Actually, start that study from 1913 onwards with relation to monetary policy. Namely, the creation of the Fed followed by the 16th amendment. Follow the money to get some answers!

2 days ago, the USA Today said homelessness fell 30% from 2002 till 2007. Of course, since that doesn't help your argument, you can spin it or ignore it as you chose. BTW, veterans have access to VA hospitals and many types of preferential hiring and education programs. The average veteran is a far more stable, worldly and engaged citizen than the average product of the public schools who never really ventures far from home. There are homeless veterans, but to insinuate that a change of unemployment from 5% (now and very low) to 4.5% will put them all in a 1400 sq ft Rancher with a car port, pick up truck, and a job with their name embroidered on their shirt pocket is a hollow argument indeed.

Wow! From FS being on a short list for VP to our governments ruining our life.

Well, I have to agree that gov't intervention has caused great turmoil in this country's economy and foreign economies across both ponds regardless of the party in power. But, I think that the Federal Reserve, since it's divine creation nearly 100 years ago by private bankers, is this nations greatest inflater and may achieve the death of the middle class.

But now, back to our movie...starring Charleton Heston in Soylent Green set in the year 2022.

Looks like they forgot about that first line: The Congress shall have power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises [ . . . ] but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States [

Congress has the power. They have just abdicated to the Fed through the Treasury Dept. with no oversight as to the constitutionality of the Feds decisions!

It's helpful to understand why the Fed was originally created: it was created by bankers to protect... get this... bankers, NOT depositers! Just like the Bear Sterns bailout: that wasn't done to help investors or people who held accounts at BS (and certainly not to help the employees, most of whom lost everything). It was done to help other investment banks and bankers who held their paper and/or margined them loans. Goldman Sacs, and others wanted to make sure BS didn't go totally belly up and default on loans to them, the banks!

Bumper stickers are already being printed:

VOTE FOR THE GEEZER
AND CONDOLEEZZER

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