It’s kind of scary, but the top corporate pension plans are underfunded by over $225 billion.  That’s the private sector, and how about various State plans?  Illinois pensions for retired workers is only funded by 43%, and it owes $82.9 billion to make it whole.  Other states are similar.  So here a man or woman […]

First of all, there already is a wall separating Mexico from the U.S.  It is hundreds of miles long, and currently is being repaired where needed.  It may not be high enough to prohibit ladders being raised to cross into the U.S., but there is a wall in place already, even though it is grossly […]

It wasn’t until 1986 that the U.S. Mint in West Point New York, was placed into operation, and began producing both Silver and Gold Eagles.  Before that, beginning in 1980, I had gold Maple leafs, but no silver ones.  By 1986, it became almost common knowledge that the U.S. dollar was steadily losing value or […]

I started brokering precious metals in 1977.  At that time, silver was about $1.50 an ounce, and about all I had to sell, were ‘bags’ of U.S. silver coins, which then, and still do, contain $1,000 face value of the coins.  10,000 silver dimes, 4,000 silver quarters, or 2,000 silver half dollars.  A ‘bag’ is […]