Debt goes up and up. And there is not much anyone can do about it. In the heat of battle, currencies are devalued. Consumer goods give way to military goods. And debt drags the whole economy down.
This has to stop. I am voting for Trump because there seemed to be relative peace during his term. The biased press calls him a war monger but it has been the Bushes, Obama, and Biden/Harris that keep forever wars going as their masters want (the American people are not their masters as they should be). I fear that there will be no Ukranians left at this rate but the elites don't care.
Ukrainian means you speak the language. Our religion is a toss up. A mix of Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic. Much like any displaced people, the language will survive as long as the people who speak it, partake in the old customs and traditions, want it to.
I personally do not support sending any money to Ukraine to fight an unjust war. The injustice was Zelensky sending millions into a meat grinder. For what? An invisible border? The pride that comes with having someone else pay for it? The ones who stay know, that whether its his regime or a Putin one, they're all the same. Just leave the artillery shells out of my backyard.
Our people lament, that unlike the Jewish people, Ukrainians (or any other language based country) don't have the same staying power (their language, customs and religion quite portable and robust, to mention nothing of the resourcefullness of their people) and will likely be assimilated into other cultures, and their customs and traditions forgotten.
This statement is true to a greater extent of most displaced people. They don't want to stand out. They want to survive. Have children. And live peaceful lives. That is why they left their last country.
For whatever reason, Jewish people felt that "the homeland" was worth fighting for. And with their fingers in a vast array of governments, are making other people pay for their stubborness, pride and "need to live where God wanted them to."
As with any child that wants to do it their way, they have my blessing.
But leave my money (taxes) alone. Try "Go fund my war" instead.
Well stated Luke! Both current wars are 100% created by those beings behind the curtain. These creatures that promote war are not human. They have human form, but are soulless demons that profit off the death and destruction of humanity. I don’t know when humanity will wake up and put an end to this insanity, but know the world is getting tired of the Lefts insane agenda and hopefully things will change in these next few months and the people will wake up to what is right in front of them 🤔
My fear is the ignorance of this American public. Watching the debate last night and how the audience reacted when the subject of abortion comes up is horrifying, like it’s the most important issue of our country for the right to murder babies. It’s a State issue and doesn’t belong in any Federal debate, but it’s also the power of the left knowing just how ignorant their constituents are 🤔
I can’t help but think that the elites have successfully pushed the important issues to the side with the focus on two big issues: guns and abortion. They keep trying to push environment vs energy independence but clearly energy will win out, same for wokism, most people are smart enough to figure out it’s all BS. As long as they keep 50% of the population at odds with the other 50%, they can control everything.
Luke, most all these war pigs have one thing in common--none have had actual live ordnance fired in their direction. War looks considerably different from that perspective.
I forgot to mention, who pays to rebuild what's left of Ukraine? It will be the US taxpayer. Meanwhile our bridges, roads and other infrastructures crumbles.
I always learn something new here… Even more in the comment section. It is a revelation that the great depression was averaging 1.9% GDP improvement and we’re only at 1.8% now. But if you listen to the main stream media, oh how everything is so Rosie!
It is amazing that they can't report honestly even as they are going bankrupt. The debate was a miserable joke. It makes no sense for Trump and Vance to debate in these 3 on one debate arrangement. But it was nice to see Vance make a high integrity performance while the left claims they don't want anything they are promoting.
Hey Will, it's even worse than that. The ratio of government spending to GDP has increased significantly - I've seen 33% in 2023. Not sure if that's accurate but without all this deficit spending we'd be in the Greater Depression.
"Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can’t help but think before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East."
No Kevin. Spot on.They were looking after their camels and starting to earn revenues from the oil. It’s a good point Kevin but seems to me to base an argument on an ‘analogy’ and my old English Teacher said you weren’t supposed to do that. That area in history seems consistent with eternal turmoil. Not all Middle Eastern countries ( at present) seem aggressively interested.
In islolation it looks like the ‘usual suspects’. Good observation though Kevin.
