Monthly Archives: September 2009

A lot of what I see happening today is just plain stupid – and sometimes even dangerous. Just this past week, I observed a news story while I was in my hotel room preparing for a speech. The story was … Continue reading →

Last week, Ben Bernanke declared the recession was probably over. Bloomberg (on September 17) reported housing starts were up by 1.5% during the month of August led by multi-family dwellings. So is the recession over? Has the housing market recovered? … Continue reading →

Last week, Obama elected to significantly raise tariffs on Chinese-made tires for a period of 3 years, invoking trade law China agreed to when it joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. According to an article published in “The Wall … Continue reading →

This quote was taken from one of the many newsletters I read. It appeared in the Australian newsletter, “The Privateer”: “In 1909, the US federal government had an annual budget of $US 0.8 Billion. With this it governed a population … Continue reading →

I think most people would agree that George Washington was the most revered of our nations’ early leaders. Yet if I were to tell you his opinion on the way the Federal Reserve and recent Presidential administrations were handling the … Continue reading →