"There’s a saying, “believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.”
~ Erik Carlson
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As a quick aside, on a different front, but borrowing your prescient & salient point:
Biden & Z. "War Walk in Ukraine," as sirens blared on cue, [they two] just kept walking.
More likely, IF THE SIRENS WERE SOUNDING A REAL THREAT, The U.S. Secret Service would never let A WH Occupant from walking (or stumbling along) outside, during an air attack.
Very clarifying article. I now have a better grasp of financial entities and their impact on day to day life. I, too, am hopeful about the outcome of this current adventure. I will do my best to be a better citizen which, after all, is where responsibilities lie, with ourselves, to be educated and active responsibly.
One of things I noticed and tried to explain to so many people during trumps tax cuts when they threw the " he raised the debt by a trillion dollars" and gave the rich tax cuts, which was a lie. It was the fastest, best repair of an economy ever seen. The trillion dollars he's spent was dwarfed by the value of the economy going up by six trillion. But that's a hard concept to explain. And mow, we are in exactly the opposite condition, and those same idiots are happy obiden is doing such a great job. Beating my head against a brick wall.
Excellent assessment of how everything is manipulated and managed with the help of a constantly lying media. But! On a good note, people are waking up as the results of Marxist policies reach our own backyards! Thank you and God bless and keep you.🙏
We open that fourth box, you are not putting that genie back in the bottle. The results will initially look pretty bad until we get control of the wires.
We need to reimagine the whole corporate system from the ground up. Back to cottage industry which can lead to bigger family owned companies. The stock market is a form of usury and is part of the entire corporate system of usury and slavery. We are at the bottom of a 500 year decent into corporatism which has done unimaginable harm to humanity. When stock companies first started, the English people who owned stock became wealthy. Meanwhile corporations like the Dutch India Company were doing untold evil abroad. Almost immediately the Anglican church was formed to frame wealth as being Christian. Anglicanism is the attempt to justify one's behavior through wealth, respectability, and polite manners. When we buy stuff like shoes made by Chinese slaves, we are taking part in their corporate system which is all based on the wrong ethics. I remember Democrats used to be against big corporations (they had the right idea). The central ethic of all liberalism is anti-corporatism and anti-slavery. Corporatism is the devil's system based on his ethic of exploiting humanity and depressing the mentality of the masses with religious superstition, and many other cynical and exploitive tactics that fall under the general heading of priestcraft. I'm saying, the devil wants to incorporate you into his system, where you are not free to do good, but are a slave to his Philistine ethics (which predominate). Plato tells us the worst fate that can befall a man is to be compelled to do evil. That is what is at stake. In Satan's system, you lose your autonomy and become less than human, not able to make your own ethical choices. Hopefully you've got some Christian ethics so you can fight back against Satan and his corporate system. Satan's system is also called Babylonian Money Magic. It is a cynical and evil system which despises and exploits mankind.
You said “The sole purpose of raising interest rates is to kill the economy.” No. Interest rate increases to bring rates up to at least the level of inflation are necessary and healthy.
If inflation is ten percent higher than interest rates it is the same as taking ten percent of the money from a saver - think a small depositor - and transferring it to a borrower. The biggest borrower is of course the US government.
Once inflation occurs you need to soften the economy to get rid of it. In a perfect situation you keep from allowing inflation to get out of control, as Trump did. In fact he grew the economy while keeping inflation low. Very hard to do. Even harder to do is what Biden did in increasing inflation while restricting the economy. He really is that dumb. To get rid of inflation you need to increase unemployment rates and cause businesses to stop investing in growth and individuals from investing in the stock market. Inflation is like cancer, once you get it you nuke it with chemotherapy and hope the drugs don’t kill the whole body. When I say raising interest rates kills the economy it causes people to not invest. Houses, businesses, stock market, everything.
I agree - slowing growth is part of the correction process. My point was that letting real rates remain negative to such a degree as they were a year ago would be a destruction of wealth.
"There’s a saying, “believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.”
~ Erik Carlson
*
As a quick aside, on a different front, but borrowing your prescient & salient point:
Biden & Z. "War Walk in Ukraine," as sirens blared on cue, [they two] just kept walking.
More likely, IF THE SIRENS WERE SOUNDING A REAL THREAT, The U.S. Secret Service would never let A WH Occupant from walking (or stumbling along) outside, during an air attack.
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Oh MSM,
Doth ye do not know,
For WE SEE THEE,
& ALL YOUR MACHINATIONS.
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Anywho...
ENJOYING THIS PIECE
ON THE MARKETS.
Remember the CNN reporters pretending to be at the first Gulf War? Green screen with fake palm trees. 😂
None of US can ever get upset by [them], because [they] are faltering shadows, & puffs of dissipating smoke.
With that said, [they] possess & may transmit, certain dangers, when believed.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE [them].
The box surrounding them,
Is self-created.
