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June 3, 2016

Your Home is your...snitch? When your appliances work as police informants.

fromTheMarshallProject: “From a law enforcement or intelligence perspective, smart appliances are very valuable tools that can let us monitor or listen to individuals,” says a former FBI executive assistant director.
Police State America Government is Watching Every Move You Make

Colorado set to become first In U.S. To use “smart pavement” to monitor drivers In real-time

fromActivistPost: The rise of connected smart cities is in fact based upon multi-use systems and is being imposed with very little debate. It is an all-encompassing agenda that politicians everywhere fully support.
Government is Watching Every Move You Make

Trump has cut federal payroll by 24,000 jobs

fromCNSNews: The federal government cut 3,000 jobs in May and federal employment has now dropped by 24,000 since President Donald Trump took office, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

VIDEO: Mike Rowe - When safety and feelings become priorities

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: The safety first mentality is challenged at long last.
Political Correctness and Other Nitwittery

Breaking down America’s worst long-term challenges

fromTheDailyBell: Debt, the retirement crisis and the destruction of our currency.
Economic Policy: Statism Versus The Free Market

VIDEO: Tucker Carlson - Spy Games - Corruption@FBI 13

fromLibertyPen/YouTube: Now, we know the Obama FBI had implanted a spy within the Trump to deposit information that could later be used as a basis for investigation.
The Government is Not Us Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

How And Why Gov't Will ‘Borrow’ Your Retirement Savings

by Simon Black. The stage is set. According to financial research firm ICI, total retirement assets in the Land of the Free now exceed $23 trillion. $7.3 trillion of that is held in Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). That’s an appetizing figure, especially for a government that just passed $19 trillion in debt and is in pressing need of new funding sources. ... MORE

A Sneaky Way To Reduce Social Security Benefits

Ponzi's next move: raise the retirement age. Americans like their Social Security benefits quite a bit: They oppose cuts to them by a margin of two to one. Even Millennials, who won’t be seeing benefits anytime soon, feel protective of Social Security, according to a poll from the Pew Research Center. One way to effectively ... MORE

Gonzalo Lira: The Coming Middle-Class Anarchy

The reward of playing by the rules. True story: A retired couple I know, Brian and Ilsa, own a home in the Southwest. It’s a pretty house, right on the manicured golf course of their gated community (they’re crazy about golf). The only problem is, they bought the house near the top of the market in 2005, and now find themselves underwater. ... MORE

VIDEO: The Progressive Income Tax - A Tale Of Three Bros

VIDEO: Harry Browne's Social Security Solution

Congress Poised To Allow Cuts To Private Pension Payouts

by Evan Halper. More than 1 million Americans who were promised secure, predictable retirement income probably will see part of their monthly benefit checks evaporate as Congress moves to stabilize some private pension systems veering toward insolvency. The expected congressional action to allow previously promised private-sector ... MORE

Washington Is Trying To Get Your Retirement Account

by Charles Payne. Big government's next big reach. Tuesday was another anxious day for the market, ahead of three major events beginning with the Fed decision getting announced today, Scotland’s vote on Thursday, and the debut of Alibaba on Friday. All along, I have felt that the past few sessions have been an orchestrated attempt to ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - America's War On Youth

VIDEO: John Stossel - Generational Theft

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VIDEO: Social Security Vs. Private Retirement

Jeffrey Folks: Obama's Plan To Snatch Your Savings

The next stop on the path to socialism. In his first term, Obama managed to get his paws on health care, banking, energy, student loans, the auto business, and more. Now he has his sights set on your 401(k). The left has had its eye on retirement savings for years, but so far takeover attempts have been rebuffed. One ... MORE

Walter E Williams: Congressionally Duped Americans

The ponzi scheme entitlement. Last week's column, "Is There a Way Out?", generated quite a few responses, some a bit angry. Some people were offended by my reference to Social Security and Medicare as entitlements or handouts. They said that they worked for 45 years and paid into Social Security and Medicare and how dare I refer to ... MORE

VIDEO: Monetary Cocaine - How The Fed Steals Savings

VIDEO: 3 Reasons To Fix Social Security Now!

David Beckworth: The Low-Interest-Rate Blues

The Fed continues to make deficit spending easier. One of the most insidious developments in the economic crisis has been the low-interest-rate environment. Short-term interest rates have been stuck near 0 percent for four years, while long-term interest rates have declined to historically low levels. These low interest rates have created ... MORE

John White: The Feds Want Your Retirement Accounts

Politicians eyeball new money pot. Quietly, behind the scenes, the groundwork is being laid for federal government confiscation of tax-deferred retirement accounts such as IRAs. Slowly, the cat is being let out of the bag. Last January 18th, in a little noticed interview of Richard Cordray, acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, ... MORE

Thomas Sowell: Guns And Pensions

The great appeal of pension politics. A nation's choice between spending on military defense and spending on civilian goods has often been posed as "guns versus butter." But understanding the choices of many nations' political leaders might be helped by examining the contrast between their runaway spending on pensions while skimping ... MORE

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