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Peter Schiff: Obama, Fed Presided Over Phony Recovery, Sees 'Major, Major Currency Crisis' Coming
This past weekend, Peter Schiff, the CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, uploaded a new video to The Schiff Report on YouTube.com. Schiff, who correctly-called last decade's housing crash and recent global economic crisis, noted that it had been a while since he released an entry to this vlog. As such, Schiff talked about a number of subjects. He advised viewers:
I think that we're already in recession. It's just that the Fed hasn't acknowledged it yet. And one of the reasons that Janet Yellen is so reluctant to come clean and acknowledge how weak the economy is because number one, it undercuts President Obama, who's going around the world claiming the United States has the strongest economy in the world when we're, in fact, in recession. Even Europe is growing faster than the United States. Yet somehow President Obama wants to claim credit for saving the U.S. economy and producing all this non-existent growth. While the Federal Reserve doesn't want to peddle fiction, in the words of President Obama. So it doesn't want to basically undercut his message of an economic recovery by acknowledging that it's over. And for the same reason the Fed doesn't want to take the wind out of Hillary Clinton's sails, because she wants to sail into the White House based on the prosperity that was supposedly created by President Obama. So Janet Yellen doesn't want to undercut her message because she wants to run on four more years. And the Fed can't admit that we're back in recession. And also the Federal Reserve has already claimed credit for success. They want to pretend that their monetary policies created this real recovery. They don't want to acknowledge it ended. So they have their own credibility on the line. They want to pretend that the economy is still recovering…
Meanwhile, I think it's the United States that's going to launch a whole new round of easing. I think they're going to be lowering interest rates back to zero and launching QE 4. The only unknown is whether they're going to do it before or after the election. And it depends on how quickly the economy or the markets unravel, because Yellen would rather have to come to the rescue of the economy before the election, because admitting that it needs rescuing is going to be a problem for Hillary Clinton and it's going to help Donald Trump. And I know Janet Yellen does not want to see Donald Trump as the next President. So that is the fine line that she is trying to walk. Whether she admits the economy is weak enough and needs stimulus, or whether she puts the stimulus anyway because it's so weak she's worried about the economy being too deep in a recession when voters go to the polls. And in that case, the Federal Reserve simply has to come up with some kind of excuse to try and blame things on the global economy. But the problem is, the situation is already turning around in the global economy. The real problem in the global economy is the United States.
And if you look at the action in the markets, people are just starting to figure this out. But it's still kind of like a deer in the headlight moment. I think a lot of traders, a lot of people who are managing money on Wall Street. They've been getting beaten up this year. A lot of the big players are losing a lot of money because they are positioned for the wrong outcome. Everybody has believed this narrative of a legitimate recovery, where the Federal Reserve will be normalizing interest rates. I've known all along that that was a farce. That the economy hadn't recovered. That the Federal Reserve had in fact prevented a recovery. That the U.S. economy is actually in worse shape now than it was in 2008. So rather than a recovery, we actually got sicker. We just covered up some of the symptoms. But we have exacerbated all of the problems. And President Obama- he's hasn't presided over a recovery at all. He's presided over a bigger bubble than his predecessor. And in fact, the economic disaster that awaits his successor, is going to be much bigger than the disaster he inherited from George Bush. And he spent the entire last eight years of his presidency blaming everything bad on Bush, and claiming that he got us out of that mess. Well, the reality is, he has gotten us into a much bigger mess. And whoever succeeds him is going to have to deal with it. It will be interesting though if its ends up being Hillary Clinton. Is she going to still blame the disaster on Bush, and just forget about the eight years of Obama, and try and blame the recession she is going to inherit as some kind of leftover, residual recession from the Bush years? As if President Obama had actually nothing to do with it, when his policies simply exacerbated all the problems. He just double-downed on the failed policies of Bush. But then he added a lot of other policies that were even worse. And that is why this so-called recovery has been the weakest recovery that we have ever had. And, in fact, if the truth were known. If the numbers weren't cooked by artificially-low inflation rates, we would have a much weaker recovery or we'd have no recovery at all. But the people who are voting for Bernie Sanders or voting for Donald Trump- they are living in this recession. This phony recovery that President Obama and the Federal Reserve want to take credit for.
Schiff hasn't deviated from his long-held belief of a coming dollar crisis. He warned viewers:
This is going to be a major, major currency crisis. And unfortunately, the currency crisis/economic crisis that's coming- maybe it'll start before Obama leaves office, just like the financial crisis blew up on the last year of the Bush administration. Or maybe it will be an inaugural present for Donald Trump or for Hillary Clinton. But this crisis that's coming is going to be much worse, much worse, on an order of magnitude, kind of like a Richter scale-worse, than the financial crisis of 2008. Because the combination of bad fiscal policy and bad monetary policy, particularly monetary policy but also things like ObamaCare- all the things that the Federal Reserve and the federal government have done over the last seven or eight years have made the problem so much worse. Meanwhile, the debt has gotten so much bigger. The leverage has gotten so much bigger. The number of players, the financial markets, are so much more out-of-whack based on a false expectation of what is likely to happen. I mean, this is worse- these are bigger imbalances than we had leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. Fewer people are prepared for what's going to happen. And when it does, it's going to be a major economic upheaval, much worse than what we had in '08 from the perspective of the average American… When you have a currency crisis, when the dollar is collapsing, when the cost of living is going up, and then people start to lose these part-time jobs- you lose your job and the cost of living goes up. This is going to be much worse.
"Gold and Currency Markets Expose U.S. Recovery Myth"
YouTube Video
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
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Beware Of Uncle Sam?
Since the time we were subjects of the English monarchy, plenty of Americans haven't been big fans of government.
Particularly fans of Big Government.