WE KEEP EVER LEARNING,
AS THE FIELD, SHIFTS.
Keep Up The Great Work !
& Happy Spirit !
And Always,
Thank You.
Very clarifying article. I now have a better grasp of financial entities and their impact on day to day life. I, too, am hopeful about the outcome of this current adventure. I will do my best to be a better citizen which, after all, is where responsibilities lie, with ourselves, to be educated and active responsibly.
Thank you - very sober and truthful read. Exactly what I've been preaching to my adult children since Biden took office.
One of things I noticed and tried to explain to so many people during trumps tax cuts when they threw the " he raised the debt by a trillion dollars" and gave the rich tax cuts, which was a lie. It was the fastest, best repair of an economy ever seen. The trillion dollars he's spent was dwarfed by the value of the economy going up by six trillion. But that's a hard concept to explain. And mow, we are in exactly the opposite condition, and those same idiots are happy obiden is doing such a great job. Beating my head against a brick wall.
Excellent assessment of how everything is manipulated and managed with the help of a constantly lying media. But! On a good note, people are waking up as the results of Marxist policies reach our own backyards! Thank you and God bless and keep you.🙏
Great article! Thanks for the education about the stock market. I’m optimistic too and simplifying our lives is a good thing.
Good article. Thanks. They (government) do literally lie. https://amp.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/16/biden-administrations-claim-1-million-jobs-added-s/
S&P 500, doesn't that just basically tell us how Blackrock and Vanguard are making out?
Great article. Clear and informative. Love your writing.
Because it can be linked to this subject:
Neocons Know The "Monetary System Is Collapsing" - Martin Armstrong Warns "War Checks All The Boxes"
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/neocons-know-monetary-system-collapsing-martin-armstrong-warns-war-checks-all-boxes
We open that fourth box, you are not putting that genie back in the bottle. The results will initially look pretty bad until we get control of the wires.
Thanks for that, Eric. I hate thinking about that kind of stuff, but you made it crystal clear.
Thank you for your insights, and outlook.
Exactly right Erik!!
We need to reimagine the whole corporate system from the ground up. Back to cottage industry which can lead to bigger family owned companies. The stock market is a form of usury and is part of the entire corporate system of usury and slavery. We are at the bottom of a 500 year decent into corporatism which has done unimaginable harm to humanity. When stock companies first started, the English people who owned stock became wealthy. Meanwhile corporations like the Dutch India Company were doing untold evil abroad. Almost immediately the Anglican church was formed to frame wealth as being Christian. Anglicanism is the attempt to justify one's behavior through wealth, respectability, and polite manners. When we buy stuff like shoes made by Chinese slaves, we are taking part in their corporate system which is all based on the wrong ethics. I remember Democrats used to be against big corporations (they had the right idea). The central ethic of all liberalism is anti-corporatism and anti-slavery. Corporatism is the devil's system based on his ethic of exploiting humanity and depressing the mentality of the masses with religious superstition, and many other cynical and exploitive tactics that fall under the general heading of priestcraft. I'm saying, the devil wants to incorporate you into his system, where you are not free to do good, but are a slave to his Philistine ethics (which predominate). Plato tells us the worst fate that can befall a man is to be compelled to do evil. That is what is at stake. In Satan's system, you lose your autonomy and become less than human, not able to make your own ethical choices. Hopefully you've got some Christian ethics so you can fight back against Satan and his corporate system. Satan's system is also called Babylonian Money Magic. It is a cynical and evil system which despises and exploits mankind.
All should consider Katherine Watt’s Substack, foundational and complimentary to Clif’s brilliant, albeit hysterically humorous, work.
https://open.substack.com/pub/bailiwicknews/p/reconstitution-starter-pack?r=w545b&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Good article. I do have a quibble:
You said “The sole purpose of raising interest rates is to kill the economy.” No. Interest rate increases to bring rates up to at least the level of inflation are necessary and healthy.
If inflation is ten percent higher than interest rates it is the same as taking ten percent of the money from a saver - think a small depositor - and transferring it to a borrower. The biggest borrower is of course the US government.
The Fed is part way to correcting this problem.
The Fed corrects nothing... it is a cancer on the citizens of the USA... and always has been.
Once inflation occurs you need to soften the economy to get rid of it. In a perfect situation you keep from allowing inflation to get out of control, as Trump did. In fact he grew the economy while keeping inflation low. Very hard to do. Even harder to do is what Biden did in increasing inflation while restricting the economy. He really is that dumb. To get rid of inflation you need to increase unemployment rates and cause businesses to stop investing in growth and individuals from investing in the stock market. Inflation is like cancer, once you get it you nuke it with chemotherapy and hope the drugs don’t kill the whole body. When I say raising interest rates kills the economy it causes people to not invest. Houses, businesses, stock market, everything.
I agree - slowing growth is part of the correction process. My point was that letting real rates remain negative to such a degree as they were a year ago would be a destruction of wealth.