Actually, if you look at the market and all commodities, it appears to all point to a strengthening of the dollar to the tune of 3% or so.
Slump? I guess they’re just being kind.
Yikes....
Anyone still in this farce of a system formerly called the ‘stock market’ is part and parcel supporting this destructive government...you might make money, but it is at the expense of other real Americans that have mistakenly retained their faith in this system. It is lost.
Bush’s fault?
So we are facing deflation not inflation - who knew? Try and think through the dangers of deflation versus inflation and it gets scary real fast. Good to know that we have an experienced -resident supported by a crack jack staff of financial wizards. Hold on America, this is where we find out how tough we really are.
Remember...unemployment and Husseins threats aimed at banks and Toyota had NOTHING to do with it!
The free market (Capitalism) did not cause this crisis, the government (Socialism/Communism) did.
The free market did not take us off the gold standard, the government did.
The free market did not dump trillions of dollars of cheap money into the system, the government did.
The free market did not create multiple trillion-dollar entitlement programs, the government did.
The free market did not create Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Sallie Mae and Ginnie Mae, the government did.
The free market did not write a tax code that favors one product (real estate) over others, the government did.
The free market did not destroy our public school system and graduate (or fail to graduate) generations of civically and financially illiterate citizens, the government did.
The free market did not drive our jobs overseas and kill our entrepreneurial spirit with over-taxation, over-regulation and frivolous lawsuits, the government did.
The free market did not pass laws that force banks to lend to those who do not qualify for a loan, the government did.
This crisis is the result of a giant social engineering experiment and vote-buying scheme gone tragically wrong.
The free market does not try to engineer society or buy votes, the government does.
The government caused this crisis, the free market did not.
The government cannot fix the crisis, the free market can.