- GM sales fell 47 percent compared to the 44 percent decline projected by analysts.
- Ford sales fell 8.9 percent compared to the 5 percent decline projected by analysts.
- Chrysler sales fell 8.9 percent, matching the average analyst estimates.
- Nissan sales fell 11 percent compared to the 7.1 percent decline projected by analysts.
- Honda sales fell 23 percent, compared to the 13 percent decline projected by analysts.
- Toyota sales fell 16 percent compared to the 13 percent decline projected by analysts.
- Hyundai bucked the industry slide with a 27 percent increase.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Auto sales crash
Adjusted September Sales vs. Estimates
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Time to kill the monster.
I was born in 1964 when federal governments expenditures were about $118 billion dollars. At that time the federal debt was about 316 billion dollars. The population of the country was about 192 million. Today(9/29/09) we have a population of 304 million or an increase of roughly 50%. So what is our budget and our debt?
Our debt is over 12 trillion, not counting the huge liabilities of social security and medicare/medicaid(over 50 trillion). Our budget is now over 3.6 trillion. So let's do some math:
1964 budget was roughly $614 per American and the debt was about $1654 per American.
2009 budget is roughly $11,842 per American and the debt is about $39,473 per American. (2016 update- 2015 budget was 3.8 trillion and national debt is 19.2 trillion!)
That is one heck of an increase. A 50% rise in the population has led to over a 1900% increase in the budget and an increase in the debt of almost 2400%.
Now who has been in power over those 45 years? Only two parties- the rethuglicans and the demorats. Both have controlled the entire government during that period and the results of their control are clear. Neither party has done anything to limit the scope and size of government. The budget has skyrocketed on a percentage basis as has the debt and the deficit. Clearly any talk of reducing government has been a complete and total lie. Instead, both gangs have steadily, methodically and consistently grown government regardless of all their rhetoric.
I wonder how many Americans thought government was to small and that they were under-taxed in 1964?
Voting has not made any difference in containing the beast or reducing its appetite. Only way to kill this two-headed beast is to stop voting for it and to starve it by cutting off it's main source of funding: taxation, the fed and the treasury. END the fed.
Our debt is over 12 trillion, not counting the huge liabilities of social security and medicare/medicaid(over 50 trillion). Our budget is now over 3.6 trillion. So let's do some math:
1964 budget was roughly $614 per American and the debt was about $1654 per American.
2009 budget is roughly $11,842 per American and the debt is about $39,473 per American. (2016 update- 2015 budget was 3.8 trillion and national debt is 19.2 trillion!)
That is one heck of an increase. A 50% rise in the population has led to over a 1900% increase in the budget and an increase in the debt of almost 2400%.
Now who has been in power over those 45 years? Only two parties- the rethuglicans and the demorats. Both have controlled the entire government during that period and the results of their control are clear. Neither party has done anything to limit the scope and size of government. The budget has skyrocketed on a percentage basis as has the debt and the deficit. Clearly any talk of reducing government has been a complete and total lie. Instead, both gangs have steadily, methodically and consistently grown government regardless of all their rhetoric.
I wonder how many Americans thought government was to small and that they were under-taxed in 1964?
Voting has not made any difference in containing the beast or reducing its appetite. Only way to kill this two-headed beast is to stop voting for it and to starve it by cutting off it's main source of funding: taxation, the fed and the treasury. END the fed.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
IRA seizure?
What is the risk of the federal gov't seizing our IRA's? I have thought a lot about this and think the risk is there but not sure how high it is. First of all, is there any talk of doing this by the thugs in charge? Yes. Argentina did it.
Really at this point should we put anything past the thugs who think they own us and exist to serve them and who rob us every day of our property?
So how would they do it?
Probably just take whatever the balance is on the day of seizure and give out equity in the social security ponzi scheme in return. Or maybe some newly issued gov't bonds which won't be able to be sold until a certain date. Or maybe nothing. Just say they had to bail out the system, it is our duty to sacrifice and it would be for our own good anyway and since we are to stupid to understand how complicated the issue is just take it and shut up.
I for one am taking this risk seriously and taking steps to hedge against it.
I trust no one in government and believe none of their lies. As a side issue how much food and water do you have on hand, just in case?
Really at this point should we put anything past the thugs who think they own us and exist to serve them and who rob us every day of our property?
So how would they do it?
Probably just take whatever the balance is on the day of seizure and give out equity in the social security ponzi scheme in return. Or maybe some newly issued gov't bonds which won't be able to be sold until a certain date. Or maybe nothing. Just say they had to bail out the system, it is our duty to sacrifice and it would be for our own good anyway and since we are to stupid to understand how complicated the issue is just take it and shut up.
I for one am taking this risk seriously and taking steps to hedge against it.
I trust no one in government and believe none of their lies. As a side issue how much food and water do you have on hand, just in case?
Friday, August 28, 2009
Do you support violence?
This is a legitimate question and one you should think about before answering it. Are you a moral person? Do you condone theft? Do you support the initiation of violence against others? Please read this: Force.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Health Care Simplified
The reason we have a health care "crisis" in this country is very simple. There are way to many players in a very simple transaction dramatically increasing the costs for all. The reason there are so many people involved in what should be a very simple transaction is government interference and a lack of personal responsibility.
Lets break this down into the basics.
I don't feel very well. I have had a pain in my abdominal area for several days and I am getting worried it is something serious. So I call up a doctor I choose and make an appointment. So far so good, right? No need for any government interference at all. So I get an appointment and am told the doctor will charge me $125 to examine me. I figure it is worth the $125 to find out what is wrong and if it is serious. I need some advice, the doctor offers his advice to me for $125 and I accept. We now have entered into a contractual agreement. We both are getting what we regard as fair value for the exchange of time for money.
