Well, I'm pretty sure that anyone who owns or leases a BMW, Mercedes, or Lexus is "Richer and Smarter"  than the "rest of us" as well. Way to divide the nation along economic and intellectual guidelines MSN. I guess the "rest of us" are poor and stupid by that reasoning.

I'm all for eliminating  deductions and tax breaks, the rates can stay the same, but the government will raise more needed  revenue. The home mortgage deduction has raised the price of homes across the board, and helps keep the value of housing artificially high.  The tax code has to be simplified, and eliminating dedu...more

I think the Obama approach is correct if indeed he follows that path. An all inclusive energy mix near evenly distributed between oil, coal, nat gas, nuclear, water, wind, and solar. We need a gradual but staedy  turnover from oil and coal to cleaner fuels such as nuclear, water, and nat gas. In the future, having 25% ...more

I am also  not happy where we are as a nation right now. I know it  was bad when the President took office, but the overall feel about the direction we are heading is distinctly negative. The republicans in congress have been adversarial to be sure, but President Obama seems to be playing into  the theatrics of creatin...more

The markets now run fully automatic by computer programs  based on data charts and direction. Each sector has it's own algorithmic set of data points which trigger buys and sells at the speed of light. The computers move in and create momentum, up or down, with massive amounts of money which then trigger other computer...more

We have to look at ourselves first, and what brought us to this point. WWl was a catalyst for the Great Depression due to the sovereign debt of many countries, Germany especially. National economies struggled, American banks filled the void,  but made too many  loans, congress  passed  laws to combat debt and protect f...more

The IMF, World Bank and the Central Banks will all be combined into a powerful Tree with many branches that will control everyone and everything. Governments, policy, laws, enforcement, wars, life and death will all be subject to it's whims. You are either with this One World Government, or you are against it. If again...more

We all know that money is power, and they who hold all the money, hold all the power. This is way beyond any president, they are short termers who have to answer to this power. The banks, Central Banks specifically, have that power. Well, this is the New World Order, a One World Government run by bankers for bankers an...more

Thomas Jefferson said it best: " If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currencies, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that grow up around them will deprive the people of all their prosperity until their children wake up homeless on the continent ...more