Obamacare is a big deal. Anything that could lead to an intensely emotional shut down of the U.S. Government has to be a very big deal indeed. The polarization in America is not just on party lines but on racial lines as well, according to CNBC’s John Harwood. As he told President Obama this week,…
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The Middle East has been a magnificent but dangerously futile obsession for American Presidents. Nothing good has come of their middle eastern forays whether they were conducted from a right wing military view or a left wing humanitarian view. That is why we compared the middle east to the notoriously dangerous island of Greek Sirens…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…
Readers know that we have been waging a sustained campaign to identify and describe the deep prejudice and bigotry resident within the New York Times against “Hindu” Dharma and Indian culture. Our efforts have been both public via this Blog and private. Readers have supported our efforts with words of kind and positive support. This…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…
Below are this week’s articles on Macro Viewpoints: Ronald Reagan – So Easy to Admire, So Hard to Emulate >>>> Who Would Want this Indian Rupee? >>>> Interesting Videoclips of the Week (September 7 – September 13, 2013) >>>> Send your feedback to editor@macroviewpoints.com Or @MacroViewpoints on Twitter
Remember Sirens from Greek Mythology? Those beautiful and dangerous femme fatales whose music and lure proved irresistible to the sailors of those days. Try as mightily as they could, the determined sailors of old simply could not resist the sound of haunting music of the Sirens. So as moths to flame, the sailors would turn…
Imagine an American work program that guarantees work for 100 days per year for two-thirds of American population. Since the Government cannot guarantee a job, the program would actually guarantee payment to 200 million Americans for 100 eight-hour days at the minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. Total cost = 100*8*7.25*200mm = 1,160,000 million dollars…
Editor’s Note: In this series of articles, we include important or interesting videoclips with our comments. This is an article that expresses our personal opinions about comments made on Television and in Print. It is NOT intended to provide any investment advice of any type whatsoever. No one should base any investing decisions or conclusions…