Why Mississippi Should Change the Flag

Mississippi should change the flag to represent all peoples living in the state. A new flag should represent freedom for everyone. Mississippi has the potential to be the cultural and economic center of the USA. Let the flag and the laws represent that. 

13.3% Unemployed

“If the workers who were recorded as employed but absent from work due to ‘other reasons’ (over and above the number absent for other reasons in a typical May) had been classified as unemployed on temporary layoff, the overall unemployment rate would have been about 3 percentage points higher than reported…“ -BLS

Organized Crime

"What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth; but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor?”

Health and Wealth

Too bad printing money doesn’t increase our health or our wealth because the USA have replaced the Ottoman Empire and the Soviet Union as the sick man of Europe.

Inflation to Wear Away the Debt

Three employees of the Fed are writing a working paper to see what would happen if the Federal Reserve inflated away the US debt.


“We study the implications of a coordinated fiscal and monetary strategy aimed at creating a controlled rise of inflation to wear away a targeted fraction of debt.”

14.7% Unemployed

“If the workers who were recorded as employed but absent from work due to ‘other reasons’ (over and above the number absent for other reasons in a typical April) had been classified as unemployed on temporary layoff, the overall unemployment rate would have been almost 5 percentage points higher than reported…” -BLS

Gold Standard Oil

Oil producing nations and companies with dollar-denominated debts may realize that they could pay off more of their debts by selling oil for gold if gold continues to go up priced in dollars, than if they could if they keep selling oil for dollars at these low prices. It would be the death of the petro dollar. 

1:1?

The COMEX implemented a new gold category for 400 ounce bars Monday, April 13th. 

Normally, the gold is exchanged in 100 ounce bars. This new category could imply that the COMEX has run out of 100 ounce bars.

Reserve Requirements: 0%

“As announced on March 15, 2020, the Board reduced reserve requirement ratios to zero percent effective March 26, 2020. This action eliminated reserve requirements for all depository institutions.”