Small Business Owners Understand the Economy Better Than Our Fed Chairman

September 27, 2012 http://gainspainscapital.com

 

http://albertpeia.com/businessownersknoweconomybetterthanfedben.htm

Since the Great Crisis began in 2007 the Fed/ Feds have done the following:

*   Cutting interest rates from 5.25-0.25% (Sept ’07-today).

*   The Bear Stearns deal/ taking on $30 billion in junk mortgages (Mar ’08).

*   Opening various lending windows to investment banks (Mar ’08).

*   Hank Paulson spends $400 billion on Fannie/ Freddie (Sept ’08).

*   The Fed takes over insurance company AIG for $85 billion (Sept ’08).

*   The Fed doles out $25 billion for the automakers (Sept ’08)

*   The Feds kick off the $700 billion TARP program (Oct ’08)

*   The Fed buys commercial paper from non-financial firms (Oct ’08)

*   The Fed offers $540 billion to backstop money market funds (Oct ’08)

*   The Fed agrees to back up to $280 billion of Citigroup’s liabilities (Oct ’08).

*   $40 billion more to AIG (Nov ’08)

*   The Fed backstops $140 billion of Bank of America’s liabilities (Jan ’09)

*   Obama’s $787 Billion Stimulus (Jan ’09)

*   QE 1 buys $1.25 trillion in Treasuries and mortgage debt (March ’09)

*   QE lite buys $200-300 billion of Treasuries and mortgage debt (Aug ’10)

*   QE 2 buys $600 billion in Treasuries (Nov ’10)

*   Operation Twist 2 (Nov ’11)

*   QE 3 buys $40 billion in Mortgage Backed Securities every month from now on (Sept. ’12)

That’s one heck of a list. And the worst part is I know I’ve left something out somewhere.

However, despite this incredible intervention, the economy remains in the toilet. Indeed, adding to the more evidence that the alleged “recovery” is in fact a load of BS category… we have the latest survey of small business owners. Small businesses (50 employees or more) account for 75% of job creation in the US.

*   67 percent say there is too much uncertainty in the market today to expand, grow or hire new workers.

*   69 percent of small business owners and manufacturers say President Obama’s Executive Branch and regulatory policies have hurt American small businesses and manufacturers.

*   55 percent say they would not start a business today given what they know now and in the current environment.

*   54 percent say other countries like China and India are more supportive of their small businesses and manufacturers than the United States.

“Instead of smoothing the way, our government continues to erect more barriers to growth through burdensome regulations that increase costs for small businesses and all Americans,” NFIB president Dan Danner said.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/55-percent-of-small-business-owners-would-not-start-company-today-blame-obama/article/2509069#.UGMqSo6_u_t

This comes on top of the following:

1)   Median income today is lower than it was during at the end of 2009 (when the recession supposedly ended)

2)   The percentage of Americans on food stamps has increased from 11% to nearly 15%

3)   The average unemployment duration has increased from 30 weeks to nearly 40 weeks

4)   The civilian employment to population ratio hasn’t budged

5)   Industrial production has yet to exceed its former peak (a first in post WW-II “recoveries”)

And the Fed’s answer to this issue? Print more money!

Folks, this is the reality we’re dealing with. The Fed has gone “all in” in their efforts to stop the debt implosion… and it’s’ve failed. All it’s done is unleashed an even more serious inflationary storm than the one we were already facing.

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{  I feel compelled to add here what I felt was more than just a leap of faith by Mr. Summers who has in a recent public issue stated that he believes the biggest frauds on wall street will be brought to justice. Wow! That’s really all I can say. The next thing he might say is that pervasively corrupt, defacto bankrupt america et als, along with the manipulated fraudulent securities markets, are legitimate. Wow! In his fact-filled renderings, focus more on Mr. Summer’s facts, fact-based inferences and conclusions, and less on his unsupportable opinions as, ie., prosecutions of the biggest wall street frauds are acomin’, or that meaningfully lawless america’s suddenly grown scruples along with gonads (America has neither the courage nor the will). Wow!  }

 

{ The frauds on wall street et als should be criminally prosecuted, jailed, fined, and disgorgement imposed, without exception!  

 

Roche 'The worst part of it  ...Obama, who vowed change, has done almost nothing to fix any of it and in fact continues most of the policies that helped get us here in the first place’  ‘INSIDE JOB’ Ferguson wins Oscar for Documentary on the unprosecuted massive extant fraud in the (many) TRILLIONS by the frauds on wall street ( and declares with oscar in hand that not one high level wall street exec has been prosecuted … despite ‘earning’ billions from the fraud ) Cases against Wall Street lag despite Holder’s vows to target financial fraud  WP Obama has promised to hold Wall Street accountable for the meltdown.    

http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/ricosummarytoFBIunderpenaltyofperjury.pdf       http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/PeiavCoanetals.htm        

