Police Funding Themselves by Confiscating People’s Property | Armstrong Economics

The government is using Civil Asset Forfeiture to simply rob people. The numbers are in for Texas along. The police department stole $50 million in confiscations during 2017 when nobody was ever charged with a crime. They hat to publish these numbers because they know they are doing something unethical. They seize property and it is the PROPERTY that is PRESUMED to be guilty. The burden is on you to get a lawyer and pay all the expenses to try to get your property back. You will not be reimbursed for the legal fees so they know they just get away with it. This is part of the financial crisis we are in that will ultimately lead to revolution and the collapse of the United States probably in the aftermath of 2032. This is EXACTLY how Rome fell. When the army could not be paid, they began sacking their own cities under the pretense that they supported a political opponent. Here is a Colonial paper currency issued by Georgia in 1779 and it boldly states that it is BACKED by their confiscation of all assets of anyone who supported the king. We have been there many times before.
— Read on www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/rule-of-law/police-funding-themselves-by-confiscating-peoples-property/

A conflict of interest in my opinion

China’s Annual Trade Surplus With U.S. Hits Record Despite Trump’s Tariff Offensive – WSJ

China’s trade surplus with the U.S. hit a fresh record last year, as robust American demand for Chinese goods undercut the Trump administration’s tariff offensive aimed at narrowing the countries’ lopsided trade gap.
— Read on www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-annual-trade-surplus-with-u-s-hits-record-despite-trumps-tariff-offensive-11547439977

People who buy made in China are supporting an oppressive regime, who cares little about the environment or censoring its own citizens.

Still Fighting the Last War Against Socialism | Mises Institute

Why does support for socialism persist? The short answer may be simple human nature, our natural tendency toward dissatisfaction with the present and unease about the future. Even in the midst of almost unimaginable material comforts made possible only by markets and entrepreneurs—both derided by socialists—we cannot manage to conclusively defeat the tired but deadly old
— Read on mises.org/power-market/still-fighting-last-war-against-socialism

The problem are no critical thinking skills, ignorance of history and economics. Our education system is badly flawed and rife with leftists professors .

Rally in Stocks Takes Heat Off Fed, Now They Talk Rate Hikes Again, Market Expectation of a Rate Hike Spikes | Wolf Street

Rally in Stocks Takes Heat Off Fed, Now They Talk Rate Hikes Again, Market Expectation of a Rate Hike Spikes | Wolf Street
— Read on wolfstreet.com/2019/01/09/stock-market-rally-takes-heat-off-fed-now-they-talk-rate-hikes-again-market-expectation-of-a-rate-hike-spikes/

Th fed does not want an overhead economy or too much inflation