Perfect April fool’s day joke from Jonathan Lebed of Lebed.biz
Apr 1, 2010 Federal Reserve, Gold and Silver, Jonathan Lebed, economy, investing, politics
For those who don’t know Jonathan Lebed’s positions on the U.S. economy and monetary policy, this won’t be funny. But for the rest of us, hilarious.
As most of you know, I have been bullish on gold/silver now for many years. Starting in late/2005-early/2006 I urged you repeatedly in countless email alerts to get out of Real Estate (which I predicted would crash into the ground) and accumulate gold (which was around $450 per ounce at the time).
I have remained bullish on gold/silver consistently and never flip-flopped once… until now. Today, I officially am a bear on gold/silver and believe we have a gold/silver bubble.
There is nothing really special about gold and silver. You can’t eat it. You can’t even go to the store and buy anything with it. Americans have become used to fiat currencies and I doubt we will ever go back to the “stone age” of bartering with gold and silver.
Bernanke, Paulson and Geithner did an amazing job at solving the financial crisis of 2008 and we should all bow down and salute them, we owe them a lot. It took a lot of courage from Bernanke to expand the Fed’s balance sheet as much as he did with his brilliant quantitative easing, and it took equally as much courage from Paulson and Geithner to bailout “too-big-to-fail” banks like Citigroup, Bank of America and JP Morgan, but we are all now better off because of it.
Unemployment may be high at 9.7%, but we would likely have 15% or higher unemployment right now if Bernanke, Paulson and Geithner didn’t do what they did. Today, we are on a road towards recovery.
Obama is now making it his main focus to reduce our budget deficit and I predict within a few years we will have a balanced budget. Obama is already taking steps to freeze government spending and I am sure the debt ceiling won’t ever have to be raised again.
I am also extremely confident that Bernanke’s exit strategy will work and he will be able to successfully mop up the excess liquidity before the U.S. experiences hyperinflation. In fact, there are absolutely no signs of inflation anywhere and we might even experience deflation in the years ahead.
With gold up $12 today to $1,126.50 per ounce and silver up $0.429 today to $17.955 per ounce, today could be the perfect exit point and a top for precious metals before a decline similar to what we experienced in late-2008.
The U.S. economy isn’t out of the woods yet, but as bad as things are in the U.S. they are worse everywhere else. China needs the U.S. to police the rest of the world and I am sure the Chinese will continue propping up the U.S. dollar forever because they need Americans to consume their goods. Without the U.S., where would the Chinese export to? Europe? Give me a break… with the crisis in Greece, the Euro is a lot more fundamentally flawed than the U.S. dollar.
The U.S. dollar will always remain the world’s reserve currency. Gold and silver are pretty much useless.
I think this takes the cake for the best April fool’s day 2010 joke.
Tags: barack obama, ben bernanke, economy, gold, Henry Paulson, Jonathan Lebed, silver, Timothy Geithner
Health care bill passes senate (HR 3590)
Mar 21, 2010 Federal Reserve, barack obama, economy, financial, news, politics
What a historic day. Today, in the halls of congress, our Senators drove the last nail in the coffin of the US economy. It is logical to believe that since the government has never been correct in their cost estimates, the health care bill, also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will cost hundreds or even thousands percent more than estimated. In 1966, Medicare was estimated to cost $12 billion per year in 1990. Instead, it cost $107 billion, and today costs $408 billion per year. The Iraq war was estimated to cost $50-$60 billion, and today has cost more than $713 billion – and rising. Why should we believe that this health care bill will be any exception?
If indeed the true cost of the health care bill follows the historical pattern, we could see $10 trillion or more added to the already staggering $12.67 trillion. Tax receipts will not even pay for the interest on public debts. We are already at a point where even if the government taxed Americans 100% of their income, it would not be enough to balance the budget. Rather than taxing Americans 100% of their income, or cutting 100% of spending and entitlement payments such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security, the government will more likely keep borrowing money from the federal reserve in order to monetize the debt – which will cause hyperinflation.
Expect double digit inflation by 2014. This is the new reality – no more fun and games America!
Tags: barack obama, economy, Federal Reserve, financial, health care bill, hr 3590, news
HR 1207 – Audit the Fed – now has 290 cosponsors
Sep 17, 2009 Campaign for Liberty, Federal Reserve, Ron Paul, constitution, economy, financial, news, politics
HR 1207 now having 290 cosponsors is a significant number because now two thirds of the house of representatives is cosponsoring the bill, which means that now the bill is eligible for consideration under suspension of house rules. What that means is that the bill can be expedited through the house, by means of being considered “under suspension”, allowing a two-thirds vote for final passage and limiting floor debate and prohibiting floor amendments. By prohibiting floor amendments, the house votes on the bill as amended, which is what Ron Paul and his cosponsors want for this bill – HR 1207 needs to stay exactly as it is – short and to the point – without being watered down and made ineffective by the global elite controlled politicians that wish to keep the Federal Reserve exactly where it is today – with a stranglehold on the American people.
This is great news – and if your congressman/woman hasn’t cosponsored HR 1207, ask them to cosponsor it today! Also ask your senators if they will cosponsor S 604!
