We are now seeing a disconnect between how the public and policymakers/central banks perceive what each calls "inflation". The public at large, encouraged by talk from the hard-money gold crowd, are encouraged to see "inflation" whenever certain key prices go up. Recently we've seen gasoline and food prices go up, and along with these price increases more … Continue reading Inflation vs. The Cost of Living
Day: February 15, 2011
Republicans and Obama Raised Taxes on Poor
It totally missed this item last December when the tax "compromise" between Obama and the Republicans in Congress was passed. Since the Obama tax cuts from 2009 did not survive the compromise, only the Bush cuts for the upper brackets did, taxes were effectively raised on the poorest 51 million Americans. Even though the payroll … Continue reading Republicans and Obama Raised Taxes on Poor