thestatedtruth.com | November 25, 2013
Op-Ed The Stated Truth Elitist Defeatism Of Real Competition In A Slow Growth World For markets to grow in a capitalist society, it is imperative to have high levels of competition. The more competition the better. This helps innovation and has been the backbone of our economy over the last 102 years or to be […]
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thestatedtruth.com | November 19, 2013
Criminality and corruption, especially in the government, are today like nothing ever seen before in our lifetime. But just how bad was it back in the 1960’s and 70’s? Well, John Connally tells us in no uncertain terms, a stunning story of how bad it was. He waited until 1992 to talk about this. When John Connally finally did get things off his […]
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Tags: Astonishing Interview, Bad Times, Big Government, Control, Corruption, Criminality, Gerald Celente, Government, John Connally, Kennedy Assasination, Talking From The Top
thestatedtruth.com | November 18, 2013
Back in December of last year, Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak talked about IT (Information Technology) Forecasts for 2013. One of his thoughts listed in Forbes click here: (http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/12/13/woz-the-great-and-powerful-his-it-forecasts-for-2013/) involved BYOD. That stands for Bring Your Own Device, meaning iPad’s and cell phones that can work on office projects and utilize computer access from anywhere. Here is a […]
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thestatedtruth.com | November 14, 2013
We’ve been saying that the rich are going to make themselves into colorful targets for new hybrid taxes, click here to read about it, (I’m Smarter, That’s Why I’m Richer Than You…), so here we go….they’re just getting started with the hidden tax trickery! Luxury real estate broker Ron Aioso says there is a tax that is […]
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thestatedtruth.com | November 5, 2013
The easy target with colorful feathers spread wide are the rich and the super rich. Ice Cap Asset Management explains and the IMF builds the case…..Absent economic growth, higher taxes are the only perceived option. Be prepared. Ice Cap in summary….”Meanwhile, our analysis of the global economy continues to show a lack of any acceleration. Instead growth remains […]
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thestatedtruth.com | November 4, 2013
Here we go, it’s the roaring 20’s all over again but even more so now! Never in U.S. history have so many individuals earned over $50 million per year. Never before has the divide between the wealthy and the poor been so wide (never). The source of this catalyst for unrest in society, as Mark […]
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Tags: Americans Making Over $50 Million, Artificial Disparities, Catalyst, Economy, Least Privileged, Money, Poor Man, redistribution, Rich man, Roaring 20's, Runaway Entrepreneurial capitalusm, Society, Top Income Earners, Unrest, Wealth
thestatedtruth.com | November 4, 2013
Back on October 27 we did a report on the worlds wealth pyramid titled A Travesty Of Grandiose Proportions (click the blue lettering to review). The report discusssed the great disconnect in the world today between the wealth of the super rich and everyone else. Now, in todays review, we are going to touch on income extremes, with hopes […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 31, 2013
If you look back in history, it took the United States 192 years to rack-up $1 trillion of debt. Then, the next $1 trillion of debt took only 30 years. Astonishingly, now we are going through $1 trillion each year. Source: Wise Dog Research
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thestatedtruth.com | October 31, 2013
BitCoin may have become the fuzzy model for countries around the world to modify the digital money idea. Software engineers for Crown Corp in Canada will begin pilot testing a novel form of digital currency that so far has received little attention. It has the potential to revolutionize how we do business. “Where we’re going is not a […]
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Tags: BitCoin, Canada MintChip, Coins, Crown Corp, Digital Currency, Digital money;, Mint, MintChip, New Project, Pilot Testing
thestatedtruth.com | October 30, 2013
So maybe this has something to do with the stock markets being so strong. It’s no secret that cheap oil is critical to long term growth in big economies like the United States. Reuters News: The U.S. has surpassed Saudi Arabia as the biggest oil producer in the world. You read that correctly: “The jump in output […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 30, 2013
Surprised as we are, somehow we don’t think it was employment gains that powered this giant revenue collection….capital gains taxes would make more sense being that stock markets are at all time highs! Bloomberg: The U.S. posted its smallest budget deficit in five years as employment gains helped propel revenue to a record. Spending exceeded receipts […]
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Tags: Collections, Deficit Shrinks, Employment Gains, Revenue, spending, Surplus, Surprise, taxes
