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California Economics Professor Wants to Drive California Off a Cliff

So his answer is to keep government spending going and the status quo spending that got us into this mess in the first place.

Let me ask you something….if your family is in dire financial straits, do you cut back in your spending or keep things as they are?

18May2009 | Doug Digger Eberhardt | View Comments | Continued
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Is Warren Buffet Right About Inflation?

Warren Buffet agrees with me that higher inflation is in our future.
I wrote about this likely outcome in February of 2008.  See what Buffet had to say recently and what I wrote about last year below, and then read what I say about Buffet’s incorrect presumptions about the future;
5/2/09 – Warren Buffet
Buffett: Bailout Costs [...]

11May2009 | Doug Digger Eberhardt | View Comments | Continued
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The Demise of GM and How the U.S. Is On the Same Course “As GM Goes, So Goes the Nation”

I truly believe a year from now we’ll have many of the answers we’ve all been waiting for. I choose a year from now because once this Presidential political distraction is over with, and we’ve had another year of the continued crack up from the sub-prime mess and more bank failures, and more fed [...]

22Oct2008 | Doug Digger Eberhardt | View Comments | Continued
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Vote For Those That Voted “NO” To the Bailout Come November

Voting for those senators and house rep.’s who voted “no” for this bailout bill would be a good protest vote come November.
Below is the response from my local house rep. Typical politician double speak…”I’m against it but I voted for it…”
Senator Feinstein voted for it and replied to my letter of protest. Senator Boxer [...]

4Oct2008 | Doug Digger Eberhardt | View Comments | Continued
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America’s Infrastructure In 2009: Grade “F”

In 2005, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) came out with a report card on America’s Infrastructure. The overall grade from the 2005 report was D, down from a D+ in 2001. William Henry, president of the ASCE, said; “Since the time our infrastructure was last graded in 2001, [...]

14Jul2008 | Doug Digger Eberhardt | View Comments | Continued
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Are Congressmen Stupid or Ignorant?

Congress is taking our nation towards bankruptcy because they don’t address the Evil that allows them to wage war and spend like there’s no tomorrow. They live like kings and queens and they do so because We The Serfs don’t speak up!
Congress is taking our nation towards bankruptcy because they don’t address [...]

3Mar2008 | Doug Digger Eberhardt | View Comments | Continued
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Which Would You Prefer, Higher Taxes or Higher Inflation?

Which Would You Prefer, Higher Taxes or Higher Inflation?
Guess what folks? You’re getting both…and it’s not going to get better anytime soon!
Journalist Melissa Lee was on the “Today” show on 2/27/08 telling “everyone” that they should be 75% in stocks and 25% in bonds because “that is the only way to beat inflation.” [...]

28Feb2008 | Doug Digger Eberhardt | View Comments | Continued