Guest Post: The West Has Just Become A Giant Banana Republic  Legal precedent means nothing. Rule of law means nothing. Free speech means nothing. Their own treaties mean nothing. It’s unbelievable. Anyone in the west who honestly thinks he’s still living in a free society is either a fool or completely out of touch. If that seems too radical an idea, consider that ECUADOR is now the only nation which stands to defend freedom and human rights against an assault from the United States, the United Kingdom, and their spineless allies. The west has just become a giant banana republic. Have you hit your breaking point yet? If not now… when?  { { I’m really constrained to interject my own direct experience with the FBI here; and, I must say I do so lamentably. If you want no real results vis-à-vis organized crime which now extends to the upper reaches, highest levels of the corrupt u.s. government, go to the FBI. I discounted the new jersey FBI as just typical corrupt, mob infested jersey which thinks in terms of discos/casinos. But, truth be told, they never ask the ‘tough’ questions of the biggest criminals; ie., the biggest wall street frauds, cia connected illegal ‘drug ops’ (ops…riiiiight), federal judges ie., trump barry, shiff, alito, etc.; but, they did go after Martha Stewart in a very big way over a $45,000 transaction. Wow! You can’t make this stuff up. I also don’t believe their (understated) crime stats for even a second. I’m beginning to feel foolish for having even put my full faith and trust in them, much less the ‘federal (judicial) system’ who share the ‘same employer’; and, despite my antipathy for the mob, probably would have fared ‘more fairly’ with the mobsters directly who seem to have at least some sense of the magnitude of the fraud involved and the pervasive corruption of the system and government and maybe a semblance of honor in this nation of protracted decline. It never would have occurred to me back when for me, such a choice/decision was clear-cut and simple. Such a course as mine I no longer could recommend inasmuch as there is little difference between state/government sponsored crime/corruption and that perpetrated by other criminal elements, from my direct experience with both, infra:  Debauchery: An American specialty In the land of Lindsay Lohan and Snooki, some federal workers reflect our culture all too well. (Washington Post) [ Lindsay Lohan? Come on Mr. Milbank, hands off the low hanging fruit. She’s totally harmless. Jersey ‘italian’ snooki? In mob infested new jersey, who knows (one of the properties in my proceedings for which surplus funds are unaccounted for was a 2 bedroom 1 and 1/2 bath condominium in seaside heights, n.j.). But debauchery an american specialty? Another rare instance wherein I agree with Mr. Milbank completely. 25 Signs That America Is A Seething Cesspool Of Filth And Corruption http://albertpeia.com/25signsamericacesspooloffilthcrimeandcorruption.htm . Review of flawed forensics held close to vest EXCLUSIVE | Documents and interviews show FBI and Justice Department officials took steps to control information uncovered by a task force designed to examine cases involving discredited agents. Many defendants were never notified of flaws in cases. ‘Simply unconscionable’ (Washington Post) [ Well, I really have to say this. I’m awaiting word from the FBI as to resolution, one way or the other, concerning the RICO matters which have been systematically and corruptly covered up by the government (executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the pervasively corrupt, defacto bankrupt u.s. government http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/ricosummarytoFBIunderpenaltyofperjury.pdf       http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/PeiavCoanetals.htm ) . Never in my wildest dreams would I have believed the level and extent of corruption and criminality within the ranks of the u.s. government before embarking upon this costly quest for justice and simple fairness consistent with clear law (infra, regarding the u.s. government’s direct involvement in the illegal drug trade). In this civil RICO matter, there are no innocent bystanders; but rather, perpetrators, accomplices, and co-conspirators. When the fbi agent initially assigned to this matter (Connecticut) abruptly resigned/retired shortly after a conversation, though not central to my case, wherein I had said that rudy giuliani’s father had been an (convicted) enforcer for the mob (served 12 years? in prison, aggravated assault/manslaughter?) and then sent him documentation owing to his disbelief. Though ultimately ineffectual vis-à-vis my case, he was a likeable guy for whom I had and still have regard. I then spoke with FBI Agent Jeff Rasey upon the aforesaid agent’s departure who somewhat plaintively (‘my call being a burden’) told me that ‘he was a Ford, and I was a Ferrari’, which he didn’t explain further. Could anyone tell me what that means? Initially, at new jersey’s FBI office, I was ‘greeted’ by an FBI Agent who sarcastically asked me whether I was ‘going to the disco that night’ (the documents including sworn statements delivered to then u.s. attorney sam alito’s office in the same building disappeared twice along with the initial assistant u.s. attorney Jonathan Lacey with whom I had reviewed the documentary evidence, documents and their probative value http://www.albertpeia.com/112208opocoan/ricosummarytoFBIunderpenaltyofperjury.pdf   . We all can infer sam alito’s reward / quid pro quo for his cover-up by his current position on the u.s. supreme court.  There was never a question as to maryanne trump barry’s interest in corrupting the judicial process as related to her brother’s (trump) casinos. Jersey city boy louis freeh, labeled by former Prosecutor Larry Klaiman as the most corrupt FBI director ever (see infra, mueller seems no different, and certainly holder’s impeachable actions and corrupt behavior/cover-ups fit the mold, ie., fast and furious, race bias favoring blacks, etc.) apparently covered up the RICO violations as sent to him, and, with italian citizenship and lucrative insider deals fits the bill. The FBI Agent Jeff Hayes of the Long Beach Office with whom I reviewed the RICO documents and confirmed same as indicative of (drug) money laundering was transferred shortly after meeting with him, as has been so of FBI Agent Bill Lewis (promoted to Washington FBI headquarters) with whom I discussed the RICO matter and case disks/dvd’s sent to the LA FBI office (they printed the documents thereon, as per Agent Lewis), Steven Martinez, ADIC, here in Los Angeles (see infra). So, as regards FBI flaws, coverup, etc., I have to believe it based on my own experience and reasonable inference. I’m currently being ‘stonewalled’ by the LA FBI office since the departure of FBI Agent Bill Lewis.}