What is the alternative to a fiat currency...a gold standard? That would mean that eventually .1% of society would own all the gold and we would be back to the 16th century economics of indentured servitudes followed by a bloody socialist revolution. A fiat currency is a pressure relief valve because of inflation and r...more

The most destructive economic force that can befall a country is high unemployment. It is productive time and wealth creation and job skills lost never to be recovered. If Big Ben can help get unemployment under 6% and help get this economy growing at 3+%-  things will sort themselves out over the long-haul. If we suff...more

Actually Obama did not grow the debt. Obama has grown the Federal budget at the lowest rate since Nixon and FAR lower than Reagan. What happened was after Bush destroyed the economy with "trickle down" economics on steroids and massive tax cuts for the wealthy and two unfunded wars and an unfunded senior drug benefit a...more

Actually Barry- Obama did not grow the debt. Obama has grown the Federal budget at the lowest rate since Nixon and FAR lower than Reagan. What happened was after Bush destroyed the economy with "trickle down" economics on steroids and massive tax cuts for the wealthy and two unfunded wars and an unfunded senior drug be...more

Japan's economy may look shaky on paper but their middle class has been better off than ours for 20 years now and probably will be for another 20 years.

I think Anthony can't see the forest for the trees; he cherry picks all the bad stuff and ignores the good stuff. If you had followed his recommendations the last few years you'd be broke and not have to worry about another large correction. He states "...growth and job creation are stalling" which is false. It may be ...more

Buddyboy,    It's been proven that too much Limbaugh and Hannity can result in seizures and even brain cancer. Break your addiction.

So much revisionist history here. First 911 probably happen because newly appointed National Security Advisor Condi Rice did not read te file that Clinton had put together on AlQaeda...as a matter of fact she knew nothing about Osama and didn't bother to learn. Clinton had kept pressure on Osama and AlQaeda in Afghanis...more

George Bush- a drunk born into wealth and privelege who was born on third base and thought he hit a triple. "THE DECIDER"- a man of low intellgence who hired Professor Condi Rice to explain the world outside of Texas and Cheney to promote the wealthy oil interests of his cronies. A man who stole a presidential election...more