Economy Discussions

Although the 35 rigs already working, and those many lined up, that Obama idled with his Decreed Moratorium on exploration in the Gulf waited a while, they and the jobs and economy they create are leaving now. Though the May 6 Diktat was challenged and struck down in court, Obama appealed the decision and announced plans to issue a ...

by TLaCour 7/7/2010 A detailed, in-depth and comprehensive report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) has just been released that finds a net cost to the USA for its elevated levels of illegal immigration. Using the figure of 13 million illegal immigrants, the study concluded that the drag on the economy due t...

Obama is doing his best to shuffle the deck that seems publicly stacked against him. In the face of rising popular support for border security and for Arizona's law, he is doing two things: trying to appear tough on illegal immigration while actually getting as many illegals "into the shadows" as possible. They are bei...

Literally millions of new tax form filings will be required by the POS "Healthcare" bill passed, and it has nothing to do with health insurance. It's all about payments to vendors, which Fedzilla claims avoids tax payments of $300 billion a year. Now companies will have to 1099 nearly every purchase, except those done ...

Failure Friday Dead Bank Pool Results for Friday July 9, 2010. Four (4) bank failures! Home National Bank Blackwell OK USA Bank Port Chester NY Ideal Federal Savings Bank Baltimore MD Bay National Bank Baltimore MD FFDB Poolers TheStockpiler 5 Texas, Kansas, Tennessee, California and Hawaii No big winner this ...

This is an open letter to all readers of RD and those that contribute to the continuing education that you have put forth here on the white background (instead of a chalkboard). I want to send a personal thank you to all members and, yes, even Anonymous', for their incite, their debate, their candor, their knowledge, their an...

Five months, 24 days to Tax Madness. All those tax cuts "for the rich" die on Jan 1, 2011. After the election, of course, 10% becomes 15% becomes 20% and so on. Marriage penalty is back, as is the Death Tax. Capital gains rises from 15% to 20%, 39% if you make too much (over $50k). Americans for Tax Reform want a single f...

Besides RD, what is the web site that keeps you informed about the economic mess we are all in? Mine is DollarCollapse.com (http://dollarcollapse.com). It is my "ringside seat for the global financial crisis." DC brings together a lot of current article's from many different sources, which helps me see different views ...