From the folks over at the Gallup website Monday:
Almost half of Americans, 49%, say the federal government poses "an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens," similar to what was found in previous surveys conducted over the last five years. When this question was first asked in 2003, less than a third of Americans held this attitude…
Overall, Americans who agree that the government is an immediate threat tend to respond with very general complaints echoing the theme that the federal government is too big and too powerful, and that it has too many laws. They also cite nonspecific allegations that the government violates freedoms and civil liberties, and that there is too much government in people's private lives.
The most frequently mentioned specific threats involve gun control laws and violations of the Second Amendment to the Constitution…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
On September 9, the U.K.-headquartered internet-based market research firm YouGov reported on their website that based on recent research:
29% of Americans could imagine a situation in which they would support the military seizing control of the federal government…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
That percentage grew under the following scenario:
The proportion of the country that would support a military takeover increases when people are asked whether they would hypothetically support the military stepping in to take control from a civilian government which is beginning to violate the constitution. 43% of Americans would support the military stepping in while 29% would be opposed…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Long-time readers of Survival And Prosperity might remember me blogging about a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind survey asking about a Second American Revolution that was conducted in April 2013. I wrote on May 3, 2013:
Armed revolution in the United States.
I heard it being talked about yesterday in the mainstream media after the release of some new poll findings, so I decided to go to the source this morning. From a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind news release Wednesday, concerning their most recent national survey of 863 registered U.S. voters from April 22 through April 28, 2013:
The poll finds that 29 percent of Americans think that an armed revolution in order to protect liberties might be necessary in the next few years, with another five percent unsure. However, these beliefs are conditional on party. Just 18 percent of Democrats think an armed revolution may be necessary, as opposed to 44 percent of Republicans and 27 percent of independents…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Funny how that "29 percent" number pops up again.
Interesting times we're living in, huh?
Two things come to mind here:
• Uncle Sam knows darn well about these polls/surveys
• Such views could be the real reason behind all those military training exercises in America's big cities lately
Or maybe not.
One last point. As an American citizen and former civil servant at the federal level of government, I've always taken pride in our (relatively) peaceful transfer of political power since the founding of the Republic.
Here's hoping that continues to be the case.
You can read that Gallup piece in its entirety on their website here. The same goes for that YouGov article here. Insightful and disturbing stuff.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Illinois On Pace To Run $5 Billion Deficit
"Gaze upon the Illinois landscape today and things may seem OK. Schools opened last week, the roads are getting repaired, the state fair was held, the University of Illinois begins a new academic year tomorrow, the state government's even paying its bills.
Enjoy this period of normality. It isn't going to last much longer…"
-Tom Kacich, reporter/columnist at The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana), August 23, 2015
More bad news about Illinois' fiscal health. Natasha Korecki reported on the Chicago Sun-Times website Monday:
Illinois is paying its bills – by court mandate — since Illinois lawmakers and Gov. Bruce Rauner were unable to reach a budget agreement. Rauner vetoed a Democrat-authored financial plan in June, saying it was out of balance by some $4 billion. The new fiscal year came and went July 1 without a new plan in place. Both sides say they're willing to negotiate, but remain locked into their positions. Rauner wants a series of changes to benefit businesses and weaken unions in Illinois. Democrats oppose the proposals and say they shouldn't be attached to a budget…
A recent analysis by Senate Democrats indicates that because of various contracts, decrees and court orders compelling spending, the state had already committed 90 percent of its revenues and was on pace to be $5 billion in the hole…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Kacich added from my old stomping grounds:
In May the Democrats who control the Legislature approved a budget that called for spending about $36.5 billion.
Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed it, calling it "unconstitutional" and "unbalanced."
You want to see unbalanced?
Even without a constitutional budget in place, the state is still spending money, and eventually it could rise to a level of spending greater than the budget the Democrats sent him in May.
During a Senate hearing last week on an additional appropriation of $373 million for MAP grants for low-income college students — it passed and will go to the House for near-certain approval — Democratic legislators admitted the state is operating at a "spend rate" of 90 percent on a $38 billion budget…
Anticipated revenue for the year, meanwhile, is the range of $32 billion, or $33 billion if the economy takes off.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
$36.5 billion was the proposed budget. It was vetoed. The state is currently operating at a 90 percent "spend rate" of a $38 billion budget. And anticipated revenue for the year is only $32-$33 billion.
Not good.
Kacich thinks a tax increase, "that may or may not be bigger than the one that was phased out on Jan. 1.," is headed our way.
I think he's right about that tax hike. And it's something Illinoisans may want to take into account concerning their personal finances in the near future.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Kacich, Tom. "Tom Kacich: Enjoy the calm; the storm is on the way." The News-Gazette. 23 Aug. 2015. (http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2015-08-23/tom-kacich-enjoy-calm-storm-way.html). 26 Aug. 2015.
Korecki, Natasha. "Comptroller: Illinois facing 'severe cash shortage.' Chicago Sun-Times. 24 Aug. 2015. (http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/7/71/903797/comptroller-illinois-facing-severe-cash-shortage). 26 Aug. 2015.
My Thoughts On Chicago's Financial Crisis
I know I've been blogging a lot about Chicago/Cook County/Illinois lately. Which should come as no surprise to regular Survival And Prosperity readers considering I've talked about how I was born on the West Side, was raised around that area, and lived on the Northwest Side until I moved to the northwest suburbs two years ago.
Both the Chicagoland area and Illinois have been on my mind a lot recently. I fear we're on the verge of some major upheaval stemming from decades of fiscal mismanagement by policymakers from both sides of the political aisle (some might think this blog only targets Democrats- over the years I've demonstrated everyone's "fair game"). And by verge, I mean in the coming weeks. Focusing on Chicago today, what might kick it off (regular observers have witnessed the crisis growing for some time now)? I suspect the following. From the Chicago Tribune website back on July 31:
At a news conference this week, the mayor would not rule out a politically unpopular property tax hike, saying he'll wait to show his hand until September, when he rolls out "a full budget with all parts in there."
