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If you’ve got bad credit, have been foreclosed or gone bankrupt, Uncle Sam has a loan for you. Just go to college and Uncle Sam will loan you hundreds of thousands towards a potentially useless degree. Or if your foreclosure took place three years there’s a house and a mortgage just waiting for you to apply. Credit is no longer given to clean borrowers with good collateral. The incentives favor reckless lending and borrowing and mal-investment and mis-allocation of investment.
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Diana Zoppa and I caught up after several weeks apart. McCartney was in Canada and was just as great as ever, even at 70 years old. There are some things in life you just don’t get tired of, a fine glass of wine, a walk in the park and listening to the Beatles. Then we went on to discuss the greening of America, the end of Marijuana prohibition in the states. Colorado and Washington State passed referendums legalized the herb and many states are going to follow down that winding road. The potential tax revenue is just too tempting and the costs of enforcement have become prohibitive. This is not an endorsement of public or private intoxication, merely the recognition that there’s nothing the government can do to stop it. It’s time to start treating drug abuse as a public health issue, not a criminal justice matter.
We took time today to speak with coaching expert, 
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Danielle Park of 
As an attorney, I did substantial work with clients on Unclaimed Funds. New York State alone has gotten its hooks into over $12 billion dollars worth of so-called abandonded property, but you can find it and get it back. It’s actually very simple. Just do a database search, file a form and it’s yours. You may think that you can account for all your money, but as Mary Pittman has proven time and again, you probably can’t. She’s found money for Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh and other notables. I myself have reclaimed over $5,000 worth of checks that never reached my doorstep. You might be able to reclaim even more. Go on the internet now and find out. And let us know. 
Christopher Whitestone and Mike MacDonald have made a major contribution. The focus of 
After Turkey Day, it was time for a Monday Rant with Ranting Andy Hoffman. Looks like all hell is getting ready to breakout soon. Greece, going from hopeless to impossible. Same with the rest of Europe. Being prepared is your only defense. And while you certainly can’t find any security in a world gone mad, you can find internal security and know that this like all financial cycles in life is temporary. Of that much we can assure you. So protect yourself, succeed and thrive whenever and wherever you can and get ready for the coming prosperity. It may be a while, but when it arrives you’ll know it was well worth the wait.
Delia Horwitz wrote 
Nancy Baumann, 
Rosalene Glickman, Ph.D. is the creator and best-selling author of Optimal Thinking, hailed by academia and the media as “the successor to positive thinking” and “the essential ingredient for best practices in personal, interpersonal, and organizational optimization.” We spoke at length and while I know that I’ve engaged in quite a bit of Optimal Thinking in my life, it hasn’t been nearly enough. Rosalene is a real inspiration to me and hopefully to you too.
We were very fortunate to hook up with 
Mickey Fulp, the 
Dan Collins is our man on the street in Shanghai China. While there’s much controversey over the Chinese economy, Dan sees things as improving and more Chinese are being lifted out of poverty. Yacht sales in China have increase 700% in the past year, probably from 1 to 7, but luxury goods purchases in China now account for 25% of global demand. And this doesn’t include Chinese tourists going overseas, picking up that Louis Vuitton bag for a song. The wealth shift from West to East continues unabated.
Our old friend Nick Santiago of InTheMoneyStocks.com is first and foremost a contrarian. If you’re buying, he’s selling and if you’re selling, he’s buying. He called Apple a sell at $700 (it peaked at $710) and now he believes it’s a buy at $525. Contrarian investing requires a healthy dose of skepticism and tight control over emotions. It’s hard to make the right decision when everyone else is telling you you’re wrong. Nick is also long gold and silver and believes that the greatest bull market in history is about to resume it’s amazing upward trajectory.
John Rubino of 
Ron Hera of 
Belinda Mays had a problem. The Great Recession hit and her career in commercial real estate was suddenly over. She needed to find something else to do and fast. Her position was not unlike many of you out there. After a short time period, she got over her grief and anger; she did a personal inventory and discovered a number of personal skills and assets that formed the basis of her business. Thus was born The Success Project, and she’s never looked back. We can all learn a great deal from Belinda about following our dreams and our passions.
Chris Duane joined us today. We discussed the pseudo-seccesionist movement. Chris thinks it will wind up being co-opted just like the Tea Party was by the same statists who run things now. Just like we are presented with the illusion of choice every four years, we’re also given various movements that appear to be supporting real change but in reality are supporting the status quo. Therefore, real successionism starts with the individual. The same thing with preparation, it starts with a prepared mind. Which is why opting out of the system, as much as you are able, is essential to your mental well-being.
Bill Cobb spent much of his career working in large corporations. Now he’s helping individuals turn their ideas into gold. Unlike many, Bill has actually studied entrepreneurism and what makes new businesses most likely to succeed. Did you know that a business started by 5 people is 5 times more likely to succeed than a solo venture? Bill has much more sage wisdom packed in his new book Business Alchemy: Turning Ideas Into Gold. If you can’t find a job, then creating a job may make sense for you. Especially if you can combine it with an interest or personal passion.
Eileen Workman is a forward thinker. She foretold the economic collapse of 2008-09 many years before it occurred. Now she believes that we are heading into a new Wisdom Economy where people pursue their passions and work for everyone’s benefit. While we’re not convinced that that man is yet ready for this new paradigm, we do believe that rapid and fundamental change must happen around the world and quickly too. Modern life has created too many conflicts, both among people and governments. All too often these disputes get settle with violence making us all the poorer. So perhaps Eileen is really on to something.
Kris Miller has been helping people retire early for years. While FSN is concerned about the potential economic collapse looming on the horizon, no one knows if and when it’s actually going to happen. So it’s important to be prepared for the system to muddle onward for a number of years as well as preparing for it’s possible sudden implosion. And if it continues, Kris’s strategy has a lot going for it. You receive income for life without little or no risk. The type of annuities she’s espousing have been carried on in one form or another since the Middle Ages!
G. Edward Griffin of