I have lost track of the number of times I get asked about prepping on a budget. I get it! Many Americans don’t have a lot of extra money to spend right now. However, we shouldn’t view purchasing ...
Once upon a time, the cartoon The Jetsons, the movie The Terminator, and the computer game The Sims all were viewed as entertainment. But with the rise of smart cities, these forms of entertainmen...
Throughout history, governments have employed various tactics to pay down their debt by stealing from you and me. It’s called financial repression. And just like the name sounds, it’s a way to mai...
Wired recently published a report all about Mark Zuckerberg’s top-secret Hawaii compound, which includes a 5,000-square-foot survival bunker with two mansions, a series of tunnels, and a blast-res...
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there are several things on the horizon that you need to prepare for. Individually, these things are scary enough. But, when you consider them occurring at...
Something big has happened in the past few weeks, but the American news media doesn’t seem too concerned. But they should be. We all should be. What I am talking about is not President Trump’s arr...
With just a signature on an executive order, the President of the United States can gain unprecedented power. An executive order is a document signed by the president that manages the operations o...
Imagine waking up one morning and discovering your bank account at almost zero, and it wasn’t taken out or spent by you. That’s what happened in Cyprus in 2013 when the European Union decided to t...
A focus of the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Annual Meeting in Davos was on cyber security. During the Annual Meeting, the WEF shared a report that claims, “91% of respondents said they believe a fa...
We’ve all heard stories about people who survived the Great Depression hiding cash under their mattresses or burying it in their yards because they lost trust in banks. Imagine taking it a step fu...
For many Americans, the idea of using an Apple watch or PayPal for purchases is convenient. So much so, that Gallup found 6 in 10 Americans “make only a few or no purchases with cash today, nearly...
As if the soaring inflation rates weren’t enough, now it looks like we’re headed into a recession. At publication time, the current annual inflation rate is 9.1% in June 2022. According to Trad...