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
A good portion of the coming pain is going to be felt by the Chicago taxpayer. What kind of "pain" am I talking about? That which I've been blogging about for a couple of years now- new/higher fees, fines, and taxes, coupled with reduced government services. Last night's post about potential revenue generators Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the City Council are mulling over (hat tip Fran Spielman of the Chicago Sun-Times) should give Chicagoans a better picture of what's headed their way (a property tax hike and garbage collection fee look likely). Concerning cutbacks in government services, I think that's already begun. For example, the manpower shortage in the Chicago Police Department (hat tip Second City Cop) that's existed for some years now. Down the road, I predict the average Chicago taxpayer will find it increasingly difficult to afford living in the city, let alone doing it safely as local government struggles to provide effective, efficient services to constituents.
Now, it's bad enough Chicago/Cook County/Illinois are in real financial trouble. But then there's the legitimate concern of a slowing economy/recession being right around the corner, never mind that coming financial crash I started blogging about back on Memorial Day Weekend 2007.
So what's a Chicago taxpayer to do? This former Chicago resident picked up and left the city limits in 2013. Concerned about future tax and public safety liabilities, my girlfriend and I reluctantly departed our "suburb in the city" and moved into a house in a not-too-far away authentic suburb. Granted, we'll still be on the hook for county and state problems, but it's what makes sense for us in the short-term.
As much as I blast Chicago on Survival And Prosperity ("tough love"), I'm not convinced the city's going to go "belly-up." I think there's a good chance it could be run by something similar to the Emergency Financial Control Board in New York City from 1975 until 1986 (talked about here back in April), but even a setback like that won't be the end of the "City By The Lake," just like it wasn't for the "Big Apple." I do predict city life is going to get real hairy once the "balloon goes up," but I think that will be the case in a lot of urban areas nationwide.
That's my two cents on Chicago's financial crisis- for now. Chicago readers of this blog- what are you planning to do about the crisis? Or, what are you already doing? Maybe you don't think a crisis exists? Please share your thoughts or experiences in the "Comments" section of this post, as I'd really like to talk more about this going forward.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
(Editor's note: I am not responsible for any personal liability, loss, or risk incurred as a consequence of the use and application, either directly or indirectly, of any information presented herein)
Dardick, Hal. "Emanuel needs $754M more to make ends meet." Chicago Tribune. 31 July 2015. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-chicago-budget-shortfall-met-0801-20150731-story.html). 21 Aug. 2015.
Illinois Tax Hikes Coming Warn Municipal Bond Fund Managers
Talk of rapidly-approaching tax hikes in the "Land of Lincoln" is growing. Reuters' Nick Brown, Megan Davies, and Karen Pierog reported yesterday:
With no easy way to financially engineer or negotiate its way out of a budget and pensions crisis, Illinois is likely to dish out some unpleasant medicine to its residents in the next few years. And investors say that is most likely to come in the form of higher taxes.
Given the Democrats' control of the state legislature and their opposition to many proposals for spending cuts, municipal bond fund managers see little alternative for Republican Governor Bruce Rauner other than eventually agreeing to hike taxes, such as raising the state's income tax or broadening its sales tax base…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Regular readers of Survival And Prosperity shouldn't be surprised when the hikes (fees, fines, and taxes) arrive, as they've been discussed on this blog for quite some time now. The tragedy is that Springfield continues to waste time and resources on trivial matters while neglecting to tackle crucial issues like the well-publicized debt crisis. Monique Garcia and Kim Geiger reported on the latest nonsense preoccupying the politicians. From the Chicago Tribune website this afternoon:
Democratic Speaker Michael Madigan's effort to ask voters to approve a measure to impose higher income taxes on millionaires failed in the House on Thursday, but provides the powerful Southwest Side politician ammunition to attack Republicans in next year's legislative campaigns.
The proposal needed 71 "yes" votes to pass, but received just 68. But now there's a roll call, and Madigan's Illinois Democratic Party could send out mailers criticizing Republicans who voted against the idea. Democrats already have sent out attack ads against Republicans who did not vote in favor of a property tax freeze last week…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Games. Stupid political games as the state's "financial reckoning day" fast approaches.
By the way, back on March 24 of last year I blogged about that push for a "millionaire's tax" in Illinois. My prediction now is pretty much the same as it was a year ago:
Should Illinois Democrats jack up their income taxes, I suspect the number of Illinois millionaires right before the tax hike is implemented will plummet. Revenue will follow. Out-of-state vacation homes in Indiana and Wisconsin will be declared as primary residences.
The only difference being, I forgot to mention Michigan vacation homes.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Brown, Nick, Davies, Megan and Pierog. "As Illinois runs out of options in budget crisis, tax rises seen in the cards." Reuters. 20 May 2015. (http://news.yahoo.com/illinois-runs-options-budget-crisis-tax-rises-seen-051616644.html). 21 May 2015.
Garcia, Monique and Geiger, Kim. "Madigan's 'millionaire tax' question fails in House." Chicago Tribune. 21 May 2015. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-warns-of-long-overtime-20150521-story.html). 21 May 2015.
Tax Hikes Coming As Illinois Public Pension Crisis 'Fix' Shot Down By State Supreme Court?
This weekend Illinoisans heard about the Friday ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court on a law that was celebrated by many as a big step in resolving the state's well-publicized public pension crisis. Rick Pearson and Kim Geiger reported on the Chicago Tribune website Friday:
The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday unanimously ruled unconstitutional a landmark state pension law that aimed to scale back government worker benefits to erase a massive $105 billion retirement system debt…
At issue was a December 2013 state law signed by then-Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn that stopped automatic, compounded yearly cost-of-living increases for retirees, extended retirement ages for current state workers and limited the amount of salary used to calculate pension benefits.
