Our nation is just over two hundred years old and we the people can’t get anything together for the good of all. We tell a good tale but when it come to deliver the goods we stumble and fall. The way I see it is if we don’t start doing what we came here for in the first place this great nation will come to an end. Do your history checking if you don’t know what I’m talking about.

Bernanke’s success in reflating sagging asset prices has depended entirely on interest rate manipulation and liquidity injections. There’s been no effort to patch household balance sheets, increase production, or strengthen overall demand. It’s a clever trick by a master illusionist, but it has its costs. When the dollar rallies, markets will crash. And Bernanke will be responsible.

Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a 2,000 page bill to give the federal government the power to micromanage the health care of every single American

India, the world’s biggest gold consumer, bought 200 metric tons from the International Monetary Fund for $6.7 billion as central banks show increased interest in diversifying their holdings to protect against a slumping dollar.