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Mad As Hell

Mad As Hell

Submitted by Chris Martenson via PeakProsperity.com,

Fair warning, my family just received a 61.5% increase in our healthcare insurance premium of 2017, on top of last year’s 24.8% increase, so I am quite annoyed at the moment.  For my non-US readers, perhaps what follows will interest you as a means of understanding how and why Donald Trump came to be elected President.  I am going to be channeling some of my inner crank today.

Mexican Drug Cartels Looting State-Owned Gas Pipelines For Black Market Sales

Mexican Drug Cartels Looting State-Owned Gas Pipelines For Black Market Sales

A couple of weeks ago we highlighted the protests that had engulfed Mexico after the finance ministry announced plans to raise gasoline prices by 20.1% starting January 1st.  Amid the chaos, the country's powerful Jalisco New Generation cartel threatened to to burn down gas stations as retribution for taking advantage of "the majority of the people who don't make even a minimum wage."

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