Employee unions sued, arguing that the state constitution holds that pension benefits amount to a contractual agreement and once they're bestowed, they cannot be "diminished or impaired." A circuit court judge in Springfield agreed with that assessment in November. State government appealed that decision to the Illinois Supreme Court, arguing that economic necessity forced curbing retirement benefits.
On Friday the justices rejected that argument, saying the law clearly violated what's known as the pension protection clause in the 1970 Illinois Constitution…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Can't say I was too surprised to hear that ruling handed down.
As for the ramifications on Main Street? Pearson and Geiger added:
The ruling means Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Democrat-controlled General Assembly will have to come up with a new solution after justices appeared to offer little in the way of wiggle room beyond paying what's owed, which likely would require a tax increase. Coming up with a way to bridge a budget gap of more than $6 billion already was going to be difficult with little more than three weeks before a scheduled May 31 adjournment, and now the pension mess has been added to the mix.
Rauner, who argued during last year's campaign that the law was unconstitutional and didn't go far enough to reduce the pension debt, said the court ruling only reinforces his approach of getting voters to approve a constitutional amendment that "would allow the state to move forward on common-sense pension reforms."
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
"A constitutional amendment"
I'm not so sure how that would work out. Consider what Natasha Korecki reported over on the Chicago Sun-Times website Friday:
But it was unclear how such an amendment would help solve the crisis. It arguably could not bring savings because, according to the court ruling, a new law cannot retroactively affect those who are already in the system, said Charles N. Wheeler III, Director of the Public Affairs Reporting program at the University of Illinois at Springfield…
"Likely would require a tax increase"
I suspect- as Survival And Prosperity has been warning for some time now- that Illinoisans will soon be hit with significantly-higher taxes as a consequence of those $6 billion state budget and $105 public pension gaps. Korecki added:
An Illinois Supreme Court ruling that struck down a pension reform law on Friday could have just opened the door even wider to the prospect of deep cuts to services and new taxes for Illinois residents.
With only three weeks left until lawmakers have to pass a balanced budget, legislators now have even more political cover to raise taxes and cut spending following the high court's decision that it was unconstitutional for the state to pare back promised pension benefits for state employees…
"This ensures that however we resolve this, the citizens of Illinois will be paying more for less service from the state of Illinois," Kent Redfield, professor emeritus of the University of Illinois at Springfield, said of Friday's ruling. "I think that's an inevitable outcome from this."
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
"Less government services. Higher fees, fines, and taxes."
Something I've kept warning about on this blog, with regular observers of Springfield now talking it about these days (if they weren't already).
I wonder to what extent Illinoisans have prepared/are preparing for such a scenario? I'll be talking more about this later.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Pearson, Rick and Geiger, Kim. "Illinois Supreme Court rules landmark pension law unconstitutional." Chicago Tribune. 8 May 2015. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-pension-law-court-ruling-20150508-story.html#page=1). 11 May 2015.
Korecki, Natasha. "State Supreme Court pension ruling provides political cover to cut more, tax more." Chicago Sun-Times. 8 May 2015. (http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/7/71/590030/state-supreme-court-pension-ruling-provides-political-cover-cut-tax). 11 May 2015.
Bill Introduced To Permit Illinois Municipalities To File For Bankruptcy
Since I started blogging about a U.S. financial crash back on Memorial Day Weekend 2007, I've believed one casualty will be municipal government. Particularly in Illinois. So imagine my non-surprise when I spotted an article on the Chicago Tribune website a couple of days ago about proposed legislation at the state level granting Illinois towns the authority to file for bankruptcy. Nick Swedberg of the Associated Press wrote on March 26:
Stressed by pension debt, other financial issues and the possibility losing a chunk of their state aid, some Illinois cities want the option to file for bankruptcy. They've found an ally in a Republican lawmaker, who's proposed legislation to allow municipalities to follow in the footsteps of Detroit and other cities in restructuring debt and paying back creditors…
Rep. Ron Sandack is sponsoring legislation that would grant authority for communities to file for bankruptcy under Chapter 9 of the federal code. The Downers Grove Republican says it's a "measure of last resort," especially with Gov. Bruce Rauner's proposal in next year's budget to cut in half the local governments' share of state income taxes by 50 percent.
"It's just giving time and space to do things right," he said…
Swedberg added later in the piece:
Municipal bankruptcies are rare, NCSL data shows. Of 37 local government filings since 2010, only 8 were cities, with the majority filed by utilities and special districts.
Detroit filed for the nation's largest municipal bankruptcy in July 2013, looking to restructure $12 billion of debt…
It's true. Municipal bankruptcies haven't happened too often. But keep in mind what Eric Weiner wrote on the NPR website back on February 28, 2008:
For most of U.S. history, cities and towns were not eligible for bankruptcy protection. But during the Great Depression, more than 2,000 municipalities defaulted on their debt, and they pleaded with President Roosevelt for a federal bailout. "All they got was sympathy," reported Time magazine in 1933. Instead, Roosevelt pushed through changes to the bankruptcy laws that allows towns and cities to file for bankruptcy. They even got their own section of the bankruptcy code: Chapter Nine…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
There's also this from Robert Slavin on The Bond Buyer website back on January 14:
For the municipal bond industry, 2015 marks the midpoint in what may turn out to be the decade of the bankruptcy.
Four of the five largest municipal bankruptcy filings in United States history have been made in roughly the last three years, a trend analysts attribute to the aftereffects of the 2008 credit crisis and Great Recession, as well as changing attitudes about debt.
"The crash of 2008 and five years of stagnation preceded by years of escalating wages, pensions and Other Post-Employment Benefits set the stage for our recent Chapter 9 filings," said Arent Fox partner David Dubrow.
Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy was adopted in 1937 but had been rarely used, particularly by large governments. However, since November 2011 San Bernardino, Calif., Stockton, Calif., Jefferson County, Ala., and Detroit have filed four of the five largest bankruptcies as measured by total obligations.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Could the specter of Meredith Whitney, the "Diva Of Doom," be returning to take revenge on the municipal bond industry?
