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by Michael Inflation is a tax that nobody can escape. No matter how hard you may try, the rising cost of living is going to catch up with you eventually, and we live at a time when the cost of living has become exceedingly painful. The reason why the cost of living has become such …
The Fed’s expansion of the money supply inflates asset prices and stock portfolios, while eroding the purchasing power and standard of living of the bottom 90%. The top 10% of wealthy Americans now control 60% of the nation’s wealth America’s looming hunger crisis divides nation: 40 million to lose SNAP food aid amid government shutdown …
by Michael Do you feel knots in your stomach due to financial stress? If so, you certainly have lots of company. All of a sudden, everyone is talking about the cost of living and prices are rising by double-digit percentages all around us. There are so many people out there right now that feel like they are …
This tweet is, very kindly, getting some attention in America It is honest Britain is not in a good way. The decent live in fear. The bad seem to commit crime without any consequences And all of us, have always looked to America for help in dark times. — Steven Barrett (@SBarrettBar) August 10, 2025
Fair Tax Act would abolish IRS and income tax, replacing it with national sales tax to stop inflation and protect working families. Paul Mullen’s right—Americans are drowning in layers of taxation and inflation-fueled theft. The Fair Tax Act (H.R. 25) slashes this bureaucratic stranglehold by abolishing income, payroll, and capital gains taxes, replacing them with …
Consumers are feeling the pinch, and the situation is only getting worse. After years of negative real wage growth and escalating credit card debt, retail sales are reflecting a harsh reality: inflation is biting harder than ever. After 4 years of negative real wage growth and mounting credit card debt, consumers are done; retail sales …
1/ Mortgage Meltdown Incoming? The share of 🇨🇦 mortgages in arrears (90+ days overdue) has jumped 50% since hitting historic lows. The latest rate of 0.21% might seem small, but here’s why it’s a ticking time bomb for the housing market. pic.twitter.com/ZPhxPWHTQF — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) January 4, 2025 3/ For context, the number of mortgages …
🇨🇦 landlords are drowning in red ink, clinging to hopes of future equity gains while the cash bleed grows https://t.co/Qqm6cHMJmA — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) December 2, 2024 BREAKING: 1 million Ontarians used food banks. With food costs already UP 35%, Trudeau will hike his carbon tax on food again next year, on his path to QUADRUPLING …
by Michael U.S. consumers have piled up the largest mountain of household debt in the history of the world. If the federal government was not almost 36 trillion dollars in debt, the fact that U.S. households are nearly 18 trillion dollars in debt would be making a lot more headlines. Sadly, our entire society is absolutely …
This is super depressing. In Arizona…Average price of a home… in 2000 – $119,600in 2010 – $221,900In 2015 – $289,000In 2024 – $426,680 The price of a home in Arizona increased by approximately 256.75 from 2000 to 2024 Median income/salary…in 2000 – $42,000 in… — RoxiUSA 🇺🇲 (@2Trump2024) September 27, 2024 This is HOT! Independent …
The clock is ticking, problems may deepen Why do small banks have such big problems? Many Chinese cities and even entire regions are drowning in debt. The liabilities were so high that local government representatives sent envoys to Beijing in the spring. They are negotiating terms for repaying billions in loans. Unpaid debts are increasingly …
I sense that the market is currently stagnant, and we’re on the edge, anticipating a series of negative events. Banks and other lenders are likely to grapple with extensive non-performing loan portfolios. It’s time to brace ourselves for what’s coming. Source: https://cre.moodysanalytics.com/insights/cre-news/ma-cre-office-loan-maturity-monitor-office-borrowers-still-struggling-for-takeouts-also-time-to-worry-about-multifamily/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP9HHlc30MU&t=118s h/t guardimus
by Chris Black Let me explain how atrocity propaganda works. They show you a banana and say it is an orange, and they flood the zone with a claim so many times that people who have seen a banana will swear they remember seeing an orange. For example, while claiming that “hundreds” or ravers were …
✓Breaking MYSTERY DROWNING 911 call made from Obama's Martha's Vineyard home Search for body continues Secret Service refuses to comment [Developing] pic.twitter.com/B85NErQV2e — iSource News (@isource_news) July 24, 2023 911 call from Obama’s estate on Martha’s Vineyard sparks massive multi-agency response for paddleboarder, 43, who went missing in pond behind the $12M property The man, …