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Amnesty and the U.S. Labor Market

 The Employment Picture for Less-Educated Workers Of the estimated 11 to 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States, seven to eight million are thought to be holding a job.1 Rather than enforce immigration laws and encourage them to return home, President Obama and some in Congress have promised to push legislation that would provide […]

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Porter Stansberry: Gold and Real Estate Are My Hedges for the Fiscal Cliff

 With nary a glimmer of hope that economic sense will supplant political expedience, Stansberry & Associates Investment Research Founder Porter Stansberry expects rampant inflation to roar in once the cost of capital rises. How is he preparing himself? Stansberry tells The Gold Report he continues to buy and hold gold, and discusses another investment vehicle […]

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Saving the American Dream: The Fiscal Cliff and Beyond

Abstract: Unless Congress and the President act promptly and wisely, sequestration under the Budget Control Act (BCA) will undermine military readiness, and the nearly $500 billion tax increase starting on January 1, 2013, will greatly harm an already weak economy. However, this fiscal cliff can be avoided. The key to avoiding this and future fiscal […]

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Regulations Squeeze Small Business as EPA Pumps out 15 New Regs

OpenMarket.org is the staff blog of the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), and every week they publish their “Week in Regulation” update.CEI’s Battered Business Bureau: The Week In RegulationThis week in the world of regulation:

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Government Website For Immigrants: Come To America And Take Advantage Of Our Free Stuff

A website run by the federal government (“WelcomeToUSA.gov“) encourages new immigrants to the United States to apply for welfare benefits. This website is run by the Department of Homeland Security and it says that it “is the U.S. Government’s official web portal for new immigrants.” So your tax dollars were used to build and maintain […]

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John Mauldin’s Roadmap to Surviving the Fiscal Cliff

Investors could be in for a bumpy ride the rest of the year as politicians navigate a difficult path toward a solution to what is being billed as the fiscal cliff of $720 billion in expiring tax cuts and mandatory spending cuts. In this interview with The Gold Report, John Mauldin, author of Thoughts from […]

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A Guide to the Fiscal Cliff and the Options for Congress

Analysis Details What Is Expiring and Who Is Going to Be Most Impacted Washington, D.C., November 8, 2012—Uncertainty over the expiring sections of the federal tax code known collectively as the “fiscal cliff” represents not only a threat to a prosperous and growing economy, but an abdication of leadership in Washington.

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Who Got Jobs During the Obama Presidency?

Native and Immigrant Employment Growth, 2009 to 2012A new analysis of government data shows that two-thirds of the net increase in employment since President Obama took office has gone to immigrant workers, primarily legal immigrants. Although the level of new immigration overall has fallen, legal immigration remains very high.

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John Stephenson’s Predictions for Avoiding an Economic Crash

While the markets have been on edge for the past year or so and have left most investors bewildered as to what to do next, portfolio manager and author John Stephenson thinks that the course is set for higher gold prices. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Stephenson explains why he thinks we […]

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Doug Casey on the ‘Worsening Storm,’ QE3 and the Hard Assets Alliance

The Daily Bell is pleased to present this exclusive interview with Doug Casey.  Introduction: Doug Casey has appeared on hundreds of radio and TV shows and has been the subject of articles in People, US, Time, Forbes, The Washington Post and numerous other publications. For nearly three decades, Doug Casey and his team have been […]

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Bernanke’s Quantitative Easing: Wrong Medicine for an Ailing Economy

The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee announced today that it would pursue $40 billion in additional monthly stimulus in the form of quantitative easing. Meanwhile, it will maintain its previous program of exchanging about $45 billion monthly in short-for-long-term securities. Quantitative easing, or QE, is purchasing long-dated government bonds and similar debt instruments.

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24 Stats on How Obama Royally Messed Up Our Economy

Thanks Obama – Here Are 24 Stats That Show How Much You Have Royally Messed Up Our Economy Under Barack Obama, the U.S. economy has performed worse than it did under any other president since the end of the Great Depression.