thestatedtruth.com | October 28, 2013
JP Morgan has a report out that is reviewed in part below. Everybody should take time to read it. The economy is being stimulated with excess liquidity like never before in history. When it slows or stops, we will have a Stanely Druckenmiller event, i.e., Druckenmiller said recently (September 11)….that financial markets could readjust to lower priced levels instantaneously upon changes in Fed […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 27, 2013
Never before has the world seen such disparity of wealth between rich and everyone else. Out comes the pen and off goes another letter to our worthless Congress. Will they even read it? John Maudlin, in his new book Code Red, (to be released on Monday, Oct. 28) reviewed the latest key figures concerning record wealth disparity, and it’s a […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 25, 2013
Hmm…Anti-virus legend and wild man John McAffee claims that he has created a $100 hardware router which will block NSA snooping…..he goes on to say there’s no way (for the government) to track who you are or where you are. Sounds great, but the biggest problem is – does anyone really believe him? And even if McAffee did have a fix […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 25, 2013
This is what can happen when power is abused,….we think it is just the begining of efforts to neutralize U.S. power around the world.. Much of the new telecommunications infrastructure layout is said to be built to avoid American spying. Can’t say that we can blame them! One of India’s largest newspapers – The Hindu – reports: Most of Brazil’s global […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 21, 2013
In Japan, diapors for old people now out sell diapors for babys….and it just gets worse from there. A recent study showed a third of the people under 30 in Japan have never dated at all. That explains Japan’s fertility rate, which is 1.39 for women, compared with 1.93 in the U.S., according to the Ministry of Health, Labour and […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 17, 2013
The U.S. Congress, what a bunch of thieven’ bums…. Last night, after more than two weeks of utterly embarrassing theater, the government in the Land of the Entitled inked a deal to kick the can down the road for a few more months. And in doing so, they set a very dangerous precedent. As part of the […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 9, 2013
Yep…new $100 dollar bills (notes) started to circulate yesterday. This project was said to be in development for over 10 years as a joint effort by The Federal Reserve, U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the U.S. Secret Service. First year production is expected to be around 3.4 billion with print facilities in Washington D.C. and […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 6, 2013
The Interbrand Best Global Brands survey was recently released, (September 30,2013)……Founded in 1974, Interbrand is the world’s leading brand consultancy! Bloomberg BusinessWeek notes,Coca Cola the soft drink giant had held the No. 1 ranking for 13 consecutive years but fell to No. 3 in this year’s report. Interbrand values the Apple brand #1 at about $98 billion, and other […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 3, 2013
Zero Hedge is just out with this interesting article concerning the housing markets and what they call artifical price gains. Yeh, we agree, the whole free market system has been rigged in one way or another since 2009. ZeroHedge: Concerning Foreclosure stuffing. We explained this scheme by banks to limit the amount of available for sale […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 2, 2013
Reuters reports: U.S. law enforcement authorities raided an Internet site that served as a marketplace for illegal drugs, including heroin and cocaine, and arrested its owner, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday. The FBI arrested Ross William Ulbricht, known as “Dread Pirate Roberts,” in San Francisco on Tuesday, according to court filings. Federal […]
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thestatedtruth.com | October 2, 2013
Wise Dog Sources: “We know from experience that if Carlyle Group is a seller (of anything), then you’ll want to be a seller also. Yes, they are that good.” “They buy wholesale, and sell retail or above. There’s no meat left on the bone when they’re done!” Via Bloomberg, Carlyle Group LP, the private-equity firm with more […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 27, 2013
Below are the top 10 corporations by market cap listed in 5 year increments spanning the last 21 years, actually the last increment was 6 years. While the names have changed at the very top, the premise has not. And…the winner for 2013 is (drum roll) Apple. But pay attention to this, nobody has stayed number one for very long! In fact, most […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 26, 2013
Based on the graph below, a new car is the deal of the decade, in fact it’s the best deal going back multiple decades! Wise Dog
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thestatedtruth.com | September 25, 2013
Education flails….then fails for many!
