A basic understanding of finances and financial securities such as bonds and stocks may help reduce the risk of anxiety and other related conditions such as high blood pressure, according to a Japanese study. To carry out the study, a team of researchers from the Hiroshima University and the Nagoya University pooled data from 2,412 respondents, and asked them […]

You won’t just be receiving a call from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) moving forward, but also from debt collectors. The tax collection agency has contracted out the task of pursuing unpaid taxes. (Article by Andrew Moran from blacklistednews.com) The IRS announced earlier this month that it has hired four debt collection agencies to get their […]

According to data from the Federal Reserve, Americans’ credit card debt rose by $3 billion in February 2017 to its highest level since 2008. We all know what happened in 2008, so should we be worried about a surge in delinquencies and defaults? And what can you do if your credit card debt has gotten […]

The idea of getting rid of the penny continues to gain currency, as it were. Late last month, Republican Senators John McCain and Mike Enzi of Arizona and Wyoming, respectively, introduced the Currency Optimization, Innovation, and National Savings Act of 2017. Under the COIN Act, if implemented, the buck also stops here. The COIN Act proposes […]

 Today’s China-U.S. summit meeting is an event that could also have enormous implications – in both directions. As Bloomberg’s Richard Breslow notes, one can’t help but be intrigued by the fact that while everyone is looking at the S&P 500, this morning the Shanghai composite traded at its highest level of the year. (Article by […]

The latest census numbers are in and one thing is for certain: Americans have had enough of urban liberalism. Almost every area of the country where people are fleeing in record numbers, according to the data, has been under Democratic Party rule for many decades. Meanwhile, the places seeing the most growth are, in many […]

A well-organized prepper’s stockpile will usually include a reasonably large amount of ammunition to be used for self defense and/or hunting, and proper ammo storage is key to safety and long-term viability. Improperly stored ammunition rounds may not only become unreliable, but also dangerous to fire. From Urban Survival Site: “Having a million rounds of […]

On Wednesday, March 15, the Federal Reserve announced it had raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point – a move likely to have noticeable effects on the economy, and not necessarily positive ones. In fact, many worry that the move could trigger severe financial consequences, including a long-feared adjustment of the stock market […]

Vaccines are a touchy subject in Australia, where government officials aggressively push for total compliance with vaccination mandates by whatever means possible. There is even a “No Jab No Pay” law on the books that essentially bars citizens from receiving government welfare unless they and their children are fully vaccinated. And at the root of […]

For many, the world just doesn’t feel like a safe place anymore. Pandemics, the re-emerging threat of nuclear war, terrorist attacks, and even the threat of a good old fashioned natural disaster have many scanning prepper sites online and stockpiling food in their basements. For some people, though, that just isn’t good enough. Those with […]

Things couldn’t be more on the brink in the United States as the old guard statists battle with the new guard populists for control over the federal government. Leading the charge against the People is none other than billionaire villain George Soros, who experts closely studying the situation say is trying to incite the next […]

According to the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom for 2017, the United States has less economic freedom than New Zealand, Australia, Estonia, Ireland, Chile, the United Kingdom and Lithuania. America is currently ranked 17th with a total score of 75.1, the lowest ever. The index uses a scale of one to 100 to demonstrate […]

The jobs market is sizzling. (Article by John Carney by Breitbart.com) Domestic employers added a jaw-dropping 235,000 new jobs last month, while the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Both construction and manufacturing saw strong jobs gains. Economists expected nonfarm payrolls to grow by 190,000, compared with 227,000 in […]

In a survey produced by the Pew Research Center a couple of years ago, it was revealed that millennials are overwhelming liberal, especially when compared to the political philosophies of their parents. Of the 10,000 Americans that were interviewed, almost 40% of millennials considered their views to be either “mostly liberal” or “consistently liberal.” This […]

Right now, America’s national debt is rapidly approaching $20 trillion with no end in sight. We have hundreds of trillions of dollars in unfunded liabilities, and yet a large portion of Americans still advocate more borrowing and more spending. It doesn’t exactly take a degree in economics to know that this is unsustainable, and should […]