I don't think Hitler "wanted war" as much as he thought there was no limit to how far he could go in bluffing the spineless leaders in the UK and France and playing them off against Stalin. Anyone who has studied the history of that era knows that he was a political gambler who couldn't resist betting on the next hand. His fate was essentially that of all gamblers who do not know when they have won enough and it is time to walk away from the game a winner...
Unfortunately, the more one tries to control things, the more OUT of control they get. Turn off the news, take care of yourselves, your family and friends. They will need your support and you theirs. This is our reality.
Much of the Trillions in fake money that has been “authorized” in recent years has not been spent. You simply can’t spend 6 or 8 Trillion “extra” dollars that quickly. Because this money has been authorized as additional spending bills, over and above the standing Federal Budget(eg, Inflation Reduction Act, Infrastructure Act) it should require Aporopriation(versus Continuing Resolution) to actually spend the money. But due to the collapse of everything procedural in Washington DC, I have lost the bubble on what is actually taking place. It is, for the average American, complete opaque. Suffice it to say that when these additional trillions are “appropriated/allocated” for spending, which surely they will be even though the money is the equivalent the air inside a vacuum chamber, then we can expect that inflation will get yet another turbocharger boost to send it to another level in its orbit around us.
"It is, for the average Elected Representative, complete opaque. "
FIFY. The bureaucrats are the true holders of the purse strings. Congress just makes sure that the purse is always full and the "right" people don't need a withdrawal slip...
He did everything in his power to corner Japan into firing the first shot.
On the domestic front, there was a large America First movement, with some 800K members, including JFK, who wanted to stay out of foreign, especially European, wars, with the memory of WWI carnage still fresh.
The US had broken Japan's encryption codes, so it is highly likely that FDR knew the attack was coming, but also surmised that a surprise attack would completely neuter the America First movement and inflame the population, which it in fact did.
An excellent book on this subject is Robert B. Stinnett's *Day of Deceit, The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor*.
“WASHINGTON — President Biden said Wednesday that he opposes a possible preemptive Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons program sites as tensions between the countries grow.
“The answer is no,” the 81-year-old retiring president told reporters under the wing of Air Force One as he departed Washington for a trip to North Carolina to tour Hurricane Helene damage.“. I always wondered why the democrats and RINOs were so bent on keeping Irans nuclear program alive 🤔
You say gold has increased in value since 2021, Mr. Bonner? I thought you had been trying for years to teach us that gold doesn't go up, money goes down. Do I have that wrong?
But the stock market has zoomed along with it, so the Dow-Gold theory is in stasis with no dramatic changes either way. It's still no time to buy. Mr. Bonner believes that at some point, the stocks will crash, as they are grossly overvalued, and gold, retaining its value (but maybe not its PRICE) will allow for bargain purchases. In the meantime, he has a huge repository of living money you and I don't likely have. Best always. PM
If it were true that it's solely the Fed that is implementing digital money, then why did your boy Biden and his minions in Congress feel the need to put a provision for digital currency in a Bill that he signed into law?
The answer to your question about how to stop this is simple: Vote Republican. They are willing to pass a law that outlaws it which means the Fed can't implement it because it would be a violation of federal law. I'm not as stupid as your everyday Harris-Tampon Tim Walz voter.
DJ: If Trump wasn’t running I just might. Worst candidate ever. Should be incarcerated for all his crimes. If you have watched the news, you would certainly understand my position.
Hahaha! The worst candidate ever? That would be Hilary Clinton, and 28 days from now only to be eclipsed by Cacklin' Kamala. He's going to beat all of the fabricated lawfare charges, just like he beat the nonsense in Florida, where he drew a real judge (take that to the bank). I honestly don't understand why ordinarily smart, rational people see red (like a bull in front of a red cape) when the word Trump is uttered? Is he brash, flamboyant and a bit annoying? Sure, but his policies are pure gold for all the American people. (Not so much for Ukrainians, Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, Mexicans, Hondurans, Guatemalans and the rest of the undeveloped world. So what's wrong with that? I doubt you have any idea what it's costing all of us to medicate, educate, feed, clothe and house the illegal invaders.)
