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		<title>Here we go again&#8230;.Alan S. Blinder: When Greed Is Not Good</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2010/01/here-we-go-again-alan-s-blinder-when-greed-is-not-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alan S. Blinder wrote another half witted op-ed about financial regulation and Wall Street&#8217;s return to &#8220;greed&#8221;. As all half witted intellectuals, he recognizes a symptom, but never questions the source. Here is a paragraph where he talks about Adam Smith.
When economists first heard Gekko&#8217;s now-famous dictum, &#8220;Greed is good,&#8221; they thought it a crude [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Schiff hands out an ass whoopin to David Epstein</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t remember how I found this video, but if you have the time, it&#8217;s a much watch. You want to know why we are heading for disaster? It&#8217;s because the government is filled with David Epsteins, when we need more Peter Schiffs. Hopefully, Schiff will defeat Dodd next year, and we&#8217;ll at least have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyperinflation &#8211; Even The Best Case Scenarios Look Bad</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2009/12/hyperinflation-even-the-best-case-scenarios-look-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.proudprofiteer.com/?p=971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bob Murphy has a article on The American Conservative basically outlining how he sees our currency being destroyed and possibly ushering in the Amero. While the entire article is pretty scary, the part about the current bank reserves really popped out at me.
Monetary Catastrophe
Since the start of the present financial crisis, the Federal Reserve has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is just too funny &#8211; Petition For Hyper-inflation</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2009/12/this-is-just-too-funny-petition-for-hyper-inflation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found this on The Daily Paul. It provided much entertainment for me this evening.Even my 9 year old was laughing at how stupid these people are.

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		<title>More Bad Ideas From The Job Summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In order to appear as if he&#8217;s doing something, Obama held the &#8220;Jobs Summit&#8221; at the White House. Here are some of the ideas that are supposed to help small business.
On Thursday, about 130 small-business owners, financial experts, union leaders, economists and CEOs from across the country convened at the White House to discuss their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FHA Looking To Increase Requirements For Insured Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2009/12/fha-looking-to-increase-requirements-for-insured-loans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2009/12/fha-looking-to-increase-requirements-for-insured-loans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.proudprofiteer.com/?p=873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While I don&#8217;t think tax payers should be subsidizing other people&#8217;s home purchases, this is what happens when the government&#8217;s games catch up with them. They are trying to prop up the housing market from the mess they created, but at the same time they are looking at contradictory policies that will harm the housing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Trickle Up Economics Is Working</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2009/11/obamas-trickle-up-economics-is-working/</link>
		<comments>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2009/11/obamas-trickle-up-economics-is-working/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Obama&#8217;s economic policies and bail outs, you no longer have to be concerned about Wall Street execs not being able to afford their lavish lifestyle.
Conspicuous consumption is making a comeback on Wall Street. But no one wants to admit they&#8217;re doing it.  As traders and investment bankers near the finish line of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lending Declines as Bank Jitters Persist &#8211; WSJ.com</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2009/11/lending-declines-as-bank-jitters-persist-wsj-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recovery still is looking unlikely. I&#8217;m sure glad we spent $800 billion on TARP, you know bailing out Wall Street to bail out Main Street.
By DAMIAN PALETTA
U.S. lenders saw loans fall by the largest amount since the government began tracking such data, suggesting that nervousness among banks continues to hamper economic recovery.
Total loan balances [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uncle Sam&#8217;s Crowding Out Of Private Lending</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2009/11/uncle-sams-crowding-out-of-private-lending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.proudprofiteer.com/?p=741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For anyone who thinks we&#8217;ll be pulling out of this recession anytime soon, you may want to think again. Even if we do pull out, it will more than likely be temporary. Unfortunately, the government is crowding out private investment by killing financing to the privates sector. George Melloan, author of &#8220;The Great Money Binge: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Société Générale tells clients how to prepare for &#8216;global collapse&#8217; &#8211; Telegraph</title>
		<link>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2009/11/societe-generale-tells-clients-how-to-prepare-for-global-collapse-telegraph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.proudprofiteer.com/2009/11/societe-generale-tells-clients-how-to-prepare-for-global-collapse-telegraph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This sure doesn&#8217;t sound good, and I&#8217;m sure the heath care bill only makes the chances of collapse more likely.
In a report entitled &#8220;Worst-case debt scenario&#8221;, the bank&#8217;s asset team said state rescue packages over the last year have merely transferred private liabilities onto sagging sovereign shoulders, creating a fresh set of problems.
Overall debt is [...]]]></description>
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