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Its tax time

Prepare for your Taxes to go Up – Part 1

Social Security is running out of money. The deficit is rising. Like it or not, taxes are going to have to go up.
Wall Street

This is How to Survive a Collapse

You need to add some financial preparedness to your standard preps if you want to survive to coming economic collapse.
A pile of Jenga pieces in a tower.

This is How a Collapse Starts

Collapses aren't caused by any one thing, but many small things can add up to take down the largest systems and most powerful countries.
Silicon Valley Bank logo

The Government Admits our Economy is in Trouble

By making SVB depositors whole, the government is tacitly admitting that our economy is on the verge of falling off a cliff and can't withstand a shock.
Stock market chart

What You can do if this is the Year of the...

Many are predicting a stock market collapse, a housing collapse, maybe the death of the petrodollar. What can you do to prepare?
Trains in the switching yard

A Realistic Look at the Effects of a Rail Strike

After four of the twelve unions representing various freight railroad workers vote against the deal, we look at what a strike means to you and me.
Rail yard

Rail Strike Looms as Another Union Rejects Labor Deal

A nation-wide rail strike looks it may hit as early as the second week in December as another union of railroad workers voted against the deal.
Theranos was built on “untruths, misrepresentations, plain hubris and lies.”

Young Fraudsters get their 15 Minutes of Fame

Why are so many young people founding companies built on “untruths, misrepresentations, plain hubris and lies?"
Guys around a white board.

How to Bounce Back After Getting Laid Off in a Recession

One day you are at work and everything's going fine until the call a meeting and announce layoffs. Suddenly, you're unemployed. What do you do?
Lobster Roll vs Beef Empanada

Layoffs are Already Happening as Economy Sinks

Layoffs are happening on the local and national level, energy prices are rising, and consumers are cutting back on spending.