Today's political leaders demonstrate their low opinion of the public with every social law they pass. They believe that, if given the right to chose, the citizenry will probably make the wrong choice. Legislators do not think any more in terms of persuading people; they feel the need to force their agenda on the public at the point of a bayonet and the barrel of a gun, in the name of the IRS, the SEC, the FDA, the DEA, the EPA, or a multitude of other ABCs of government authority.

The worst thing that can happen to an investor is to make money on his first trade; he thinks investing is easy

Gold and Silver have always had value, never gone to zero. Can you say the same for stocks and bonds?

One suggestion my wife and I have used in our personal finance courses we teach at college is simply writing down all expenditures and seeing where the money goes. That alone will cause heads of households to think twice about x, y or z expenditure, and to consider carefully whether they really need something or not.

When everyone is a contrarian, nobody is a contrarian

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.

It is business that generates the jobs, income and taxes that keep a country going.