I'm not surprised Illinois municipalities would be interested in House Bill 298. From Patrick Rehkamp and Andrew Schroedter on the website of the Chicago-based Better Government Association back on December 6, 2014:
Reasons for filing vary but often include troubled public development projects, unanticipated hefty legal judgments against a taxpayer-backed entity, or massive pension and bond debt payments that leave a municipality cash-strapped and unable to cover operating costs of employee salaries, vendor payments and other expenses.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
The public pension crisis in Chicago and Illinois has been well-publicized for some time now. And while such entitlements are supposedly protected by a provision in the 1970 Illinois Constitution, the BGA noted in their piece:
In Illinois, public employee pensions are guaranteed by the state constitution. But in the Detroit and Stockton, California bankruptcy cases, federal judges have ruled that pension benefits can be adjusted, the same as other debts, despite a constitutional guarantee.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
You can track the progress of HB 298 on the Illinois General Assembly website here.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Swedberg, Nick. "Bill pushes for possible municipal bankruptcies in Illinois." Associated Press. 29 Mar. 2015. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-il–closer-look-bankruptcy-20150329-story.html). 3 Apr. 2015.
Weiner, Eric. "What Happens When City Hall Goes Bankrupt?" NPR. 28 Feb. 2008. (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=60740288). 3 Apr. 2015.
Slavin, Robert. "Why So Many Big Bankruptcies?" The Bond Buyer. 14 Jan. 2015. (http://www.bondbuyer.com/news/markets-buy-side/why-so-many-big-bankruptcies-1069539-1.html). 3 Apr. 2015.
Rehkamp, Patrick and Schroedter, Andrew. "Next Up: Illinois Municipal Bankruptcy?" Better Government Association. 16 Dec. 2014. (http://www.bettergov.org/next_up_illinois_municipal_bankruptcy/). 4 Apr. 2015.
Illinois Gun Owners Descend On State Capital To Lobby Lawmakers
Yesterday was Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day (IGOLD) down in Springfield. Nick Swedberg of the Associated Press reported last night:
Gun owners from across the state flooded the Illinois Capitol on Wednesday for an annual rally, and many spoke with lawmakers from their home districts about legislation to broaden gun rights…
I've blogged about this annual gun rights event before. From the Illinois State Rifle Association website:
Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day (IGOLD) was started back in the early '90's to put a face on Illinois gun owners. Up until that time the media had portrayed gun owners and those who believed in the Second Amendment as some knuckle dragging Neanderthal throw backs, barely worthy of being called humans. IGOLD helped change that although the mainstream media still labels gun owners that way, when they can get away with it.
The first ISRA Lobby Day was attended by about 200 people. Among those attending were four undercover policemen. In 2006, the ISRA joined with several other groups and ISRA Lobby Day became Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day (IGOLD). The Illinois Gun Owners' Lobby Day (IGOLD) has become the number one demonstration of citizens promoting gun owners' rights in the United States – the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) is its primary sponsor. The crowds have grown each year. In 2013, 8200 gun owners showed up to lobby their legislators and to become the face of all the gun owners in Illinois. Because of IGOLD and other ISRA activities, gun owners have increased in stature in Illinois…
I understand that this year IGOLD pushed for expanding gun rights in the state- particularly concealed-carry. Swedberg added:
Proposed legislation in the General Assembly would allow concealed carry in places prohibited under current law, such as bus stations, churches and bars…
The state's top gun rights advocacy group is expected to meet with [Illinois Governor Bruce] Rauner this month, a meeting that previous Democratic governors only promised to have. The organization's executive director said that's a positive sign that the new administration will be more favorable to their cause than the last.
"It's hard to deal with people who just shut you out," Richard Pearson, head of the Illinois State Rifle Association, said.
Illinois gun owners should be grateful for ISRA and IGOLD. Because when the next mass shooting along the lines of Newtown comes along, their keeping the spotlight on gun rights will remind politicians across the "Land of Lincoln" they'll have a battle on their hands attempting to implement knee-jerk ineffective and unconstitutional gun "control" laws.
For more information about the Illinois State Rifle Association, visit their website here.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Swedberg, Nick. "Gun owners rally for right to carry guns in more places." Associated Press. 18 Mar. 2015. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-gun-rights-st-0319-20150318-story.html). 19 Mar. 2015.
Illinois Democrat Introduces Statewide Gun Registration, Ammo 'Control' Bill
"A list, record, or registry of legally owned firearms or law-abiding firearm owners is not a law enforcement tool and can become an instrument for profiling, harassing, or abusing law-abiding citizens based on their choice to own a firearm and exercise their Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed under the United States Constitution. Further, such a list, record, or registry has the potential to fall into the wrong hands and become a shopping list for thieves."
-State of Florida Statutes, 790.335 Prohibition of registration of firearms; electronic records
The push for more gun "control" is on the march in the "Land of Lincoln."
Last year around this time, State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) spearheaded statewide gun registration and ammunition "control" in Illinois with HB4715. Creating the "Firearms Registration Act," the legislation eventually went nowhere.
This time around, State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago) is the torch-bearer of more gun and ammo "control" in the Midwestern state, filing the resurrected Firearms Registration Act legislation in the Senate (SB1413) on February 20. From a synopsis of the bill over on the Illinois General Assembly website:
Creates the Firearms Registration Act. Provides that every person in the State must register each firearm he or she owns or possesses in accordance with the Act. Provides that a person shall not purchase or possess ammunition within this State without having first obtained a registration certificate identifying a firearm that is suitable for use with that ammunition, or a receipt demonstrating that the person has applied to register a suitable firearm under the Act and that the application is pending. Provides that the Department of State Police must complete a background check of any person who applies for: (1) a registration certificate for a firearm that was lawfully owned or possessed on the effective date of the Act, was brought into the State by a new resident, or was acquired by operation of law upon the death of the former owner; or (2) a renewal of a registration certificate unless, within 12 months of the date the renewal application is submitted, the applicant passed a background check conducted by the Department in connection with the applicant's acquisition of another firearm. Provides exceptions. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that it is a Class 2 felony to sell or transfer ownership of a firearm to another person without complying with the registration requirement of the Firearms Registration Act.
