Charting Stocks

This map is courtesy of Mint.com and shows the top producing countries of each resource, or the proved reserves in the case of oil and natural gas. Click on the image to see  full size.

At $8.5 Trillion already pledged by the US Government, the 2008 bailout of the financial sector has become largest single expenditure ever assumed by the US Government (Or any government). Just how large you ask? We’ve now exceeded the total cost of World War 2, The New Deal, Korean War, Iraq Invasion, Vietnam, The Louisiana [...]

The latest from US congressman Ron Paul
“This week the bailout of the Big Three automakers was under heavy consideration in Congress’s lame duck session. I have always opposed government bailouts of private organizations. Back in 1979 Congress had hearings about bailing out Chrysler and I was on record pointing out that these types [...]