Weekend Reading: The Property Illusion

How many people have to lose their savings, their equity and their pensions before there is a revolution – or is the intellectual revolution already here – “refuge to reconstruction”? That is the $54 Billion dollar question.

Posted by Larry Doyle, Sense on Cents

One man’s wealth tax becomes another man’s wealth confiscation

Property RightsI have no doubt that given the need for sources of revenue by Uncle Sam and other sovereign governments, the topic of “the protection of property rights” will be increasingly brought front and center in the public arena.

We saw this play out in Cyprus just a few weeks back, and we witness another example of this topic just the other day in a WSJ article, Now He’s After Your 401(K). Continue reading

Forget Failing Banks — Save More of Your Money with Credit Unions

Forget Failing Banks — Save More of Your Money with Credit Unions

By John-Michael Haines

August 19, 2011
money in between mattressFor many Americans, saving money involves depositing part of our paycheck into a bank savings account. Sure, some people stash their cash under the mattress, but most of us are members of a large national bank that we trust to keep our money safe. Continue reading