DJ: A real judge... really? Maybe, if you did a lot more fact checking on dear old Donald, you might learn something. He’s not your savor and never will be. He can’t open his mouth without lying about something. Cacklin’ Kamala : I bet you have never read her bio or want to. She is a smart lawyer and understands what happening to our country. Trump doesn’t care..just wants to be President Forever.
"Trump . . . just wants to be President Forever (sic)." That is pure nonsense. Kamala Harris was a joke as a prosecutor. In fact, if you did your fact checking you'd learn that she never prosecuted a single case in court. Have you seen what happens to her when she has to speak extemporaneously? She is a mumbling, bumbling walking moron. As I've explained before, no Republican, including Donald, are going to solve all of our problems. But our problems, have all been caused by Democrats.
The stock market will come down with the next wave of inflation. The upper middle class will need to liquidate to keep their life-style up. That and the world declaring fiat currencies are a sham! The 1% will not need to liquidate but will continue to gain a larger share. The "wealth inequality" has increased with fiat currency with the help of the FED (Whose original mandate was to funnel government money to the big banks.) and the Treasury.
You say "AMEN" to Odin's comment yet it's your political idols that are the ones pushing for digital money, curtailing free speech, grabbing guns, etc. Hypocritical much?
DJ: No, it’s the Fed pushing the digital money. Do you think anyone can stop it? If so, please let us know. No one that I know wants that to happen. Put the blame where it belongs. It’s the FED..stupid..Do your" due diligence."
And as far as "war pays" goes, here are the ugly stats care of ChatGPT (which is known to have made mistakes):
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Performance:
Value in 2000: The DJIA closed at approximately 10,787 at the end of 2000.
Value in 2024: As of September 2024, the DJIA is around 42,300(SlickCharts).
Percentage Increase: This represents an increase of approximately 292% over the 24-year period.
Lockheed Martin (LMT) Performance:
Value in 2000: Lockheed Martin's stock price in 2000 was around $35 per share.
Value in 2024: As of 2024, Lockheed Martin's stock trades at approximately $470 per share.
Percentage Increase: This reflects an increase of about 1,243% over the period.
Gold Performance:
Value in 2000: Gold was priced at around $273 per ounce in 2000.
Value in 2024: As of 2024, gold is priced at approximately $1,850 per ounce.
Percentage Increase: This marks an increase of about 577% over the period.
In summary, Lockheed Martin's stock has significantly outperformed both the DJIA and gold over the period from 2000 to 2024, with gold also outperforming the DJIA during this time.
U.S. Federal Budget Growth (2000-2024)
In 2000: The U.S. federal budget was approximately $1.79 trillion.
In 2024: The federal budget is estimated to be around $6.2 trillion.
Percentage Increase:
Over this period, the federal budget has increased by about 246% from 2000 to 2024.
This growth reflects increases in defense spending, social programs (like Medicare and Social Security), and higher interest payments on national debt. Additionally, there were temporary surges in spending due to events like the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic(Home | USAFacts)(Wikipedia).
Well, youngsters, I see where the "last" item that Bill mentioned in his latest enlightenment is GOLD. It wasn't income stocks, dividend stocks, oil stocks or shipping stocks. All of those may be great in their time but when it's about to hit the fan, even Bill knows what's best. Take heed, youngsters.
Certain Business Development super smart dudes have a meet up about market opportunities.
Where can we sell more Toyota utility vehicles at a premium price for a basic unit, computer chips etc?
Let’s chat to our pals in Lookyheed & co. and
create a few billion as a joint fighting fund to drop to mullahs & pals, bank accounts to light up a few fires, for people to be driven around in armed Toyotas, with mobile phones and some a to play nuclear science in mosques and underground tunnels.
Then a way past used by date presidente, with puppet masters pulling his jawbone and other body part. get wind of the master plan.
He ups the bids.
Repays billions of hootch, held for past terrorism acts, drop switch off sanctions to let bad boys of the hook. Wow! they become hoorahs because they promise and then lie through their turbans.
