For 45 years - until Alan Greenspan in 1994 - the average wealth-to-income of American households had held steady around 4.9x - but as of Q4 2016, for the first time in US history, household wealth has reached a point where it is 6.5 times large than inflation-adjusted household disposable income in America.
Authored by Patrick Buchanan via Buchanan.org,
To back up Defense Secretary “Mad Dog” Mattis’ warning last month, that the U.S. “remains steadfast in its commitment” to its allies, President Donald Trump is sending B-1 and B-52 bombers to Korea.
Some 300,000 South Korean and 15,000 U.S. troops have begun their annual Foal Eagle joint war exercises that run through April.
With US crude inventories at record highs and production surging higher, the ongoing oil rig count rise in America (up 8 to 617 - 8th week in a row and highest since Sept 2015) signals more 'problems' ahead for a record level of speculative long positioning in black gold.
Authored by former Ohio State Senator Nina Turner viaThe Hill.com,
My grandmother used to say, “You can put truth in the river five days after a lie; truth is gone catch up.”
Well, here’s the truth: The working men and women of this country are working more jobs and more hours, and they’re still barely hanging on. Beneath those fingertips, they can feel that middle-class dream – the American dream – slipping right away from them. It’s time for President Trump to do something about it.
Via Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog,
The battle raging in the Deep State isn't just a bureaucratic battle - it's a war for the soul, identity and direction of the nation.