Sunday, May 5, 2013
Number of Homeless Americans Rising
In 2010, US President, Barack Obama promised to end homelessness for children within a decade. Three years later, the number of families living on America's streets is on the rise. Many people blame the state of the economy, but other factors are making the problem worse.
Ron Paul ~ The Federal Reserve Blows More Bubbles
Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk 5/6//13: Federal Reserve Blows More Bubbles
Federal Reserve Blows More Bubbles
by Ron Paul
Last week at its regular policy-setting meeting, the Federal Reserve announced it would double down on the policies that have failed to produce anything but a stagnant economy. It was a disappointing, but not surprising, move.
The Fed affirmed that it is prepared to increase its monthly purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities if things don't start looking up. But actually the Fed has already been buying more than the announced $85 billion per month. Between February and March, the Fed's securities holdings increased $95 billion. From March to April, they increased $100 billion. In all, the Fed has pumped more than a half trillion dollars into the economy since announcing its latest round of "quantitative easing" (QE3) in September 2012.
Although many were up in arms when the Fed said it would buy $600 billion in government debt outright for the previous round, QE2, all seems quiet about the magnitude of QE3 because it doesn't come with huge up-front total price tag. But by year's end the Fed's balance sheet could hit $4 trillion.
With no recovery in sight, where's all this money going? It is creating bubbles. Bubbles in the housing sector, the stock market, and government debt. The national debt is fast approaching $17 trillion, with the Fed monetizing most of the newly issued debt. The stock market has been hitting record highs for the past two months as investors seek to capitalize on the Fed's easy money. After all, as long as the Fed keeps the spigot open, nominal profits are there for the taking. But this is a house of cards. Eventually, just like in 2008-2009, the market will discipline the bad actions of the Fed and seek to find the real normal.
In the meantime, real families are suffering. While Wall Street and the government take advantage of access to the Fed's new "free" money, the Fed claims there is no inflation. But who hasn't paid higher prices at the grocery store, the gas pump, for tuition, for insurance? It's bad enough that household incomes have stagnated, but real purchasing power has declined so much that one in seven Americans, 47.3 million people, are on food stamps. Five million are collecting unemployment insurance with 21.5 million afflicted by unemployment according to the government's own figures. That's 13.9 percent -- close to double the 7.5 percent unemployment number reported last week.
We are certainly not in a recovery. We don't see the long unemployment and soup kitchen lines like in the Great Depression, but that's just because the lines are electronic now.
It is not surprising the Fed has decided to hand the American people more of the same failed policies. But it is disappointing. We know what the real solution is: allow the marketplace to work. Allow entrepreneurs the chance to create instead of stifling innovation with arbitrary regulations. Allow interest rates to rise to equal the risks in the economy. Allow bad debts to be liquidated so we can build on a firm foundation. Stop printing money to benefit the government and big banks. Restore sound money to the economy and the American people. Sound money is the bedrock for prosperity and the best check on big government and crony capitalism.
Federal Reserve Blows More Bubbles
by Ron Paul
Last week at its regular policy-setting meeting, the Federal Reserve announced it would double down on the policies that have failed to produce anything but a stagnant economy. It was a disappointing, but not surprising, move.
The Fed affirmed that it is prepared to increase its monthly purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities if things don't start looking up. But actually the Fed has already been buying more than the announced $85 billion per month. Between February and March, the Fed's securities holdings increased $95 billion. From March to April, they increased $100 billion. In all, the Fed has pumped more than a half trillion dollars into the economy since announcing its latest round of "quantitative easing" (QE3) in September 2012.
Although many were up in arms when the Fed said it would buy $600 billion in government debt outright for the previous round, QE2, all seems quiet about the magnitude of QE3 because it doesn't come with huge up-front total price tag. But by year's end the Fed's balance sheet could hit $4 trillion.
With no recovery in sight, where's all this money going? It is creating bubbles. Bubbles in the housing sector, the stock market, and government debt. The national debt is fast approaching $17 trillion, with the Fed monetizing most of the newly issued debt. The stock market has been hitting record highs for the past two months as investors seek to capitalize on the Fed's easy money. After all, as long as the Fed keeps the spigot open, nominal profits are there for the taking. But this is a house of cards. Eventually, just like in 2008-2009, the market will discipline the bad actions of the Fed and seek to find the real normal.
In the meantime, real families are suffering. While Wall Street and the government take advantage of access to the Fed's new "free" money, the Fed claims there is no inflation. But who hasn't paid higher prices at the grocery store, the gas pump, for tuition, for insurance? It's bad enough that household incomes have stagnated, but real purchasing power has declined so much that one in seven Americans, 47.3 million people, are on food stamps. Five million are collecting unemployment insurance with 21.5 million afflicted by unemployment according to the government's own figures. That's 13.9 percent -- close to double the 7.5 percent unemployment number reported last week.
We are certainly not in a recovery. We don't see the long unemployment and soup kitchen lines like in the Great Depression, but that's just because the lines are electronic now.
It is not surprising the Fed has decided to hand the American people more of the same failed policies. But it is disappointing. We know what the real solution is: allow the marketplace to work. Allow entrepreneurs the chance to create instead of stifling innovation with arbitrary regulations. Allow interest rates to rise to equal the risks in the economy. Allow bad debts to be liquidated so we can build on a firm foundation. Stop printing money to benefit the government and big banks. Restore sound money to the economy and the American people. Sound money is the bedrock for prosperity and the best check on big government and crony capitalism.
