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How to Buy and Own Gold - The Layman's Guide to Escaping the Dollar

For nearly 40 years, the government and Federal Reserve has been destroying the value of your money. If you're like me, you don't support any bailout plans which effectively give money to criminals at the expense of a worse dollar and higher cost-of-living.

This post is not meant to discuss those issues - it's here to discuss one solution for your personal savings - how to hedge on some gold (and silver) to preserve personal …

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Fed Cuts Interest Rate to 0% In Emergency Effort

December 2025 Update from Mike: This was a satire post that ultimately came true not only in late 2008, but 2020 as well.

August 5, 2008 -- The Federal Reserve cut the benchmark interest rate by 1.5% to a new target lending rate of 0% yesterday, the Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement in Washington. It's the largest reduction since the Fed began using the rate as primary tool of fiscal policy around …

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