Recent content by DEGuy

If income drops to zero, you are still screwed if you don't have a mortgage and your only major source of weath is your home. Without income, you can't borrow against it. You could sell, but you might not get anything in an economy that is totally ruined. Anyhow, my view is that it's good to...

As one of the above posters mentioned, just think the house as more of a consumption good, and less like an asset. In most markets right now, you will still always be better off financially by renting as opposed to buying, once you take into account all the taxes and maintenance costs of a home...

So... who was counting along? How many official votes did we get?

It really pisses me off that they aren't even counting the Paul votes.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Brian4Liberty again.

I really hope this is a mistake and not something more sinister. Keep us updated please!

I'm tired of having the "how should we tax the rich more" argument. Why doesn't anyone talk about how they got that money in the first place? We could solve the problem by putting an end to our centralized banking system that literally prints up money and puts it in the hands of the rich and...

The comments section in this article is terrible. Tons of posters who need education. I actually think including this in the party platform is not a good idea. First, it's there just to try and sway some Ron Paul supporters. Secondly, the "commission" will be full of Keynsians. Thirdly, bringing...

One thing that I don't get. If the market is manipulated, and there isn't enough physical bullion to account for all the traded shares AND if people like Paulson, Soros understand this, then why wouldn't they just by physical? If all that is true, surely it would drive the prices up even more...

I'll have to pick that up. In the meanwhile, is he advocating any new way to potentially make a profit on the upcoming crash? Besides buying PMs, real estate, and other types of wealth-saving tangible goods...

The central bank doesn't do planning anymore, they only come up with new "schemes."

Not necessarily. Should it turn out to be a true ponzi, the bitcoins that people think they have invested will just disappear. If anything, this will provide upward pressure on the market since the amount of perceived bitcoin will be lower. From what I see, there aren't a lot of people out there...

I think Rand is just trying to remind people that people have natural rights, and the Bill of Rights was put in as a contract forcing government to respect those rights. I get pissed off everytime a politician says anything that has the phrase, "...that right is granted by the consitution..."...

I wonder what the minimum wage would be if the value of welfare given for someone working at minimum wage is included? I guaruntee the guy in the 1960s was getting less in government welfare.

Theoretically, is it such a bad thing that this vast store of wealth is just sitting unused in bank accounts overseas? If, for example, $1 Trillion came back overnight and someone actually tried to spend it, it would likely cause inflation. At least in the short term, I'm glad I'm not competing...