BankNotes Archive – February 2017
BankNotes Articles from February 2017
Greenspan the Undertaker and His Countless Victims
Greenspan the Undertaker and His Countless Victims Emi and Glen Yamasaki were a smiling couple that waved at their neighbors in the Sun City Anthem neighborhood of Henderson. Other retirees who lived near them couldn’t believe the Yamasakis committed suicide by jumping from the top story of the Silverton Casino’s … Read more
Read MoreThomas Jefferson Warned Us about Social Security
Thomas Jefferson Warned Us about Social Security Many have tried, but few have been as effective as Thomas Jefferson at criticizing Social Security. In a 1798 letter, Jefferson, who died more than a century before Social Security reached the public’s conscience, laid out one of the most compelling arguments ever … Read more
Read MoreThe US Navy: A History of Waste and Corruption
01/24/2017 Matthew McCaffrey The growth of US military power has rarely, if ever, been the result of legitimate concerns about defensive strategy, let alone about the national welfare. Instead, it’s more often a consequence of a waste, corruption, and imperial ambition that together have produced the modern military-industrial complex. This … Read more
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