For reference, the house bill HR 1207 is called the “Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009″ and S 604 is called “Federal Reserve Sunshine Act of 2009″.
FREEDOM!!!!
Tags: Campaign for Liberty, constitution, economy, financial, HR 1207, news, politics, Ron Paul, S 604
Ben Bernanke re-nominated for Fed chairman; why do Obama and Congress love Bernanke so?
Aug 31, 2009 Peter Schiff, economy, financial, politics
It is official, Obama re-nominated Ben Bernanke for chairman of the federal reserve. Bernanke still has to be confirmed by the Senate, but that is likely to happen. Why? Why do Obama and the Congress love Ben Bernanke so much?
Obama and the Congress love Bernanke because he makes their lives very easy. Obama can’t run his huge deficits without Bernanke. Congress doesn’t have to cut spending with Bernanke. Obama wants desperately to keep Bernanke around in order to run his socialized health care system. All of the deficit spending is possible because unlike Paul Volker, Ben Bernanke is letting Obama and Congress off the hook by monetizing all the debt.
Politicians hated Paul Volker because he raised interest rates to over 20% during his chairmanship. They all wanted him to resign because they could no longer run deficits that they thought they needed to get re-elected. Alan Greenspan, often heralded as the greatest Fed chairman ever, lowered interest rates to 1%, effectively monetizing debt through the expansion of the money supply via wide open credit from the Fed. Ben Bernanke is doing the same thing – delaying the inevitable economic pain and suffering – by lowering interest rates to a staggering all time low of 0%. Of course Obama and the Congress love Bernanke! They can continue to spend, spend, spend, with no short term consequences. The consequences are delayed and transferred to our children, who will inherit the debt and won’t be able to repay it.
See Peter Schiff’s great video below.
Tags: ben bernanke, congress, economy, Federal Reserve, Peter Schiff
Bill Posey questions Ben Bernanke on federal reserve transparency
Jul 22, 2009 Ron Paul, economy, news, politics
During a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, following Ron Paul, Bill Posey questions Ben Bernanke on inflation and Federal Reserve transparency. My favorite part of this video is when Ben Bernanke says, “because, we have to be extraordinarily careful that the markets and the public don’t think that congress is trying to influence monetary policy decisions”. Bernanke is showing just how scared he is that the fed is soon going to be opened up to a FULL GAO audit as per the language in HR 1207. Why Bernanke feels that the PEOPLE should not be able to influence monetary policy, through their elected representatives, is far beyond me.
Watch and enjoy.
Also watch Ron Paul’s questioning of Ben Bernanke on the same day.
Tags: audit the fed, ben bernanke, Bill Posey, economy, Federal Reserve, HR 1207, monetary policy, Ron Paul
Great links for the liberty minded
Apr 22, 2009 Campaign for Liberty, Ron Paul, chuck baldwin, constitution, economy, news, politics
If you’d like to learn about Austrian economics, visit mises.org.
Learn about economics, the Federal Reserve, the Constitution, current news, and civil liberties at freedomwatchonfox.com with Judge Napolitano.
Learn about the Federal Reserve, Iraq, the Constitution, civil liberties, and taxes at campaignforliberty.com – the continuation of Ron Paul’s presidential campaign and freedom movement.
Learn about the Federal Reserve, economics, Iraq, gold, and silver at lewrockwell.com.
Also please check out Chuck Baldwin’s newsletter at chuckbaldwinlive.com! Baldwin will talk about topics ranging from Iraq, gold and silver, the new world order, world government, globalism, Christianity, and much much more.
I will add more great links in the future, so check back!
Tags: Campaign for Liberty, chuck baldwin, constitution, economy, news, politics, Ron Paul
The Federal Reserve slashes interest rate to 0, throws gas on the fire
Dec 18, 2008 Ron Paul, economy, news, politics
Ben Bernanke
On December 16, 2008, the Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate to a range between 0 and .25%, the lowest since 1954.
Why does the Federal Reserve, a group of wealthy private bankers who were unconstitutionally given a monopoly on the creation of money in the United States, think it can solve this economic crisis by doing the very thing it did to create the problem in the first place? By lowering interest rates, the Federal Reserve is attempting to inject liquidity into the market by making lending more attractive to member banks, and their member banks, all the way down to the consumer trying to buy a car or house he/she cannot afford. As if the massive debt realized by this process is not bad enough, the money that the Fed issues is printed out of thin air, and thus debases the dollar.
I suppose there is some good news: the Federal Reserve cannot lower interest rates any more! When this last ditch effort to mend the economy fails, which it is bound to do, everyone will (finally) understand that the Federal Reserve cannot simply print wealth. Everyone will understand that deficit financing and monetization of debt can only last so long. Everyone will understand what happens when an organization like the Federal Reserve is allowed to operate with no oversight, regulation, or transparency to the people of the United States of America. Everyone will finally understand that the unlimited production of fiat currency is a system that is inherently flawed and destined for failure.
Everyone will realize that Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, and so many others were right after all.
Tags: ben bernanke, economy, Federal Reserve, inflation, Peter Schiff, Ron Paul