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Before Illinois gun owners dismiss the chances of such legislation becoming law in the state, it should be noted that:
• 2014 was as an election year for state senators and representatives
• Illinois Democrats maintain a veto-proof supermajority in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly in 2015- 71 Democrats to 46 Republicans in the House and 39 Democrats to 20 Republicans in the Senate
• A future mass shooting along the lines of Newtown or some other mass casualty event on American soil "featuring" firearms could be all it takes for the public to get behind the Firearms Registration Act
For more information about Illinois Senate Bill 1413 and to track its status, you can visit the Illinois General Assembly website here.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
Obama Taunts Republicans On Economy: 'The Sky Hasn't Fallen, Chicken Little Is Quiet'
Back when I was running this blog's predecessor, Boom2Bust.com, "The Most Hated Blog On Wall Street," I remember coming across a number of infamous statements made prior to and during the Great Depression by leaders in government, finance, and industry of the day. For example, as Fox News cataloged back on October 26, 2009:
"We will not have any more crashes in our time." – John Maynard Keynes (1927)
"There is no cause to worry. The high tide of prosperity will continue." – Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury. (September 1929)
"There may be a recession in stock prices, but not anything in the nature of a crash." – Irving Fisher, Leading U.S. Economist, New York Times (Sept. 5, 1929)
"This crash is not going to have much effect on business." – Arthur Reynolds, Chairman of Continental Illinois Bank of Chicago (October 24, 1929)
October 24, 1929, eventually became known in the history books as "Black Thursday," when "the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 11% at the open in very heavy volume, precipitating the Wall Street crash of 1929 and the subsequent Great Depression of the 1930s," according to Investopedia.com.
Right before the weekend, the White House published a press release on their website containing a transcript of U.S. President Barack Obama's remarks Friday at the Democratic National Committee's Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. From that document:
I just want everybody to remember that at every step as we made policies, as we made this progress, we were told by our good friends, the Republicans, that our actions would crush jobs, and explode deficits, and destroy the country. I mean, I want everybody to do a fact-check — (laughter) — and go back to 2009, 2010, '11, '12, '13 — just go back and look at the statements that were made each year by these folks about all these policies. Because apparently they don't remember. (Laughter.)
And now that their grand predictions of doom and gloom, and death panels and Armageddon haven't come true — (laughter) — the sky hasn't fallen, Chicken Little is quiet — (laughter)…
(Editor's note: Bold added for emphasis)
Something tells me this remark- akin to calling the outcome of a baseball game while it's still in the early innings- will end up in the U.S. history books as well down the road, under that section entitled "Second Great Depression."
"Let's play two!" No thanks, Mr. Banks.
To be fair, President Obama isn't entirely responsible for the coming financial crash. The actions of both sides of the political aisle through the decades have made the approaching "financial reckoning day" possible- and likely- in America.
You can read the complete transcript of President Obama's speech on the White House website here.
Christopher E. Hill
Survival And Prosperity (www.survivalandprosperity.com)
"False Hope: Famous Quotes During the Great Depression." FoxNews.com. 26 Oct. 2009. (http://www.foxnews.com/story/2009/10/26/false-hope-famous-quotes-during-great-depression/). 22 Feb. 2015.
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"The competition is open to all bonded wineries and custom crush growers" and "A panel of judges including restaurateurs, winemakers, wine retailers, writers, bloggers and educators, will blind taste test each wine and evaluate them using the U.C. Davis 20-point scale, which rates appearance, color, aroma, acidity, sweetness, body, flavor, acescensy (bitterness), astringency and overall quality."
This doesn't sound like a "booze drinking contest".
The ignorance in this State is amazing. I'm waiting for more comments on this article to fall into the political blame/finger pointing as almost every article seems to induce. Someone a few days ago suggested the JS take down the blog feature, I agree, seems the blog feature tends to bring out the least intellegent of our community.
It's nice to see more use out of the Fair Park. There are some very nice Wisconsin wineries out there. It would be nice if this turned into a yearly event.


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The charming Hill Country is the perfect place to say "I do." At Acorn Bed & Breakfast, you can enjoy a truly intimate celebration with your family and friends under a canopy of oak trees, plus a goldfish pond and gazebo that make for a truly elegant setting. Let their professional staff help you plan all the details so that your dream wedding... more
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Premier Wade MacLauchlan, in a sound studio, voices a commercial for Trout River Industries in Coleman. Questions are being raised about the P.E.I. premier's decision to voice the commercial for the for-profit company.
The proverbial chickens have come home to roost, Mr. Premier. There was disbelief when Premier Wade MacLauchlan voiced a commercial for Trout River Industries of Coleman back in the early fall. Questions were raised then about possible conflicts if Trout River Industries should come calling for loans or seek help with its business operations. The news broke in early October and by late December, cabinet had approved a loan request for $540,000 from Trout River.
We had the premier lending his audio support to a unique P.E.I. manufacturer of live bottom trailers. Both company and premier defended the decision because it supported an Island business and the premier was happy to do it for free. It created a buzz for Trout River — a business success story for the province.
The company sells trailers around the world and it needed to expand and purchase new equipment. There is no reason to say no because the company received help in the past, is successful and repays its debts. The loan decision was based on the company's business plan and prospects.
But on the downside is the poor optics of a cosy relationship between premier, government and a P.E.I. business. There is the view that government must keep loaning money to Trout River since the premier now has a personal stake in the matter. The company will always be under extra scrutiny because of that commercial.