The next day I get examined, a diagnosis is made and treatment prescribed.
I pay the doctor the $125 and follow his prescription and soon feel better.
Why would there need to be any other people involved in this transaction? Any other people involved would only serve to jack up the price I pay and reduce what the doctor earns. This is a private transaction between two individuals- nothing more. This is no different from him having a bicycle to sell that I want to buy. Or me selling him my advice on how to plant a garden.
That is all healthcare is. I don't have a right to the doctors services unless I agree to pay the price he wants to receive in exchange for it. And vice versa.
Just because I am sick or in pain, he is under no obligation to give me advice or treat me unless I pay his fee, or he chooses to treat me for free. I didn't pay for his education, his office, his tools, etc therefore I have no right to claim anything from him I cannot afford to pay his price for. That is it- end of story.
If you think healthcare is a right you are owed because for whatever ridiculous reason you have you are a thief. Thats right- a thief. And you believe in slavery. And ultimately murder. Think that is a stretch? Follow this:
If you think you have a right to something you didn't earn that must be taken from another you are a thief. Plain and simple. Doesn't matter what that something might be. Doesn't matter how life-sustaining that might be. If you didn't earn it or pay for it in some way, or be given it freely by its owner if you take it you are a thief.
If you think a doctor owes you his knowledge and services when you can't pay the price he offers them at you believe in slavery. You think that doctor is your slave and has to give you something for less than he values it at.
Now if you take this one step further and demand you get his labor for less than he wants to sell it for, you must employ force. Force ultimately leads to murder when the forced party rightfully resists.
Lets break this down into the basics.
I don't feel very well. I have had a pain in my abdominal area for several days and I am getting worried it is something serious. So I call up a doctor I choose and make an appointment. So far so good, right? No need for any government interference at all. So I get an appointment and am told the doctor will charge me $125 to examine me. I figure it is worth the $125 to find out what is wrong and if it is serious. I need some advice, the doctor offers his advice to me for $125 and I accept. We now have entered into a contractual agreement. We both are getting what we regard as fair value for the exchange of time for money.
The next day I get examined, a diagnosis is made and treatment prescribed.
I pay the doctor the $125 and follow his prescription and soon feel better.
Why would there need to be any other people involved in this transaction? Any other people involved would only serve to jack up the price I pay and reduce what the doctor earns. This is a private transaction between two individuals- nothing more. This is no different from him having a bicycle to sell that I want to buy. Or me selling him my advice on how to plant a garden.
That is all healthcare is. I don't have a right to the doctors services unless I agree to pay the price he wants to receive in exchange for it. And vice versa.
Just because I am sick or in pain, he is under no obligation to give me advice or treat me unless I pay his fee, or he chooses to treat me for free. I didn't pay for his education, his office, his tools, etc therefore I have no right to claim anything from him I cannot afford to pay his price for. That is it- end of story.
If you think healthcare is a right you are owed because for whatever ridiculous reason you have you are a thief. Thats right- a thief. And you believe in slavery. And ultimately murder. Think that is a stretch? Follow this:
If you think you have a right to something you didn't earn that must be taken from another you are a thief. Plain and simple. Doesn't matter what that something might be. Doesn't matter how life-sustaining that might be. If you didn't earn it or pay for it in some way, or be given it freely by its owner if you take it you are a thief.
If you think a doctor owes you his knowledge and services when you can't pay the price he offers them at you believe in slavery. You think that doctor is your slave and has to give you something for less than he values it at.
Now if you take this one step further and demand you get his labor for less than he wants to sell it for, you must employ force. Force ultimately leads to murder when the forced party rightfully resists.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Swine flu death rate of 2.1 to 3.2?
Here is a sobering estimate of the potential deaths coming from swine flu this winter. CDC has predicted a 2.1 percent to 3.3 percent death rate among those who come down with swine flu this fall.
No mention of what the infection rate would be but if it was 50% that could mean between 118,000 and 264,000 people would die here in Florida this coming winter. And since we have a large population of older people who would be more susceptible to the flu it could even be higher. Don't know how reliable this source is but I sure haven't heard those numbers from anybody in government here. This would sure put an end to all those phony green shoot lies we keep hearing about.
No mention of what the infection rate would be but if it was 50% that could mean between 118,000 and 264,000 people would die here in Florida this coming winter. And since we have a large population of older people who would be more susceptible to the flu it could even be higher. Don't know how reliable this source is but I sure haven't heard those numbers from anybody in government here. This would sure put an end to all those phony green shoot lies we keep hearing about.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Cash for clunkers failed!!
Read this:"All the cash-for-clunkers [program] did was steal sales from other retailers. We'd argue that even more damage was done, as consumers who did turn in their clunkers likely surrendered assets with at least some residual value for debt and an equity stake in a sharply deteriorating asset," said T.J. Marta, chief market strategist, Marta on the Markets LLC.
However the government accomplished their real agenda; which is to push the "green movement." Thousands of perfectly good cars were taken in and destroyed. Yep all the clunkers had to be destroyed. Got those gaz guzzlers off the streets and coerced a bunch of suckers to buy new "green" wasting (literally)assets.
The agenda of the gov't is to control us by every means possible. First priority is to break us financially so they can assume complete control over us and we can offer little opposition. Slavery is making a comeback.
However the government accomplished their real agenda; which is to push the "green movement." Thousands of perfectly good cars were taken in and destroyed. Yep all the clunkers had to be destroyed. Got those gaz guzzlers off the streets and coerced a bunch of suckers to buy new "green" wasting (literally)assets.
The agenda of the gov't is to control us by every means possible. First priority is to break us financially so they can assume complete control over us and we can offer little opposition. Slavery is making a comeback.
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