Posts Tagged ‘ tea party ’

Politics, Paper Money, and the United States Entrepreneurial Culture

Oct 21st, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
We inadvertently stepped into "it" with readers of The 5 this month. The background: On Inauguration Day 2009, 2 million people converged on Washington, D.C. "Two million people don't gather in one place unless things are really good, or really bad," we observed that day. There is a fine line between the ...read more

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Doug Casey on the Tea Party Movement

Nov 1st, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Louis: So, Doug, about the Tea Party? Doug: Consider what seems to be brewing in the Tea Party movement. It’s just a straw in the wind, of no real significance itself, but a foreshadowing of something ominous. All the false hope this Tea Party movement is creating impresses me as similar ...read more

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Do They Wear White Hoods at Their Tea Parties?

Mar 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
I did not watch the coverage of the protests against Obamacare last weekend, nor the coverage of the actual passing of the health care bill, nor the coverage of President Obama’s signing. I had had enough by the time all this came up. I knew where I stood, nothing that ...read more

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A Tax Day Lament and a Warning

Apr 15th, 2009 | By | Category: Currencies, Featured, Personal Investing, Politics
Your editor is as rueful as can be today, Shooters…absolutely full of rue… I’m like a former child star, tidying up the cell he shares with his prison boyfriend and wondering where it all went wrong... How many of you are wondering on this latest April 15 — as I am — ...read more

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