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.
The gap in life expectancy between the rich and poor Americans has been widening since the start of the century, according to new research. The study published by JAMA, found that the wealthiest men, outlive the poorest by nearly fifteen years Press TV reports: The average lifespans of men and women in the United States in the top 5 percent income group went up by over two years between 2001 and 2014, researchers found. But at the bottom 5 percent income bracket, life expectancy almost stagnated, the report discovered.