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thestatedtruth.com | September 20, 2013
Here’s a full history of the Census Bureau’s figures for median household income. Notice that median household income in 2012 is below the 1989 figure. That’s 23 years. Not so good. Now let’s look at things from 1975, which is the begining of these records…..Median household income has increased by a cumulative, grand total of 11% […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 16, 2013
Wise Dog Sources believe that Kohn is NOT a deregulator as Summers was perceived to be, and his comments that we review below essentially take him out of the Federal Reserve Chairman job opening! Wikepedia: Donald Lewis Kohn (born November 7, 1942) is an American economist who served as the former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 15, 2013
It’s concerning how so many people now think that “things are different this time”! But since complacency has hit an all time record, it’s unlikely to end well. The Swiss-based BIS `bank of central banks’ said a hunt for yield was luring investors en masse into high-risk instruments, “a phenomenon reminiscent of exuberance prior to the global financial crisis”. The former chief economist […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 12, 2013
Silver appears to be the metal of the future….especially when one considers that 2/3 of all silver produced worldwide is a by product of lead, copper and zinc mining. Major silver users include the electronic and circut board industry, water purification and growing industrial uses in China, including production of energy saving solar panels. Silver Atomic Number: 47 Symbol: Ag Atomic Weight: 107.8682 Discovery: Known […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 12, 2013
“Wise Dog” sources say the new normal in money has started a change from paper to plastic! The reason being that after initial increased costs, the extra durability of the notes would mean they would last longer. Canada has already adopted the polymer banknote because it’s cheaper to issue then paper notes. Other countries paying with plastic include: Australia was […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 11, 2013
Pay attention everybody, there will be a quiz on this….Stanley Druckenmiller (one of the most successful money managers of all time) addresses key issues for the U.S. economy going forward. Here are a few snip-its. On what he is most uncomfortable about: “Let’s first set the table and looking at what is going on in the last […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 8, 2013
And this is during an economic recovery! In June, the number of households receiving foodstamps rose to 23.117 million, an increase of 45.9k in one month, and also a new record high. The average monthly benefit per household was: $274.55, just off the record. In June an additional 125,059 individual Americans started using Foodstamps. The increase to 47.8 […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 4, 2013
The U.S. isn’t “oil independent” just yet, but we’re working on it! As you can see from the charts below, most of the OPEC oil imported by the US comes from places other then the Middle East. Saudi Arabia and Libya are the exceptions. 2013 July vs June Chart Below……. 2013 Year To Date Chart below….. Source: Census Bureau
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thestatedtruth.com | September 2, 2013
Here is a spaghetti chart created by the WSJ of the US telecom space. It lays out roughly how many current subscribers (many from other carriers) pass through US telecom giant, AT&T. Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/02/2013 16:02 -0400 www.zerohedge.com The reason for this is that according to the latest revelations from the NYT, which […]
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thestatedtruth.com | September 2, 2013
There are now 130 Million citizens that are not currently employed… off we go with another letter to OUR (We The People) self serving Congress and Senate. Even they can understand the picture below (we thinx). (h/t @Not_Jim_Cramer) www.zerohedge.com
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thestatedtruth.com | August 25, 2013
The China plan would look to eventually back the Chinesse Renminbi currency with Gold, creating a direct trading challenge to the U.S. Dollar. Russia’s Putin has in the past hinted at something similar for the Russian Ruble! Chinese Gold Imports – China Imports 104 Tonnes of Gold in June China just imported 104 tonnes of […]
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thestatedtruth.com | August 23, 2013
So, it’s said by a number of Realtors that interest rate spikes don’t matter to home buyers….um, maybe they should rethink that idea? Yep, maybe rethink it twice! Purchases of new U.S. homes plunged in July by the most in more than three years while previous month saless were revised down. Housing in July showed that a […]
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thestatedtruth.com | August 18, 2013
The dreaded Hindenburg Omen continues through August 14….. For the 6th day in the last 8, the market has flashed a string of Hindenburg chart warnings that suggest that all is not well in a stock market considered by some to be “ government driven”. See our review of this several posts below, it will explain the Hindenberg Omen in detail.
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thestatedtruth.com | August 18, 2013
Things that make you wonder….and then question, how could this happen! 76% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck 27% of American have no savings at all 46% of Americans have less than $800 in savings The conversion of America into a part-time working society and the country’s second largest employer – a temp agency. The […]
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