranny could be successfully opposed, that government could serve the people, not the few, was truly revolutionary in 1776—as it is today.
The American Revolution, however, has run its course; and unless resuscitated and given new life, the American dream and the dreams of America 's founding fathers will soon be only a memory. Dreams rarely come to pass and those that do rarely last. The American dream is no exception.
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Fiscal Insanity Virus, the Irrational Fear of Deflation / Politics / Deflation
By: Mike_Shedlock

Scientists have dubbed the disease, FIV, the Fiscal Insanity Virus.
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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Obama's "Business as Usual" Economic and Security Appointments / Politics / US Politics
By: Stephen_Lendman

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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Assessing the Bush Presidency Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration / Politics / US Politics
By: Stephen_Lendman
George W. Bush. US president: January 20, 2001 - January 19, 2009. Born of privilege. Unimpressive by every measure. A history of underachievement. Chosen by big money. Arranged through electoral fraud. Installed by the Supreme Court. Empowered by a dubious "terrorist" act, and ending with a record unmatched by the worst of his predecessors. Assessing the Bush legacy - from its illegitimate birth; through its lawless, belligerent years; to the world potentially on the brink at its end. Exploring it fully as a change of command approaches, and an unenviable task awaits the new incumbent.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Bush–Cheney Legacy: Deconstructing the Spin and Propaganda / Politics / US Politics
By: Walter_Brasch
The chairman of the Republican National Committee may have begun an irreversible descent into a future as a fear-bound paranoid victim of functional amnesia, possibly caused by a hysterical post-traumatic event such as the overwhelming victory of Democrats in the 2008 election and the nation’s repudiation of Republican policies.Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Christmas Should Celebrate Reason, Selfishness and Capitalism / Politics / Social Issues
By: Ayn_Rand
Christmas in America is an exuberant display of human ingenuity, capitalist productivity, and the enjoyment of life. Yet all of these are castigated as “materialistic”; the real meaning of the holiday, we are told, is assorted Nativity tales and altruist injunctions (e.g., love thy neighbor) that no one takes seriously.Read full article... Read full article...