Posted on 07/07/2014 1:09:53 AM PDT by Java4Jay
How does the U.S. economy do it? Europe is floundering. China faces slower growth. Japan is struggling to sustain tentative gains. Yet the U.S. job market is humming, and the pace of economic growth is steadily rising.
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Budget cutting? Seriously?
Think barter and trade my friend, forget full time work, there are plenty of opportunities to work in exchange for items or trade of time for time.
Let’s say you are a plumber, do you or your family ever need dental work done? Are there any dentist in your area in deed of plumbing work, all of his equipment works off of compressed air running thru, you guessed it copper plumbing.
Are you a good hunter? Feel like doing a little out of season deer hunting? Meat is at all time highs, a rear quarter of venison, bone in, is going for $3.50 a pound cash money, in Maine, probably more where you are.
Mechanics are in real demand, as are tutors who are politically incorrect and able to teach real history, real science, real anything.
George C. Scott as Patton...
All that anyone needs to know about the economy in one graph:
http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2V
The velocity of M2 Money stock
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