Shut your mouth threats to Preso-chief of military, after holding him to ransom over backdoor money trail for his sonny boy in country near the Russian bear. Spend spend
spend on new war toys.
Next gig. So let’s get more US blue voters to stack the power levers once and for all.
Easy as. You anywhere, we pulled the plug out down south. Come in soon as ya can. Got the best giggle gal to be the pin up for this.
Now let’s get back to playing that awesome game Global Energy Poker. That’ll win me 95% of folks who don’t get, wise owl knowhow.
‘Bout time we control weather, their health with needles and wealth by making a US$ have a tue 1 cent buying power.
It time the printer got working, so it can print more of money and finally a worthy greenback $100,000,000.00 note, for use before CBDC kicks in.
This has to stop. I am voting for Trump because there seemed to be relative peace during his term. The biased press calls him a war monger but it has been the Bushes, Obama, and Biden/Harris that keep forever wars going as their masters want (the American people are not their masters as they should be). I fear that there will be no Ukranians left at this rate but the elites don't care.
Ukrainian means you speak the language. Our religion is a toss up. A mix of Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic. Much like any displaced people, the language will survive as long as the people who speak it, partake in the old customs and traditions, want it to.
I personally do not support sending any money to Ukraine to fight an unjust war. The injustice was Zelensky sending millions into a meat grinder. For what? An invisible border? The pride that comes with having someone else pay for it? The ones who stay know, that whether its his regime or a Putin one, they're all the same. Just leave the artillery shells out of my backyard.
Our people lament, that unlike the Jewish people, Ukrainians (or any other language based country) don't have the same staying power (their language, customs and religion quite portable and robust, to mention nothing of the resourcefullness of their people) and will likely be assimilated into other cultures, and their customs and traditions forgotten.
This statement is true to a greater extent of most displaced people. They don't want to stand out. They want to survive. Have children. And live peaceful lives. That is why they left their last country.
For whatever reason, Jewish people felt that "the homeland" was worth fighting for. And with their fingers in a vast array of governments, are making other people pay for their stubborness, pride and "need to live where God wanted them to."
As with any child that wants to do it their way, they have my blessing.
But leave my money (taxes) alone. Try "Go fund my war" instead.
Well stated Luke! Both current wars are 100% created by those beings behind the curtain. These creatures that promote war are not human. They have human form, but are soulless demons that profit off the death and destruction of humanity. I don’t know when humanity will wake up and put an end to this insanity, but know the world is getting tired of the Lefts insane agenda and hopefully things will change in these next few months and the people will wake up to what is right in front of them 🤔
I fear they understand their evil jig is just about up, and will try to burn it ALL to the ground rather than surrender ANYTHING...
My fear is the ignorance of this American public. Watching the debate last night and how the audience reacted when the subject of abortion comes up is horrifying, like it’s the most important issue of our country for the right to murder babies. It’s a State issue and doesn’t belong in any Federal debate, but it’s also the power of the left knowing just how ignorant their constituents are 🤔
I can’t help but think that the elites have successfully pushed the important issues to the side with the focus on two big issues: guns and abortion. They keep trying to push environment vs energy independence but clearly energy will win out, same for wokism, most people are smart enough to figure out it’s all BS. As long as they keep 50% of the population at odds with the other 50%, they can control everything.
Starboard, it sure looks that way. They don't hesitate to escalate.
Luke, most all these war pigs have one thing in common--none have had actual live ordnance fired in their direction. War looks considerably different from that perspective.
Excellent, sir...
Yea Bob...your fear is well founded.
I forgot to mention, who pays to rebuild what's left of Ukraine? It will be the US taxpayer. Meanwhile our bridges, roads and other infrastructures crumbles.
Here's an interesting article concerning recovery of the electrical grid in western North Carolina. Seems we sent equipment to rebuild Ukraine's power grid and little remains for US citizens suffering from power outages. https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/grid-apocalypse-hits-carolinas-360-substations-down-power-restoration-could-take-months
And ULTIMATELY those tax dollars will end up in the pockets of BlackRock, StateStreet, etc. - again. Shhhhhh.
