Freedom of speech is up there with guns for rights that Americans hold sacred. The political elite has to get creative when they try to take these rights away, lest the backlash makes them lose ground rather than gain it.By and large, that has been the case with guns; everytime talk starts about restrictive gun control, gun sales soar. Most people realize banning guns would not be feasible, and ev...Read More
New Hampshire is in an abusive relationship, according to Carla Gericke, the President of Foundation for New Hampshire Independence. Uncle Sam won’t let New Hampshire leave; he arrests the citizens for victimless crimes, he overrides the legislature for policy and regulation, and he takes her money.The state is a net payer of federal taxes, meaning they pay more federal taxes than they get b...Read More
New Hampshire is in an abusive relationship, according to Carla Gericke, the President of Foundation for New Hampshire Independence. Uncle Sam won’t let New Hampshire leave; he arrests the citizens for victimless crimes, he overrides the legislature for policy and regulation, and he takes her money.The state is a net payer of federal taxes, meaning they pay more federal taxes than they get b...Read More
Can you count how many ways the government manipulates people to be the type of citizen they can easily control?I think that would be impossible to come up with an actual number when every facet of government is dedicated to shaping the citizen in ways contrary to his or her nature.It ranges from tax credits for having kids to increased welfare for being a single mom; from subsidies for growing co...Read More
Can you count how many ways the government manipulates people to be the type of citizen they can easily control?I think that would be impossible to come up with an actual number when every facet of government is dedicated to shaping the citizen in ways contrary to his or her nature.It ranges from tax credits for having kids to increased welfare for being a single mom; from subsidies for growing co...Read More
Canada's Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG) the world's number four bullion miner in terms of output, is selling its Camino Rojo gold and silver project in Mexico to Orla Mining (TSX-V:OLA), adding to the list of operations it has been unloading in recent months to focus on highly profitable, core assets.As part of the deal, the Vancouver-based gold producer will receive 19.9% of the outstanding common sh...Read More
How many successful people can there be? It seems like, after every article you read these days, the author bio talks about a book they have written, an invention they created, a prestigious award or some other indicator of great success. Yet I’ve never really heard of most of them.I used to get pings of jealousy when I would see descriptions like that of successful people; it almost felt li...Read More
How many successful people can there be? It seems like, after every article you read these days, the author bio talks about a book they have written, an invention they created, a prestigious award or some other indicator of great success. Yet I’ve never really heard of most of them.I used to get pings of jealousy when I would see descriptions like that of successful people; it almost felt li...Read More
The leviathan created by the modern welfare state is one of the gravest threats facing the American republican system. Dangers levied by the continued use of the government's dole come both fiscally and socially. Fixes being floated from Congress to community organizations still lack a cohesive focus on reform in the mainstream public discourse.The federal welfare apparatus has bloomed into a disa...Read More
The leviathan created by the modern welfare state is one of the gravest threats facing the American republican system. Dangers levied by the continued use of the government's dole come both fiscally and socially. Fixes being floated from Congress to community organizations still lack a cohesive focus on reform in the mainstream public discourse.The federal welfare apparatus has bloomed into a disa...Read More
What if everyone declared bankruptcy, would that solve all financial woes? Or rather, would it be the ultimate debt bubble burst? Bankruptcy is a “solution” that would become disastrous if everyone were to use it. So can it truly be considered a solution at all? It just shifts the financial burden to someone else.Most people just don’t care though, because usually, it is the bi...Read More
What if everyone declared bankruptcy, would that solve all financial woes? Or rather, would it be the ultimate debt bubble burst? Bankruptcy is a “solution” that would become disastrous if everyone were to use it. So can it truly be considered a solution at all? It just shifts the financial burden to someone else.Most people just don’t care though, because usually, it is the bi...Read More
That’s what this world needs: skills. Raw resources are useless without the skill to properly apply them.There are skills for financial gain, skills for personal gain, and skills for a backup plan. Most of them overlap; something once a hobby can become a career, for instance becoming a tennis instructor. Or a skill that is a “backup plan” can become the bread and butter in an em...Read More
That’s what this world needs: skills. Raw resources are useless without the skill to properly apply them.There are skills for financial gain, skills for personal gain, and skills for a backup plan. Most of them overlap; something once a hobby can become a career, for instance becoming a tennis instructor. Or a skill that is a “backup plan” can become the bread and butter in an em...Read More
I would take one properly trained officer over 10 thugs any day. Yet while departments across the country are facing police shortages, the only thing they can think to do is cut the standards for hiring.But with killings by officers forcing a public reckoning over whether the police deserve to be seen automatically as the good guys, departments in major cities are struggling to fill thousands of o...Read More
I would take one properly trained officer over 10 thugs any day. Yet while departments across the country are facing police shortages, the only thing they can think to do is cut the standards for hiring.But with killings by officers forcing a public reckoning over whether the police deserve to be seen automatically as the good guys, departments in major cities are struggling to fill thousands of o...Read More
Many a gold stock's headquarters are situated in a safe, stable country, but its mines may be located abroad and exposed to the downside of some less developed jurisdictions around the world. But Agnico Eagle Mines, headquartered in Toronto, offers strong production growth in stable political jurisdictions, a solid balance sheet and quality management.Gold stocks have outperformed the overall mark...Read More
When you buy stocks in sectors and sub-sectors of the market, keep your portfolio balance goals in mind. If you're a conservative, income-seeking investor, focus on utilities, financial and consumer stocks. If you're aggressive, buy more manufacturing and resource stocks.As a general rule, we advise you to keep at least 10 per cent-but no more than 30 per cent-of your equity portfolio in each of t...Read More
Why does it seem like the one time you want the government to do something, they aren’t interested?Supposedly, the EPA exists in part to protect public health. So you might think they would want to get harmful chemicals out of the drinking supply, or at very least, prevent them from being added.Yet despite mountains of evidence that fluoride is not only ineffective at preventing tooth decay...Read More