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Pay Up, Suckers!By Dr. Russell McDougal
America’s debts will never be paid off. They are too large and we’ve long since passed the point of no return. The Fed’s corrupt monetary system actually depends upon expanding debt. Do you ever wonder exactly who the primary beneficiaries of this debt are? Yes, I’m talking about money and the Federal Reserve once again. There are few more important local or global topics. Especially since the Fed is now playing out an end game scenario. You’ve heard my description of the Fed as the “ultimate franchise.” You’ve seen their mechanisms of reaping where others have sowed. Today, you’ll get a glimpse of their harvest. This editorial can be considered Part 15 of the series that so dismayed colleague Andy Carpenter when he thought it ended. I hope he wasn’t being facetious. Economists of all stripes describe the national debt of $9 trillion as having little importance. They say this is because “we owe it to ourselves.” That is far from true. The following chart is from Mike Hewitt’s excellent DollarDaze article entitled “Who Do We Owe and How Much?” This chart demonstrates all incurred debt in the US during the brief time frame of 2001 to 2006 - individual, corporate, and government. It totals $10.73 trillion. Do not confuse this with the $9 trillion - listed “official” national debt accumulated over a much longer period of time. My key point in this essay is to demonstrate exactly who the money is owed to. It is definitely not to “ourselves.” Look at the top figures in the green chart above. More than $3 trillion is owed to foreigners. $2.4 trillion is owed to commercial banks.
$1.19 trillion is owed to the Federal Reserve!! Remember, the Fed is a private corporation. A large portion of its owners are also elitist banking foreigners. If you add what is owed to the Fed with what is owed to commercial banks, you get the grand sum of $3.65 trillion. This is 34 percent of the total borrowed amount of $10.73 trillion. The Fed’s $1.19 trillion is 11 percent of the total borrowed. Nice pay for six years of “work,” no? What exactly did the Fed do to earn this money? They didn’t even have to go to the trouble of printing it. They just make digital entries on the master computer and the “money” appears. They “monetize” political promises (lies), cow chips, failed mortgages, or whatever they choose. We owe them this sum! That, my friend, makes you a serf. Pay up. At some point the national debt is similar to the debts owed by a bankrupt individual on a last-minute spending spree. Right before the plastic is cut into pieces. Broke is broke - might as well go out in style. Maybe the U.S. can find further funding to continue exponentially expanding its debt, but that is exceedingly unlikely. Someone (individuals, institutions, or nations) has to continue loaning money to the U.S. When it becomes blatantly obvious to all that the money cannot be repaid, the loans will stop. There will be demands for repayment of existing loans. Game over. Don’t forget - the federal debt is only a tiny portion of total U.S. debts. You have to add in the presently unfunded liabilities. Try $48 trillion and counting. Do you think it’s possible to honor this escalating debt? Regardless, the Fed masters couldn’t be more pleased. The US has been plagued by central banks from inception. We presently do not have financial independence. Where are the patriots? Do not have unprotected finances. Invest Resourcefully, Rusty P.S. To let me know what you thought of today's article, send an e-mail to: feedback@investorsdailyedge.com. [Ed. Note: Dr. Russell McDougal has dedicated years of study and investing in the natural resources exploration sector. During that time he has closed out DOZENS of gains of 500%... 1,000%... 2,000% and more! Currently he is sitting on multiple thousand percent winners, including one stock that is up a whopping +5,000%. And for a select group of investors, Rusty has agreed to share his secrets of success... and his top stock recommendations. Click here to learn more... ]
It's Heaven for Bond InvestorsBy Charles Delvalle While the market rallied for the last few years, one strange thing was happening. The spread between yields on corporate bonds and government bonds was virtually non-existent. This means investors weren’t paid much for the risk they took on for getting into corporate bonds. A few months ago, I said this simply couldn’t last. The market always goes back to the norm. So either government yields would drop, corporate yields would rise, or both would happen. Well thanks to the credit crunch, corporate bond yields are much higher now. A quick search through Yahoo finance was showing bonds from strong companies paying out yields of seven to eight percent. Seven to eight percent! And if you want to take on some risk, you can easily find bonds (non-junk) trading as high as ten percent. If you’re a bond investor, now is one of the best times to get into some high yielding bonds. But you should hurry. After the market calms down again, yields should move lower once again.
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