This article appeared originally over at The Economic Collapse - a great site. – – – Rourke The recent elections in France and in Greece have thrown the global financial system into an uproar. Fear and worry are everywhere and nobody is quite sure what is going to happen next. All of the financial deals that [...]
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0085 was submitted in Wyoming this past week and has caused quite a stir. Basically the bill requests a study to be done by the state to determine what the state must do in case of the collapse of the Federal Government. The bill starts off by stating the bills purpose: AN [...]
Note from Rourke: I value everyone’s opinions – even those that differ from mine. With that said….I present this guest post. Raising the Debt Ceiling Can Prevent the Forthcoming Recession- Give It A Thought by Sophie Kinsella The Congress has decided to reduce the federal deficit to the gradual economic recovery. As its immediate effect, it is [...]
As if the news can’t get any worse for those who pay attention – Standard and Poor’s changed it’s outlook on the US credit rating from “stable” to”negative”. This is a significant event. Investing in the United States has long been considered probably the safest most secure investment in the word. This is certainly a step in [...]
The following is being re-posted with permission from SHTFblog.com . I read it and felt it was great – so I asked if I could also post it here. Main Stream Media vs The Blogosphere – What’s the Economy Really Doing? by Jarhead Survivor on March 18, 2011 Today – straight from the SHTFblog newsroom: [...]
Ok everyone – another poll. I think these are fun and it is interesting to see the results. So – how do you think things will be in 5 years?
The Rourke family went on a tour of a winery not too far from home. Very interesting how wine is made – especially on a large scale. During the tour the owner discussed raw material and guess what – how the prices have been going up on them recently and reducing his profit margins. [...]
I pay very close attention to food prices as I do the grocery shopping in my family. Recently – I have noticed that prices – even sale prices – were higher than normal. Often I found myself noticing that regular prices were almost double on some items, then then marked down 30% for a sale. [...]
Reprinted with permission via TheEconomicCollapseBlog.com . Is America In Decline? 24 Statistics About The United States Economy That Are Almost Too Embarrassing To Admit Does anyone really want to hear that America is in decline? For decades, most of us have been raised to believe that the United States is “number one” and that anyone [...]
Bill Simon, CEO of Wal-Mart’s U.S. business, at a recent Goldman Sachs conferance made the following comments regarding customer behavior: “I don’t need to tell you that our customer remains challenged…You need not go farther than one of our stores on midnight at the end of the month. And it’s real interesting to watch, about 11 [...]
I recently recieved several inquiries as to why I included “Stash $10.00 in nickles” on one of my posts – Evaluating Goals. Saving nickels is supposed to be a hedge against inflation. Here is the reasoning: The United States nickel is made up of 75% copper and 25% nickel. Should inflation take hold and the cost [...]
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