The Alex Jones Show - Sunday, May 05, 2013 (Full Show)
On the Sunday, May 5 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex covers the outrageous Israeli strike on Syria, and the total Twilight Zone-like bizarreness of Syria being unable to retaliate or defend itself due to the dilemma that any form of reprisal would likely give a green light for a full scale military assault by the US and Israel. Alex also breaks down how the West is committing war crimes by funding and arming the Al-Qaeda-led Syrian rebels, and examines the "It can't happen here" mentality comforting naive Americans. On today's show, Alex will also analyze the persecution of Christians in the military and recently at a high school in Texas, and get into how the Boston bombing suspects being denied legal counsel is complete defiance of the Sixth Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
Who and What are the Illuminati ?
On this edition of DTRH Popeye covers the 237th Birthday of the Illuminati; Their infiltration of Freemasonry and politics; A basic structure of how they operate; And their basic goals. He ends the broadcast on a positive note with the speech INCHES.
Israel and US Middle East Nuclear Holocaust and Genocide
US, Western and Israeli governments have an addiction to killing, destruction and chaos, usually where there is the most lucrative gains in the aftermath.
Here is a dictionary definition of holocaust: ‘Any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life and ‘A great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire’. ‘A great destruction or loss of life or the source of such destruction’. HaShoah, means ‘catastrophe’ in Yiddish: And Churben or Hurban means ‘destruction’ in Hebrew. The word holocaust means ‘the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group’, which is precisely what is happening in the Middle East by the Western Governments and Israel.
The US, Western and Israeli Governments may not have killed six million people yet as with the holocaust but they are catching up quickly. They are picking fights with anyone now, wherever they have something to gain, and like a big bully in a schoolyard, I believe their fingers are itching to try out the big nuclear bombs again as they couldn’t wait to in Hiroshima, with no apology to this day! Though this time they will be using Israel to set the bombs off for them, with $6 million dollars a day being given to Israel by the US government, as bribery to be a strategic position for the US and as a ‘hit man’ for them.
What difference is there in a suicide bomber blowing himself up in a bus shelter and killing 20 innocent people and classed as a terrorist, or the US or Israeli pilot who drops bombs from a cowardly 10,000 feet killing many times more innocent people. And ironically the suicide bomber is often taking revenge for the murder of his family and fellow citizens by the air strikes.
This is how war crimes have partially been defined in the dictionary; The ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied territory, the murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war, the killing of prisoners, the wanton destruction of cities, towns and villages, and any devastation not justified by military, or civilian necessity. It is quite obvious that the people that make the laws break the laws they make, and are clearly not bound by those laws, but elevate themselves above them. What a shining example they are to the rest of the populace who have put their faith and trust in them. But people are waking up now to the truth. It’s now better late than never.
Figures vary but up to 1,000,000 (1 million) people were killed in Iraq. Many more have died indirectly, from the loss of clean drinking water, healthcare, and nutrition. An additional 365,000 have been wounded and 7.8 million people — equal to the combined population of Connecticut and Kentucky — have been displaced. (Huffington Post)
Estimates from other sources have doubled some of these figures. This doesn’t take into account the genocide from depleted uranium with generations of children wiped out from nuclear contamination. – Jason Liosatos.
Here is a dictionary definition of holocaust: ‘Any mass slaughter or reckless destruction of life and ‘A great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire’. ‘A great destruction or loss of life or the source of such destruction’. HaShoah, means ‘catastrophe’ in Yiddish: And Churben or Hurban means ‘destruction’ in Hebrew. The word holocaust means ‘the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group’, which is precisely what is happening in the Middle East by the Western Governments and Israel.
The US, Western and Israeli Governments may not have killed six million people yet as with the holocaust but they are catching up quickly. They are picking fights with anyone now, wherever they have something to gain, and like a big bully in a schoolyard, I believe their fingers are itching to try out the big nuclear bombs again as they couldn’t wait to in Hiroshima, with no apology to this day! Though this time they will be using Israel to set the bombs off for them, with $6 million dollars a day being given to Israel by the US government, as bribery to be a strategic position for the US and as a ‘hit man’ for them.
What difference is there in a suicide bomber blowing himself up in a bus shelter and killing 20 innocent people and classed as a terrorist, or the US or Israeli pilot who drops bombs from a cowardly 10,000 feet killing many times more innocent people. And ironically the suicide bomber is often taking revenge for the murder of his family and fellow citizens by the air strikes.
This is how war crimes have partially been defined in the dictionary; The ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied territory, the murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war, the killing of prisoners, the wanton destruction of cities, towns and villages, and any devastation not justified by military, or civilian necessity. It is quite obvious that the people that make the laws break the laws they make, and are clearly not bound by those laws, but elevate themselves above them. What a shining example they are to the rest of the populace who have put their faith and trust in them. But people are waking up now to the truth. It’s now better late than never.
Figures vary but up to 1,000,000 (1 million) people were killed in Iraq. Many more have died indirectly, from the loss of clean drinking water, healthcare, and nutrition. An additional 365,000 have been wounded and 7.8 million people — equal to the combined population of Connecticut and Kentucky — have been displaced. (Huffington Post)
Estimates from other sources have doubled some of these figures. This doesn’t take into account the genocide from depleted uranium with generations of children wiped out from nuclear contamination. – Jason Liosatos.
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