Somehow akin to the old saying "He Who Smelt It, Dealt It"...
I always learn something new here… Even more in the comment section. It is a revelation that the great depression was averaging 1.9% GDP improvement and we’re only at 1.8% now. But if you listen to the main stream media, oh how everything is so Rosie!
Professional journalism is dead. They re just propaganda outlets for the political and economical elites.
It is amazing that they can't report honestly even as they are going bankrupt. The debate was a miserable joke. It makes no sense for Trump and Vance to debate in these 3 on one debate arrangement. But it was nice to see Vance make a high integrity performance while the left claims they don't want anything they are promoting.
Hey Will, it's even worse than that. The ratio of government spending to GDP has increased significantly - I've seen 33% in 2023. Not sure if that's accurate but without all this deficit spending we'd be in the Greater Depression.
Rosy siri…
"Every time anyone says that Israel is our only friend in the Middle East, I can’t help but think before Israel, we had no enemies in the Middle East."
~ John Sheehan, S.J.
No Kevin. Spot on.They were looking after their camels and starting to earn revenues from the oil. It’s a good point Kevin but seems to me to base an argument on an ‘analogy’ and my old English Teacher said you weren’t supposed to do that. That area in history seems consistent with eternal turmoil. Not all Middle Eastern countries ( at present) seem aggressively interested.
In islolation it looks like the ‘usual suspects’. Good observation though Kevin.
I don't think Hitler "wanted war" as much as he thought there was no limit to how far he could go in bluffing the spineless leaders in the UK and France and playing them off against Stalin. Anyone who has studied the history of that era knows that he was a political gambler who couldn't resist betting on the next hand. His fate was essentially that of all gamblers who do not know when they have won enough and it is time to walk away from the game a winner...
Unfortunately, the more one tries to control things, the more OUT of control they get. Turn off the news, take care of yourselves, your family and friends. They will need your support and you theirs. This is our reality.
Much of the Trillions in fake money that has been “authorized” in recent years has not been spent. You simply can’t spend 6 or 8 Trillion “extra” dollars that quickly. Because this money has been authorized as additional spending bills, over and above the standing Federal Budget(eg, Inflation Reduction Act, Infrastructure Act) it should require Aporopriation(versus Continuing Resolution) to actually spend the money. But due to the collapse of everything procedural in Washington DC, I have lost the bubble on what is actually taking place. It is, for the average American, complete opaque. Suffice it to say that when these additional trillions are “appropriated/allocated” for spending, which surely they will be even though the money is the equivalent the air inside a vacuum chamber, then we can expect that inflation will get yet another turbocharger boost to send it to another level in its orbit around us.
"It is, for the average Elected Representative, complete opaque. "
FIFY. The bureaucrats are the true holders of the purse strings. Congress just makes sure that the purse is always full and the "right" people don't need a withdrawal slip...
Yes BRIEN. The ‘billions and trillions’ just seems to ‘roll off the tongue’.
Would be an interesting set of accounts.
‘ Rounded for simplicity’ and too large to be ‘ itemised’. I am that old I remember millions being a lot.
Now it’s a house ( in Oz) in a working suburb of Sydney.
‘Damn the expense Mother- feed the cat another Goldfish’. Regards Mate.
"But peace didn’t happen. Because both Germany and Italy had been taken over by people who didn’t want peace. They wanted war. "
Actually it's Churchill who wanted war while Hitler wanted peace.
Darn that public education system...
And don't forget about FDR.
He did everything in his power to corner Japan into firing the first shot.
On the domestic front, there was a large America First movement, with some 800K members, including JFK, who wanted to stay out of foreign, especially European, wars, with the memory of WWI carnage still fresh.
The US had broken Japan's encryption codes, so it is highly likely that FDR knew the attack was coming, but also surmised that a surprise attack would completely neuter the America First movement and inflame the population, which it in fact did.
An excellent book on this subject is Robert B. Stinnett's *Day of Deceit, The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor*.
“WASHINGTON — President Biden said Wednesday that he opposes a possible preemptive Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons program sites as tensions between the countries grow.