It's unfortunate that questions will always be raised. It didn't have to be this way. There were good intentions by all sides but in the future, let Trout River find another voice for its ad campaign and let the premier save his voice for government business on behalf of all citizens.
Opposition MLA Steven Myers raised concerns about last fall. As Mr. Myers said, the premier should have known better and predicted "he's going to find himself in a jam over this." That prediction has come true.
Trout River deserves support for being a good corporate citizen. But is the premier promoting a particular business and showing favouritism? It just doesn't look right.
Premier MacLauchlan put himself in an awkward position and now the company is in the same situation.
A citizen's CPR brigade?
The Biblical question, "Am I my brother's keeper?" takes on a different slant after two recent guest opinion articles in The Guardian. The writers noted the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest on P.E.I. are poor. The odds are perhaps 10 per cent that people who suffer a full-blown cardiac arrest will survive because we are too dependent on the 911 ambulance, first-responder system.
Some jurisdictions include not only ambulances and fire departments as first responders but off duty nurses, police and other volunteers who are linked to 911 dispatches by smartphone and social media. They can respond quickly to the scene of a nearby heart attack where each minute is critical to survival, especially when it comes to restarting the heart with a defibrillator (AED).
For rural Islanders, a full-blown cardiac arrest is a death sentence since the average response time for an ambulance is 22 minutes.
In many cases, a neighbour, an anonymous bystander on the street or a family member are your best chances of surviving a heart attack if they know basic resuscitation techniques and an AED arrives within several minutes to restart the heart.
We have to increase the numbers of CPR-trained adults and improve notification systems. More defibrillators are needed in multiple public locations. Targeted CPR training is essential in rural areas of the province. Women's Institute members, arena staffers, librarians, gas station attendants and store managers are all possible members of a citizen's CPR brigade.
We need to have a directory of where these defibrillators are located and make that information public. Not even 911 dispatchers have a list of where AEDs are located.
Neighbours or bystanders are often the keys to surviving a cardiac arrest. We can't just stand around and wait for an ambulance to arrive. By then it's usually too late.


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The Texas Longhorns (8-4, 7-1) kept even with No. 9 Baylor (11-1, 8-1) up until halftime, but after being outscored 27-7 in the final 30 minutes, it became clear that the home side was the better team on the night.
The 'Horns looked overmatched in almost every phase of the game as Baylor was able to accomplish virtually anything it desired on the offensive end.
And with Texas struggling to do much of anything in its offense, the game was pretty much over after the Bears opened the second half with an easy score.
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The Mountain kicked off their annual football media days, and say they're big fans of the Broncos. The Mountain West thinks Boise State will take the Mountain Division, as the Broncos pick all but one of the possible first-place votes. Nothing new to Bronco Nation, as the league has always been high on BSU naming them preseason favorites in 2011 and 2012.
Unlike last season, the Broncos return a starting quarterback in Joe Southwick. The senior may have stumbled out of the gate, but turned things around late in the 2012 season.
"It wasn't like he was playing really poorly early on, it's just that there were a couple plays here and there that we needed to have him make, that we weren't making. It's just a little here and there that can just make all the difference in the world, and to Joe's credit, I mean he just worked as hard as anybody that I've been around. And he knows our offense as well as any quarter that we've had. I mean, he knows it as well as Kellen. And so, it'll be interesting to see if he can take that next step," said Boise State head coach Chris Petersen.
"I do feel a little different, a little more confident, a little more ... kind of knowing the process of how this goes, and what I need to do. Not just from a quarterback perspective, but a leadership perspective for this team. So, I'm just trying to improve everyday, and try to bring my teammates along with me," added senior quarterback Joe Southwick.
A pair of Bronco All-Conference offensive linemen will try to keep Southwick upright, so he's able to set that example. Council, Idaho's own Matt Paradis, and tackle Charles Leno will try to lock down the left side of the line.
Leno is no stranger to the preseason praise as he made the Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award Watch lists.
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While foodies masturbate (or masticate, take your pick) over the prospect of rubbing aprons with Giada De Laurentiis or Rachael Ray at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival, people who actually like to eat probably prefer the Deering Seafood Festival. Held in the back yard of one of the countys oldest and most historic homes, the Deering Estate at Cutler, the festival also boasts renowned chefs, such as Dean Max of 3030 Ocean, Jouvens Jean of SAWA, Sean Bernal of Sushi Samba, and straight from the Bahamas, chef Tricia Ferguson. And at this shindig, they actually prepare good eats instead of just bask in their celebrity. The chefs and a bounty of local seafood restaurants, including Rodbenders Raw Bar & Grill, Black Point Ocean Grill, and Paella Party, cook up everything from fried conch and grilled dolphin to lobster, blue crabs, and more shrimp than Bubba can name. And the food is only part of the festivities. Bahamian junkanoo musicians play amid the crowd, while a concert stage showcases a variety of bands and sounds throughout the daylong event, which begins at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bring the kids and ship them off to the Lil Shrimp Kids Zone, or the whole family can jump on a pontoon boat ride to Chicken Key.
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FOX sets 13-part docu-series for 2013
If you needed more proof that FOX's dedication to Seth MacFarlane is absolute, the network has enlisted the one-man animated juggernaut to pay homage to Carl Sagan with "Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey."
In an amusing and unlikely pairing, MacFarlane will team with Sagan's original "Cosmos" creators -- writer/producer Ann Druyan and astrophysicist Steven Soter -- on a 13-part docu-series that's being described as a "successor" to the PBS landmark series.
"Never more than at this moment in the modern era have we needed a profound reminder of the colossally important and exciting role that science, space exploration and the human quest for knowledge must continue to play in our development as a species,†states MacFarlane. "We should be vigorously exploring the solar system by now, and who better to inspire us to get
there than Ann Druyan, Steven Soter, Neil deGrasse Tyson and, of course, Carl Sagan."
