Archive for July, 2011

Gerald Celente: US is Going to Bankrupt, Numbers Don’t Lie

While the politicians battle it out over who would be to blame if the American economy hit a brick wall, Gerald Celente from the US-based Trends Journal says the political elite will not recognize simple solutions to curb America’s deficit. ­”The country is going bankrupt — just look at the numbers. The numbers do not [...]

Thom Hartmann – The Debt Ceiling Exposed

Wright-Patt Credit Union Plans $33M for Student Loans

Wright-Patt Credit Union is pledging to award $33 million for student loans through the nationwide Credit Union Student Choice effort. WPCU, which previously committed $20 million in student funding to its members, is one of nearly 200 credit unions that have jointly pledged to award $1 billion in student loans through Credit Union Student Choice, [...]

0% Interest Rates for Student Loans to Encourage Nursing

Rhode Island will offer nursing students zero interest student loans if they agree to work in the state after graduation. Gov. Lincoln Chafee (CHAY’-fee) plans to announce the new initiative Tuesday. It’s designed to address a projected shortage of nurses in the Ocean State. To qualify, nursing students would have to agree to work at [...]

Americans’ Take on the Debt Ceiling

Thom Hartmann discusses a recent ABC/Washington Post poll and Gallup poll which reveals Americans are in favor of increasing tax hikes on the wealthy and are greatly concerned about job growth. Later in the show, Thom debates president of Less Government, Seton Motley on Governor Rick Scott’s refusal to take government funds to help Florida’s [...]

Escape from America

(DollarVigilante.com) Recently I was surfing the internet and reading some of my favorite writers and thinkers when something dawned on me.  I read articles or interviews with the following people – all of whom I respect and enjoy their viewpoints – in approximately the following order: Marc Faber, The Gloom, Boom and Doom Report Doug [...]

Gold $1600 an Ounce, $1688 by the End of 2011

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Goldprice hit its all time high at $1603 an ounce. Silver rose 3.3% its highest price since early May 2011. Economists say that the rush into precious metals is due to the political debate that took place over whether or not to raise the US debt ceiling. But most of all, investors remain worried about [...]

Should the US Oil be Nationalized?

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Only last week, a pipeline belonging to Exxon Mobil underneath the Yellowstone River ruptured, spewing tons to crude into the notable waterway. Over the weekend the company re-examined the spill after first downplaying the area of contamination, and it turns out that over 42,000 gallons of oil has coated more than 10 miles of the [...]

$5000 Gold, $1000 Silver

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Gold hit its all-time high $1,594 an ounce, taking silver up to $39 an ounce. While some economists in the United States doubt that the gold price is going to continue to climb and that the gold bubble is going to burst any time soon, economic news channels around the world are considering gold to [...]

Why Bernanke is a Global Laughing-Stock for Saying “Gold isn’t Money”

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Responding to Ben Bernanke’s statement to Ron Paul that god isn’t money, the NIA (National Inflation Association) published their recent newsletter, explaining why they believe Bernanke is wrong and why American’s should know that gold IS money. During the session with Congressman Ron Paul, Bernanke said that the Federal Reserve is prepared to act with [...]