“The answer is no,” the 81-year-old retiring president told reporters under the wing of Air Force One as he departed Washington for a trip to North Carolina to tour Hurricane Helene damage.“. I always wondered why the democrats and RINOs were so bent on keeping Irans nuclear program alive 🤔
Biden is a meaningless puppet. Who cares what that kiss ass thinks? He couldn't even keep his job after doing what all the commies wanted him to.
Yawn…Spoken like a true Republican
Israel wouldn’t need the USA to do that. They have before. Probably planning and May do again.
There are, in my view, no conspiracy theories here.
"In love, war, drugs, gambling, inflation and desserts — you count the costs later. "
You left out Wives and Girlfriends...
Those two headings, along with husbands and boyfriends, are implictly included in the word "gambling."
Investing IS gambling. Best always. PM
I've always been keenly aware of the costs. It's just that the ROI has been so damn good. Best always. PM
You say gold has increased in value since 2021, Mr. Bonner? I thought you had been trying for years to teach us that gold doesn't go up, money goes down. Do I have that wrong?
Hi Flier (I love typing that),
Ummm, an "alternate" way to look at it:
Gold did go UP; BECAUSE the money went down...
But the stock market has zoomed along with it, so the Dow-Gold theory is in stasis with no dramatic changes either way. It's still no time to buy. Mr. Bonner believes that at some point, the stocks will crash, as they are grossly overvalued, and gold, retaining its value (but maybe not its PRICE) will allow for bargain purchases. In the meantime, he has a huge repository of living money you and I don't likely have. Best always. PM
….’Out of the moths of babes….’
If it were true that it's solely the Fed that is implementing digital money, then why did your boy Biden and his minions in Congress feel the need to put a provision for digital currency in a Bill that he signed into law?
The answer to your question about how to stop this is simple: Vote Republican. They are willing to pass a law that outlaws it which means the Fed can't implement it because it would be a violation of federal law. I'm not as stupid as your everyday Harris-Tampon Tim Walz voter.
DJ: If Trump wasn’t running I just might. Worst candidate ever. Should be incarcerated for all his crimes. If you have watched the news, you would certainly understand my position.
Hahaha! The worst candidate ever? That would be Hilary Clinton, and 28 days from now only to be eclipsed by Cacklin' Kamala. He's going to beat all of the fabricated lawfare charges, just like he beat the nonsense in Florida, where he drew a real judge (take that to the bank). I honestly don't understand why ordinarily smart, rational people see red (like a bull in front of a red cape) when the word Trump is uttered? Is he brash, flamboyant and a bit annoying? Sure, but his policies are pure gold for all the American people. (Not so much for Ukrainians, Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, Mexicans, Hondurans, Guatemalans and the rest of the undeveloped world. So what's wrong with that? I doubt you have any idea what it's costing all of us to medicate, educate, feed, clothe and house the illegal invaders.)
DJ: A real judge... really? Maybe, if you did a lot more fact checking on dear old Donald, you might learn something. He’s not your savor and never will be. He can’t open his mouth without lying about something. Cacklin’ Kamala : I bet you have never read her bio or want to. She is a smart lawyer and understands what happening to our country. Trump doesn’t care..just wants to be President Forever.
"Trump . . . just wants to be President Forever (sic)." That is pure nonsense. Kamala Harris was a joke as a prosecutor. In fact, if you did your fact checking you'd learn that she never prosecuted a single case in court. Have you seen what happens to her when she has to speak extemporaneously? She is a mumbling, bumbling walking moron. As I've explained before, no Republican, including Donald, are going to solve all of our problems. But our problems, have all been caused by Democrats.
Why bother brother Dave? You know we can’t fix stupid 🤔
SL: You must be talking about yourself.
The stock market will come down with the next wave of inflation. The upper middle class will need to liquidate to keep their life-style up. That and the world declaring fiat currencies are a sham! The 1% will not need to liquidate but will continue to gain a larger share. The "wealth inequality" has increased with fiat currency with the help of the FED (Whose original mandate was to funnel government money to the big banks.) and the Treasury.
