Social Issues

We have toi congratulate Argentina, and its minister of the economy Alfonso Prat-Gay, for being the first country to not only admit its economic data has been a completey fraud, but that it lied about it for years.

• ARGENTINA IS NO LONGER LYING ABOUT ITS STATISTICS: PRAT-GAY
• ARGENTINE STATS AGENCY WAS `USED TO LIE OBSCENELY': PRAT-GAY

We wonder when China and the U.S. will catch up to the Latin American country, and admit the same.

Having risen along with weakness in broad market surveys (ISM, PMI, NFIB) throughout January, initial jobless claims have plunged twice since (despite the same surveys getting worse) breaking down to 253k in the last week - the lowest since 1973!

Makes perfect sense...

Sometimes you just have to laugh.

Ever have your identity stolen?  Know anyone who has? Well, if your Social Security number is being illegally used by an illegal immigrant to illegally file illegal tax returns, the IRS will not only ‘look the other way’ but, according to the IRS Commissioner, they will ‘encourage this activity,’ as long as you’re an illegal immigrant. Washingtonexaminer.com reports: IRS Commissioner John Koskinen made the statement in response to a question from Sen.

Back during the anti-apartheid era, there arose a boycott movement among performing artists to avoid Sun City, a South African resort. Little Steven (Van Zandt) organized a protest video, “I Ain’t Gonna Play Sun City” to publicize the boycott.

Those who pull the strings are apt to push racial division and general chaos, as the economic avalanche falls in on the population at large.

As SHTFPlan.com's Mac Slavo notes, uncertain about why finances and money become so difficult, most will fall into the trap of faction-vs-faction on the streets, as the elite helicopter away on profits derived from our general demise.