Gold and silver are both bad stores of value if the crap really hits the fan because the government generally confiscates it.

The biggest problem with fraud is that it brings down new laws on those of us who are behaving ourselves in a reasonable manner.The government never kills a fly with a flyswatter.

Buyers are almost non existent.....unless there is a government program promoting free money.

But there were apparently 5 recessions in the 15-20 years prior to establishing the Federal Reserve, so it doesn't sound like it was all "peaches and cream" before then.The legislation enacted in 1913 made is much easier to have a big FEDERAL government.

By late January I was pestering them and early February I was frankly wondering if I was going to have to evict the government from a house.

, they'd be horrified at the powers the government usurped 8 years ago...And if our current administration would follow-through on their promise to get rid of it (which they don't seem to want to do) we'd all be much safer from our government.

First, there is a stickey in the Off Topic section; Political Discussions On BP, where Josh has outline the rules concerning political discussions, so let's take care to follow them.In our new political environment I'm getting concerned about how the real estate industry might change due to political influences and any good business person must give consideration to government oversight and how regulatory changes might impact any business plan.This is not about any one official, (President) but rather the philosphy of the two major parties, the Democrats and the Republicans and their agendas and how,if their respective agendas become reality, could change the way you do business.What is the likelyhood that either party will control the House and Senate and take the Whitehouse?

While I don't advocate refusing to lease based on any legal source of income, I have rarely seen people on government assistance having a credit score acceptable for secondary market funding, if you use a cutoff of say 740, you'd likely have rents paid on time.

Removing contaminated soil to government specs is beyond expensive.

With all this expanding and with government budgets getting tighter and tuitions skyrocketing to infinity, I wonder if higher education is nearing a bubble peak.