Aug 30 2010

How we lost 1.3 million households from 2008 to 2009. New Census figures show a large decrease in U.S. household count.

Preliminary Census data is now coming out showing the effects of the recession on a macro scale.  The 2008 Census figures don’t highlight the deep capital loss that was experienced by middle class families over the last two years.  We now have data showing how deep the recession has gotten.  From 2008 to 2009 the […]

Aug 28 2010

The Struggling Class – The emergence of consistent poverty. How the other half live financially. 40 million Americans on food assistance and large unbanked population. Family Dollar up over 80 percent through the recession.

It is disturbing to see many articles published in foreign newspapers and magazines highlighting the plight of the middle class in America.  You would think that our own media would want to cover this issue which should be at the top of the list for everyone.  Instead, our mainstream media systematically attempts to keep everyone […]

Aug 24 2010

The trillion dollar bailout you didn’t hear about – Commercial real estate values plummet again yet banks hide losses. A $3.5 trillion financial disaster in the making. We are now proud owners of an AMC theater and Chick-fil-A.

The latest data on existing home sales should tell you exactly where we are in this so called recovery.  Average Americans are unable to purchase big ticket items without massive government subsidies.  It is also the case that all the too big to fail banks are standing only because of the generous support of taxpayer […]

Aug 21 2010

Sin City and Nevada suffer brunt of recession – 25 percent underemployment rate for Nevada reflecting depression like stats. Foreclosure data on home that was picked up for $120,000 but had a second mortgage of $1.2 million.

The great recession has touched every state across the United States with a reverse Midas touch.  Every average American has felt this recession to one degree or another.  Yet few states have felt the economic implosion like Nevada.  Here we have a state that highlights the heavy reliance on the housing bubble, conspicuous consumer spending, […]

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