tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987302.comments2023-04-13T06:48:49.466-05:00Get Wealth-EdBrianMcMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10398039552715113665noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987302.post-65014917631156252172009-02-07T18:33:00.000-06:002009-02-07T18:33:00.000-06:00great find!BUY GOLD!great find!<BR/><BR/>BUY GOLD!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987302.post-45204953037085074472009-02-06T19:31:00.000-06:002009-02-06T19:31:00.000-06:00why does the US have to be the policeman to the wo...why does the US have to be the policeman to the world?<BR/><BR/>the US is still an empire. Has been since WWII. We can put our power (hegemony) where we like. That is one of Bush's largest mistakes going into Iraq when we should have been attacking Taliban. It's funny what Rove says bc he was wrong on Iraq. Was no threat to us. Maybe to Israel. He had no WMDs. A nation can't just attack another nation unilaterally just bc the leader is "a bad guy"<BR/><BR/>the comments you left on LivingoffD blog were interesting on Peter Schiff and the history of Spain etc thanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987302.post-66114473901794741872009-02-04T06:08:00.000-06:002009-02-04T06:08:00.000-06:00It is a tough question. But my answer is: the Wor...It is a tough question. But my answer is: the World needs someone to police its biggest (cross-border) problems and the responsibility has defaulted to America the past 50 plus years. <BR/><BR/>The U.N. should be the one to get it done, but they can't make a decision. There are too many countervailing views that cancel each other out (politics). <BR/><BR/>We don't police every problem because we don't have the resources, the will, or the global mandate. Don't be fooled by the noisy minority. Many around the world are silently glad we take on the burden. (The Saudis have appreciated our policing of Iraq, for example, as Hussein was a menace to stability in the Middle East and would have eventually attacked Saudi Arabia as he did Kuwait).<BR/><BR/>All that said, I would be happy if others would take up the charge, or if the U.N. actually worked (as it did somewhat in Bosnia in the 90s). Then it would live up to the ideal it represents.BrianMcMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398039552715113665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987302.post-81915305637395774022008-09-09T00:42:00.000-05:002008-09-09T00:42:00.000-05:00one of my friends on the east coast actually told ...one of my friends on the east coast actually told me friday evening that there was a rumor of this occurrance.<BR/><BR/>too bad I exited my short position WAY too early!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987302.post-72805227265605354842008-08-08T08:10:00.000-05:002008-08-08T08:10:00.000-05:00Sure, that would be great. What is your blog site...Sure, that would be great. What is your blog site. You did not leave its address.<BR/><BR/>I will post your site under "Great Financial Sites". If you publish "guest posts", you can review anything I submit on my site and use it if you tell me first. I will also edit it so it fits on your site (eliminate references to previous posts on my site).<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/><BR/>BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987302.post-79803267818530167512008-08-08T02:40:00.000-05:002008-08-08T02:40:00.000-05:00hey, I like your blog. would you like to exchange ...hey, I like your blog. would you like to exchange site links?mphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02803059053571729962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987302.post-40919209211379268042008-08-04T09:21:00.000-05:002008-08-04T09:21:00.000-05:00It's called Keynesian Economics and its done in ju...It's called Keynesian Economics and its done in just about every recession since the 1930s and maybe before. It has been proven that priming the pump with borrowed money works to stimulate the economy, thereby saving jobs.<BR/><BR/>The big trick is turning off the stimulation before spending borrowed dollars ignites inflation, by aggressively expanding the money supply ahead of increases in production (unbalancing supply vs. demand). That is a trick that sometimes eludes elected officials, who know that giving away money is a good way to get re-elected. <BR/><BR/>But executed properly, using something like money supply as a way to measure monetary expansion vs. contraction, there is plenty of historic and academic evidence the approach works very well.BrianMcMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10398039552715113665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987302.post-69150463798778262822008-08-03T21:09:00.000-05:002008-08-03T21:09:00.000-05:00stimulating an economy with purchases you cannot a...stimulating an economy with purchases you cannot afford doesn't seem very smart to me.Adventures In Money Makinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626547145630159461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23987302.post-23141774469416758582008-03-22T17:48:00.000-05:002008-03-22T17:48:00.000-05:00Brian,I tend to agree with your arguements but I d...Brian,<BR/><BR/>I tend to agree with your arguements but I do have to disagree with one portion. I do not think housing should appreciate faster than inflation in the long run. If housing appreciates at inflation+1 eventually if will be unaffordable to by a home. This +1 effect will eventually lead us to the same place we are now just takes a bit longer to get there. So anyway your numbers should be based only on the rate of inflation IMO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com