Neil deGrasse Tyson will host "Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey," which will premiere on FOX in 2013. In what we believe to be a first-time partnership, episodes will air first on FOX and will then be rebroadcast same-night on National Geographic Channel.
"This is a golden opportunity to introduce 'Cosmos' to a new generation," states Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. "While admittedly on the periphery of our brand, we believe this can have the same massive cultural impact that the original series delivered, and we're going to use all of our resources -- on-air and company-wide -- to help bring that to fruition."
Carl Sagan's original "Cosmos" was broadcast in 1980 and is described as "the most globally successful American public television series of all time." FOX's release estimates that 700 million viewers worldwide saw "Cosmos," which attempted to help audiences understand the laws of nature and space and time.Â
"Carl believed that science belongs to all of us," states Druyan, Sagan's widow. "He wanted to convey the thrill of its cosmic perspective to the widest possible audience. I wish I could tell Carl what Seth's leadership on this new 'Cosmos' has made possible. Besides, I know how much they would have liked each other."
MacFarlane's current FOX empire includes "Family Guy," "American Dad" and "The Cleveland Show," all airing on Sunday nights. At FOX's upfront presentation in May, MacFarlane announced plans to reboot "The Flintstones," also for 2013.


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Better coverage, or health hazard? County Council sets the stage for new cell-phone rules
The days of dead zones and spotty cell-phone coverage could be nearing the end.
But it will take a massive overhaul in the way cell-phone towers, or wireless antennas, are regulated, reviewed and permitted in order to make that happen, according to members of a recently-created cell-phone task force.
A backlash is already brewing over its push to streamline local regulations.
Lopez Island's Jeffrey Stonehill on Sept. 30 warned the San Juan County Council that too many questions remain unanswered about the potential dangers of wireless communication despite reassurances by those in the industry. He opposes any scale-back in protections that existing rules provide and, he said, at least 250 Lopez islanders feel the same.
"Let's err on the side of prudence on this industry," Stonehill said.
Nevertheless, the council set in motion a process that could lead to wholesale changes in the rules that now govern the siting and operation of wireless antennas and cell-phone towers.
In a 5-1 vote, the council backed a recommendation by the task force in which the siting and operation of wireless facilities would be governed by development rules rather than as an "overlay district" embedded in the Comprehensive Plan.
County Councilman Bob Myhr, Lopez/Shaw, voted against it.
The possible switch will be weighed as part of this year's so-called "docket," an annual review of pending changes to the Comp Plan.
In addition, the task force, in a divided decision by the council, was given a green light to craft a new set of regulations, which must go through the Planning Commission, a series of public hearings and ultimately the council prior to adoption. Four council members voted in favor, while Councilman Alan Lichter, Orcas West, and Myhr, abstained.
Myhr acknowledged the need for improved cell-phone service, and for public safety and medical emergency personnel in particular. But he questioned the amount of time the public will have to react and prepare for whatever changes the task force may have in store.
"If the code is so onerous, why did a tower just go up?", Myhr asked, citing the recent installation of a tower at the Lopez Airport. "I'm getting a very uneasy feeling about this."
According to Councilman Rich Peterson, San Juan North, the regulations put in place over a decade ago have proven "onerous" and discourage cell-phone companies from installing new antennas or towers. Peterson, chairman of the 14-person task force, said the rules could adapt more easily to technological advancements if they were not tied directly to the Comp Plan.
"... we created what most perceive to be a prohibitive ordinance that essentially prevents cell tower construction over most of the county," Peterson wrote in a recent memo to fellow council members.
Peterson said that an effective, well-crafted and relatively speedy solution is just around the corner if the task force steals a few pages out of the Island County playbook. The neighboring county, he said, regulates wireless antennas through its development regulations and by land-use district, not its Comp Plan.
Furthermore, he said, local rules are outdated given the advancements in wireless communication over the past decade.
"The reality is things have changed a great deal over the last 10 years," he said. "I think it would be a wonderful Christmas present for this community."
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LA film fest announces Lisa Cholodenko as Guest Director and special award for SPC honchos
The Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) is gearing up for a bow this June, having already announced Bong Joon-ho's "Snowpiercer" as the opening night premiere. Today Film Independent, which puts on the fest, announced this year's guest director and a special honor for two all-timers in the indie game.
First off, "The Kids Are All Right" helmer Lisa Cholodenko has been tapped as Guest Director for the 20th annual. Past Guest Directors have included David O. Russell, Kathryn Bigelow, William Friedkin, Guillermo Del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón. Cholodenko will attend the 13th annual Filmmaker Retreat at the Parker Palm Springs, a gathering of festival filmmakers and honored artists.
"Lisa's work exemplifies our mission of supporting artists who are diverse, innovative and have a unique point of view," LAFF Director Stephanie Allen said. "We're lucky to have her share her insights and process with us at our annual retreat."
Meanwhile, Sony Pictures Classics co-heads Michael Barker and Tom Bernard have been selected to receive the festival's Spirit of Independence Award. Over a span of two decades, Barker and Bernard have found a way to stay afloat in the indie game as excursions like Warner Independent and Paramount Vantage have shuttered around them. Their product is a constant in the awards season, capped off just this past year with big nominations for Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine" and Richard Linklater's "Before Midnight," as well as a Best Actress win for Cate Blanchett. The duo will discuss their work with Festival Artistic Director David Ansen and choose a film to screen from the impressive SPC catalogue.
LAFF also announced a series of Master Classes which will launch with a moderated conversation with two-time Oscar-winning editor Atticus Ross ("The Social Network," "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"). Elvis Mitchell will do the honors.
Elsewhere, a celebration of women's achievements in film called "Women Who Call the Shots: Women Directors and Showrunners" will take place, as will a "free-wheeling conversation" with Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele of "Key & Peele."
The 20th annual Los Angeles Film Festival runs June 11-19.