The Preparation for Seizing Private Pensions


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The pension crisis is going to be the HUGE issue in 2017. Obama is supporting about a 20% reduction in military retirement benefits. This is how such things are done. It is the way lame-duck Presidents leave office doing the nasty things nobody will admit who has to stand for election. So those on their way out do the dirty work. This is just the beginning.

Obama could not get Congress to pass the takeover of private pensions. So what he did was to revise the regulations to allow states to take over private pensions. California may be one of the first states to do this. As the Pension Crisis looms, we will see your worst nightmare become reality. They will MOST LIKELY begin with corporate pensions. Actually seizing private pensions will probably be left for the lame-duck Congress in 2018. Keep in mind that Hillary would support the seizure of private funds to throw in the pool with public pensions to buy more time before it all comes crashing down.

Can Illinois go Bankrupt or just Default?


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There is a problem that Illinois faces. There is no actual right for a state to go bankrupt. That does not mean that no state has simply defaulted and never paid. A state hasn’t defaulted since Arkansas in 1933 during the Great Depression. However, that was also not the first state to simply not pay. The Sovereign Debt Crisis of the 1840 was just such a situation.

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In 1841 and 1842, eight states and the Territory of Florida all defaulted on their sovereign debts. Traditional histories of the default crisis have stressed the causal role of the depression that began with the Panic of 1837, unexpected revenue shortfalls from canal and bank investments as a result of the depression, and an unwillingness of states to raise tax rates. However, these  stylized facts do not fit the experience of states at all very well.

The majority of state debts in default in 1842 were contracted after the Panic of 1837; and most states did not expect canal investments to return substantial revenues by 1841 and did not experience unexpected shortfalls in those revenues. Finally, most states were willing to raise tax rates substantially and did. The relationship between land sales and land values explains much of the timing of state borrowing and the default experience of western and southern states.

Pennsylvania and Maryland defaulted because they postponed the imposition of a state property until it was too late. The United States was the emerging market for Europe and these defaults ruined its credit for decades to come. The Bank of England still has some State debts that were never made good. The Panic of 1837, which had been caused by an over-expansion of banks, caused farmers, planters and merchants to lose their enterprises. This led to a economic contraction that further reduced bank deposits causing bank failures as the depression then settled into the states from which it sprang. States issued bonds to try to bail out the banks and many states ended in default. They did not declare bankruptcy, but instead, simply refused to honor their outstanding bond issues.

When states behave badly, their borrowing costs rise. The United States was the emerging market and interest rates rose in the aftermath of the state defaults. In fact, the historical high in United States call money rates took place in 1899 reaching almost 200%.

Currently, interest rates for the financially troubled state of Illinois are now three times as high as that of California. So interest rates rise as the risk of default mounts. But the Illinois crisis is something new. Its constitution forbid diminishing state employee pensions. So the public pensions are sucking in all the available money resulting in taxes rising, property values falling, and public services being cannibalized to pay pension.

Famous Pic of Refugees Exposed as Massive Fraud… Look What They Cut Out


The system is rigged and in politics is you are shown pictures of kids you can almost bet it not as presented.

When they say ‘hoarding’ instead of ‘saving’ you know you’re in trouble


Keynes likened Saving to Hoarding and the only way to have full employment was with zero savings. Of course that meant to investment and the economy with transition itself into a primitive state with no capital. Keynes theory is bogus but the politicians love it as it gives then license to steal all the money.

The Fed Feedback Loop


And now it can only end very very badly!

WORLD TURNS ON OBAMA…


Well at least someone has the guts to call Obama out. Good job President Duterte.

Britain to End Freedom on Movement with EU Citizens


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Prime Minister Theresa May of Britain has made it clear that Britain will not accept retaining the EU free movement of EU citizens after the exit. Even traveling from Brussels to London, before BREXIT, they did not recognize Schengen Agreement for free travel. People fron Eastern Europe with a Shengen visa did not have access to Britain automatically. With the EU ruling that Apple has to pay more taxes that its deal with Ireland, BREXIT is indeed the only way to save Britain.

Within the United States, the member states compete to get companies to set up in their states and routinely off tax breaks to create local jobs. The is precisely what the European Commission is trying to stop in Europe. As they are desperate for taxes, they do not want companies to relocate getting better deals in Ireland or Greece against France and Germany. The entire objective is to create a virtual communist type state with 100% central planning in Brussels and the people have no means of voting whatsoever to alter any policy.

May will continue to try to negotiate for a single market economically, but Europe is dying rapidly. The bureaucrats are desperate to control everything to retain their jobs and purpose. They are destroying the future of Europe no less the very core of a capitalist system of a free market.

WHY 2017 is The Threshold to Chaos


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Merkel-HollandeI have been warning that 2017 was the Year of Political Hell with four major referendums/elections that would undermine the confidence in government – BREXIT, US Presidential Elections, French Elections, and Germany Elections. These four events hold the potential to overturn the expectations of the future. Whatever the general public felt about government would flip. The key to a shift from Public confidence to Private lies within the scope of these four elections. This is what our computer has been forecasting – political instability on the rise. This is the age of anti-establishment (3rd party) rising globally.

However, I have also warned that Social Security and Medicare go NEGATIVE next year in the United States, which of course mainstream media is not bothering to report for fear that would add fuel to the bonfire of political corruption. But what is also not explained by mainstream media, is that Obamacare is crumbling from within. The entire structural design of Obamacare was the perpetual Ponzi Scheme they used for Social Security.

