Medicare and Social Security to be Insolvent Sooner Than Expected
40% of the US economy is about to become insolvent in the next sixteen years, and neither Congress nor the President has lifted a finger to do anything about Medicare and Social Security. June 11, 218 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Margaret Thatcher wasn’t wrong when she observed that the biggest problem with socialism […]
TSA Establishes Secret Watchlist of Travelers
The TSA is grasping at straws to find some justification for its existence, and establishing a “secret watchlist” of travelers is the latest protocol to be adopted. June 4, 2018 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The TSA is at it again, trying to make itself relevant in the face of the overwhelming evidence that […]
US Auto Industry Could Suffer from Trump Protectionism
The protectionism blows just keep on comin’ as Trump eyes imported cars as his next tariff target. May 28, 2018 By: Bobby Casey, GWP Managing Director Donald Trump is a dyed in the wool protectionist; the likes of which will have a devastating effect on the US economy as well the rest of the world. […]
Seizing Power and Property Leads to Destruction and Poverty
When populism leads to seizing power and property in defiance of market forces, you inevitably wind up with destruction and poverty. May 21, 2018 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The world is watching as supposed economic “underdogs” are seizing the means of production from their alleged oppressors. All I see is accelerated collapse. No […]
Trump Backs out of Iran Deal Costing Billions to Businesses
Trump’s decision to back out of the nuclear deal with Iran and reinstate sanctions on the Islamic Republic, was not well received by businesses or partner nations in the accord… including China. May 14, 2018 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Just shy of three years ago, we did an article called “An Unsanctioned Iran?”. A […]
Is There No Incentive to End Wars & Cure Diseases?
In a system rooted in cronyism, is there any incentive to solve problems rather than protract them? May 7, 2017 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The United States’ political class sold its citizenry a bill of goods: that ending war and disease comes with the destruction of Western economy as we know it. It’s never been said […]
Socialism Comes at the Cost of Individual Freedom
Socialism is the racket that over promises and under delivers, but when it inevitably fails to keep its promises, it comes at the cost of individual freedom. April 30, 2018 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Capitalists are often admonished for being heartless and uncaring because they flatly reject socialist solutions to economic and social […]
State Licensure Requirements Keep the Poor Down
Licensure requirements keep the poor from enjoying upward mobility as one of many barriers to entry into the market place. April 23, 2018 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Despite all the regulatory rigging by governments big and small around the world, we are all living in an era of unprecedented prosperity! Talk about an […]
China Makes Its Way into Oil Futures with Petro-Yuan
China and its petro-yuan are positioning themselves to give the United States a run for its petrodollar. April 16, 2018 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The United States has not been doing itself any favors in terms of foreign relations. We have covered quite a few instances where China and Russia have collaborated with one […]
New Assault Weapons Ban Bill Is Not About Safety
The new Assault Weapons Ban bill seems more concerned with banning scary looking things than it is with safety or reducing mass shootings. April 9, 2018 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP In a matter of a couple weeks after the Parkland, Florida shootings, an Assault Weapons Ban bill – introduced by David Cicilline (D-RI) […]
