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U.S. NEWS: As the media has determined that John McCain and Mitt Romney are the only candidates that deserve a look, Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee were reduced to watching the former mentioned pair exchange insults in last night’s debate.
In my [...]
What Ya Gonna Do When the Well Runs Dry?
By Mike Folkerth
I’m going to break out that old saw of growth again today for those who may have forgotten what the real problem is.
The U.S. economy and your paycheck are based on this outfit growing every year in relation to what [...]
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U.S. NEWS: Consumer spending and the mood in Congress are both down. The Presidential and Congressional cheerleading team has found it necessary to take up the chant “You ain’t havin’ fun unless you’re shopping.”
The crowd shouted back, “We don’t have any [...]
I constantly attempt to create analogies that represent our system of ever expanding economic growth and the impossibility of continuing the same. Growth is not the answer; it’s the problem.
I have been a guest speaker on Frosty Wooldridge’s national radio program, Connecting The Dots, and relate well to the expression “carrying capacity,” [...]
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U.S. NEWS: As the ten year campaign for president drags on, the candidates are throwing out the reasons for America being in the tough shape that we find ourselves in.
I should say, throwing out the reason: George Bush. George Bush is [...]
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U.S. NEWS: As world stock markets follow their U.S. counterparts to subterranean levels, one has to ask where the bottom may be found. And, why are the foreign markets heading south to begin with?
Perhaps even more troubling is the burning question [...]
Imagine how bad the economy would have to be for the president of the United States to admit that under his leadership, the country was going down the tubes so decisively, that 10 months before election, he had to go on TV and address this horrible reality.
Now, imagine that you are a member [...]
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For those of you who missed it, I was on national talk radio Tuesday on “Connecting The Dots” with host Frosty Wooldridge. I’ll be on again tonight for a new show between 6 and 7 P.M. MST. You can go to rebublicbroadcasting.com [...]
Let’s all just calm down and wait until November until we see who actually gets elected. After that, we can enjoy Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years while we wait for the January inauguration. After that we can give it a couple of years to see what changes our new president in going to make. And [...]
The following was sent to me by reader Michael Hayes. What Michael has to say is important. It represents the domino effect of a failing economy, a subject that I have written on many times.
The U.S. is a consumption based economy. Some 62% of all employment in America is based on consumer spending. Consequently, [...]
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