Everything depends on the direction Governments go in the future.
If digital "money" is introduced the "people" will have no choice and can be totally controlled.
In essence the western world is heading for fascism, like it or not.
Odin: AMEN
You say "AMEN" to Odin's comment yet it's your political idols that are the ones pushing for digital money, curtailing free speech, grabbing guns, etc. Hypocritical much?
DJ: No, it’s the Fed pushing the digital money. Do you think anyone can stop it? If so, please let us know. No one that I know wants that to happen. Put the blame where it belongs. It’s the FED..stupid..Do your" due diligence."
Anyone thinking Biden is feeding the war machine to assure a democrats victory in Nov. Can’t switch parties during a war the US is involved in!
And as far as "war pays" goes, here are the ugly stats care of ChatGPT (which is known to have made mistakes):
Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Performance:
Value in 2000: The DJIA closed at approximately 10,787 at the end of 2000.
Value in 2024: As of September 2024, the DJIA is around 42,300(SlickCharts).
Percentage Increase: This represents an increase of approximately 292% over the 24-year period.
Lockheed Martin (LMT) Performance:
Value in 2000: Lockheed Martin's stock price in 2000 was around $35 per share.
Value in 2024: As of 2024, Lockheed Martin's stock trades at approximately $470 per share.
Percentage Increase: This reflects an increase of about 1,243% over the period.
Gold Performance:
Value in 2000: Gold was priced at around $273 per ounce in 2000.
Value in 2024: As of 2024, gold is priced at approximately $1,850 per ounce.
Percentage Increase: This marks an increase of about 577% over the period.
In summary, Lockheed Martin's stock has significantly outperformed both the DJIA and gold over the period from 2000 to 2024, with gold also outperforming the DJIA during this time.
U.S. Federal Budget Growth (2000-2024)
In 2000: The U.S. federal budget was approximately $1.79 trillion.
In 2024: The federal budget is estimated to be around $6.2 trillion.
Percentage Increase:
Over this period, the federal budget has increased by about 246% from 2000 to 2024.
This growth reflects increases in defense spending, social programs (like Medicare and Social Security), and higher interest payments on national debt. Additionally, there were temporary surges in spending due to events like the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic(Home | USAFacts)(Wikipedia).
You can bet all the politicians knew LMT was gonna get lots of money.
Well, youngsters, I see where the "last" item that Bill mentioned in his latest enlightenment is GOLD. It wasn't income stocks, dividend stocks, oil stocks or shipping stocks. All of those may be great in their time but when it's about to hit the fan, even Bill knows what's best. Take heed, youngsters.
So here is a novel plot for Netflix series.
Certain Business Development super smart dudes have a meet up about market opportunities.
Where can we sell more Toyota utility vehicles at a premium price for a basic unit, computer chips etc?
Let’s chat to our pals in Lookyheed & co. and
create a few billion as a joint fighting fund to drop to mullahs & pals, bank accounts to light up a few fires, for people to be driven around in armed Toyotas, with mobile phones and some a to play nuclear science in mosques and underground tunnels.
Then a way past used by date presidente, with puppet masters pulling his jawbone and other body part. get wind of the master plan.
He ups the bids.
Repays billions of hootch, held for past terrorism acts, drop switch off sanctions to let bad boys of the hook. Wow! they become hoorahs because they promise and then lie through their turbans.
Shut your mouth threats to Preso-chief of military, after holding him to ransom over backdoor money trail for his sonny boy in country near the Russian bear. Spend spend
spend on new war toys.
Next gig. So let’s get more US blue voters to stack the power levers once and for all.
Easy as. You anywhere, we pulled the plug out down south. Come in soon as ya can. Got the best giggle gal to be the pin up for this.
Now let’s get back to playing that awesome game Global Energy Poker. That’ll win me 95% of folks who don’t get, wise owl knowhow.
‘Bout time we control weather, their health with needles and wealth by making a US$ have a tue 1 cent buying power.
It time the printer got working, so it can print more of money and finally a worthy greenback $100,000,000.00 note, for use before CBDC kicks in.
More to come…