Epstein Secrets

ng way toward becoming an ungovernable banana republic. ' EFTA00667297 Last Friday was the fourth anniversary of the day when the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection. The filing was and remains the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history, with Lehman holding over $600 billion in

. Every Presidential election should be called "the silly season," as it often brings out the ridiculous, and nothing could be more ridiculous than Mitt Romney's interview on a local Virginia television station when he went further than normal in criticizing the president's handling of the economy, saying tha

he inherited from his predecessor. "There has never been a recession that went on forever. There has never been a depression that went on foreven" Romney told WVEC News. "A recession occurs, the economy goes down, and then comes after recession, the recovery. That's happened since the beginning of tim

n. " Boy... did Romney get it wrong.... Thursday Governor Romney made the beginnings of a of what his campaign hop

ble back in 2008 include private space travel, radar that can see through walls, and mosquito lasers. Economic Malaise At this time four years ago, Lehman Brothers had only recently collapsed, Japan still had a larger economy than China, and European leaders had yet EFTA00700220 to hold their first debt cris

ates, not surprisingly, still the unchallenged global power. The issue is what to do with that power. The defeated challenger in the U.S. election, Mitt Romney, had a memorable and important turn of phrase when he said that you can't kill your way out of the problems of the Middle East. The point that neit

d a memorable and important turn of phrase when he said that you can't kill your way out of the problems of the Middle East. The point that neither Romney nor Obama articulated is what you do instead in the Middle East -- and elsewhere. Constant use of military force is not an option. See the example

, and how vulnerable debt- burdened families were to a plunge in housing prices — the clean little secret of recent years is that, since the fall of Lehman Brothers, basic textbook macroeconomics has performed very well. But policy makers and politicians have ignored both the textbooks and the lessons of histo

has played a big role in GOP politics and is vocal about his support for Israel. In 2012, he spent millions backing the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney, not only in a bid to beat President Obama but also to ensure strengthened support for Israel in domestic U.S. politics. And, more recently, New Je

lions backing the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney, not only in a bid to beat President Obama but a

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