06/23/09 Baltimore, Maryland The Onion regularly releases quality satirical videos… and in this episode US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner turns to the clearly capable hands of Cash4Gold.com, the website of MC Hammer and Super Bowl commercial fame, to help solve America’s financial challenges.
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Long-time DR sufferers are already familiar with our friend and colleague Dr. Marc Faber – author of The Gloom, Boom and Doom Report, and one of the foremost contrarian economists working today.
Well, we’ve secured an exclusive interview with Dr. Faber – hosted by our own Dan Mangru – which will premier on Tuesday, November 24th…Read more…
Is it time for US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to consider resignation? As a result of his recent congressional testimony, shown in the video below, the topic’s now very top of mind.
This pressure comes in addition to the recent Rasmussen Reports survey that shows 42 percent of Americans think he’s done a “poor job” in…Read more…
Okay! We’ll say what we’ve been thinking…
…that our children are going to spit on our graves!
First, Americans made a colossal mistake in the ’90s and the ’00s. They partied…they spent…they borrowed…running up huge debts in the private sector. Most kids could forget about inheriting anything from their parents; the geezers spent it years ago.
The boomer…Read more…
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