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For The Little (Business) Guy

If you ask most Americans, the economy is the number issue in this presidential election. And for these next 8 weeks, both the Obama and the McCain campaigns will be on the offensive in touting their economic plans as best for the American worker and business. But what about the entreprenuer?
Business Week’s SmallBiz magazine ran [...]

Stand Up For Something Homie

When will Barack Obama Man Up?
When will the day come when we become free men and women? When will we just become free of plantation tactics and simply learn how to live and die on conviction. The masses of Negroes need to instantly stop thinking of survival tactics in every aspect of life. Plotting [...]

‘Cop’ This

For all those anti-war, anti-World Bank and multi-national corporations, as well as pro-social justice protesters at the DNC, you better beware. It looks like Denver Sheriff’s Department (probably in conjunction with other law enforcement agencies) has set-up “concentration camp-like” fenced areas just for you. And to top that off, if you are arrested, how long [...]

Freedom and Prosperity Part 2

“Real prosperity is created by building capital, not by financing debt.”
“Phil Graham is right – we’ve become a “nation of whiners…The American people fully expect to get lazier and richer at the same time – forget it!”
As stated previously in part one of this essay, the U.S. is the world’s largest [...]

Freedom and Prosperity Part 1

In the midst of this “near-recession,” there have been many culprits to blame for the weak state of the U.S. economy – the main one being America’s dependence on foreign oil and the rising prices associated with it.
But we at Phiscal Matters offer a counter opinion that is neither anti-oil or anti-alternative energy. We argue [...]