The theory behind Obamacare was to force the youth to buy health insurance and since they rarely need it as a group, they would be paying-in more than they received. Thus, the idea would be Obamacare would exploit the youth to pay for those who could not afford healthcare because of preconditions. The theory failed because the youth did not buy the insurance.

For tax year 2015, the penalty for not buying healthcare was 2% of your total household adjusted gross income, or $325 per adult and $162.50 per child, to a maximum of $975.

For tax year 2016, the penalty jumped to 2.5% of your total household adjusted gross income, or $695 per adult and $347.50 per child, to a maximum of $2,085.

The penalties are still less than insurance, which is often charged at $300 per month+. Even at $695, this is less than $58 per month, which is impossible to find health insurance that cheap. Because the scheme has utterly failed, insurers are abandoning Obamacare. There was not a significant enrollment among the youth they could charge premiums to with no expense so they really saw more money go out than in. The Kaiser Family Foundation issued a study on Obamacare, which reveal it is collapsing by its own weight. They noted: “the number of counties with a single marketplace insurer is likely to increase, from 225 (7% of counties) in 2016 to 974 (31% of counties) in 2017.”

Indeed, UnitedHealthcare left most of the 34 state markets and Aetna is following. The Guardian reported that Obamacare is nearing collapse. The entire structure was based upon the same scheme as Social Security that has been predicated upon exploiting one generation for the next. But with rising unemployment among the youth, and more than 30% of the youth remain living with their parents into their thirties now combined with the collapse in birth rates, this entire scheme is just a scheme that is unsustainable.

Come 2017, we are likely to see Obamacare also collapse. Of course, if Hillary is in, that means higher taxes to try to keep it afloat since the Democrats will never admit a mistake of this magnitude. The only way to deal with the heathcare crisis is to STOP subsidizing healthcare. If the government simply passed a law that hospitals will receive a flat fee per type of care and prohibit charging anything more to the individual, then we will see some competition for the first time. Hospitals have been trying to put private practices out of business as well. The entire scheme has been to run healthcare as a giant corporate entity eliminating choice and with not restraint on fees.

House of cardsThe healthcare business has been the ONLY industry, aside from politicians in Washington, who are not subject to the business cycle. Government also needs to stop the lawsuits that are driving up costs insanely by also capping award per injury on a flat basis. But to get that type of reform we have to clean-house in Washington since 45% of public officials are lawyers compared to just 6% of the work force are lawyers. Hence, the legal profession is disproportionately represented and prevent tort reform since that is their bread & butter.

So buckle up. The whole house of cards is starting to come down. Hello – Phase Transition! Confidence is always the key.

Le Pen vows to hold French referendum on Leaving EU – FREXIT


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Hollande-MerkelHollande is running only around a 10% approval rating. Merkel’s CDU came in third place in her home state. Things are a moving and shaking as they say in Europe. Indeed, get ready for 2017 will be the tipping point in markets as a whole. The refugee crisis has indeed changed the face of Europe and introduced terrorism on a much wider scale. Both Hollande and Merkel cannot possibly admit that the refugee crisis has pushed Europe off the edge. Terrorism has engulfed Europe and these two leaders will not admit their contribution to this situation. So there is no question that these two leaders must go to simply change the course of the future.

We have to understand, the justification for creating the Euro came out of Hollande’s own mouth – it was to prevent war with Germany. As always, politicians are fighting the last war. They remain blind to the fact that this time, a European war will not be led by Germany trying to take over Europe. They real threat is internal unrest and civil war created by the failed attempt to federalize Europe and force one culture upon everyone. Additionally, it is the hidden rise of the idea of a religious war and the resurrecting of the Ottoman Empire is a different form. This is not shared by the Islamic people, just some leaders who view power as did Hitler, Napoleon, and the rising civil unrest against the old Austrian-Hungary Empire, which was the seat of the old Holy Roman Empire. The common answer is that the immediate cause of World War I was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, the archduke. His assassin was Gavrilo Princip – a Serbian nationalist with ties to the secretive military group known as the Black Hand, which was a Christian based group who supported independence.

Marine Le PenFrance’s National Front party leader, Marine Le Pen, has now vowed over the weekend to hold a referendum on whether France should stay or should it go with respect to the European Union if she wins the 2017 presidential election. Marine Le Pen has positioned herself as the sole credible defender of law and order and national unity. She has said that the best way to combat terrorism was the ballot paper to change leadership. Reuters has reported that she said: “This referendum on France belonging to the European Union, I will do it. Yes it is possible to change things. Look at the Brits, they chose their destiny, they chose independence … We can again be a free, proud and independent people.”

EU ImmigrationThe National Front is a eurosceptic organization which has been boosted by the BREXIT vote. Marine Le Pen is portrayed as far-right because she has advocated her country should come first. However, the absurd policies of Brussels in attempting to fulfill the dream of becoming the United States of Europe, was carried out denying at every possible turn any democratic process. They had this idea of one government would prevent war, but that was also the dream of Hitler and Napoleon. They have tried to mimic the United States but failed to comprehend what made America work. It was a single language, not a single currency. Once everyone spoke the same language, then Sottish married Italians and Germans married Irish. Such combination in Europe are rare. The politicians have been so far off the mark, it is now endangering all of Europe and the world.

Philippines leader calls Obama ‘son of a b****,’ rejects lecturing from US on human rights


Well is was right after all … lol