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Episode-428- What Will a U.S. Economic Collapse Look Like

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Note – there is a MSB discount in today’s show it will expire on Sunday night.  It is mentioned at the end of the house keeping segment. What Will a U.S. Economic Collapse Look Like?  More important than what it looks like may be what will the consequences be?  Survival fiction is full of ideas about this concept that range from a second period of time like the great depression to the total end of all civilization.  As usual my opinion is that most often the reality is closer to a middle ground.  Today we will examine some current issues … Continue reading →

Episode-417- Reducing Your Tax Footprint

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I have grown weary of the term “carbon footprint”, it drives me nuts that ever TV show, article, online video or blog post about energy independence has to use the dreaded term.  So I figured today we could talk about the useful reduction of a real footprint that is to large for most of us, the dreaded tax footprint. Join me today as we discuss… What is a tax footprint – how do you calculate one What taxes do we pay other than income, social security and medicare What are some of the hidden taxes we pay with out even … Continue reading →

Episode-297- Listener Calls Answered 10-14-09

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OK I am at home in my home office dealing with some sort of crud the wife brought home from her doctors office.  So I dove into the massive caller question backlog. Tune in today as I answer… Thoughts on creating your own guaranteed investments (sort of like an annuity) Thoughts about setting up and running a home based business Where silver fits in a barter economy, the phases of civil break down and why cash will be king at first Why talk show host Dave Ramsey is right about debt but dead wrong about silver and gold What to … Continue reading →

Episode-225- Audience Questions for 6-22-09

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Tune in today for answers to questions about ammo storage, desert water harvesting, PCP Air Rifles, gasoline storage and more.  Also I will let you know about our new YouTube Channel, a Soldiers Tribute Video I made on Friday to the Song “World” by “Five for Fighting”. I also just appeared on the 21st on the BrewCrazy Podast.  You can hear my guest host appearence by visiting the BrewCrazy Website. Tune in Today to Here me Answer… Are we starting to see global inflation?  Is that worse then US inflation? How do you store water in the desert and maximize … Continue reading →

Episode-12- What is the M3 Money Supply and What Does it Mean to You?

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So just what is the M3 Money Supply? It is the value of all U.S. Dollars in Circulation. The M Factors of US currency are broken down as follows, M0: M0 (M-zero) is the most liquid measure of the money supply. It only includes cash or assets that could quickly be converted into currency. This measure is known as narrow money because it is the smallest measure of the money supply. M1: M1 is M0 + checking accounts. This is used as a measurement for economists trying to quantify the amount of money in circulation. M2: M2 is M1 + … Continue reading →