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From Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis

Chief Executive’s eighth annual survey of best states to do business shows Another Triumph for Texas

In Chief Executive’s eighth annual survey of CEO opinion of Best and Worst States in which to do business, Texas easily clinched the No. 1 rank, the eighth successive time it has done so. California earns the dubious honor of being ranked dead last for the eighth consecutive year.

This year, 650 business leaders responded to our annual survey, up from 550 in 2011. CEOs were asked to grade states in which they do business among a variety of areas, including tax and regulation, quality of workforce and living environment. The Lone Star State was given high marks foremost for its business-friendly tax and regulatory environment. But its workforce quality, second only to Utah’s, is also highly regarded.

Florida moved up from number three last year to number two.

It is perhaps no coincidence that Texas and Florida have the highest net migration of people to their states from 2001 to 2009. (By contrast, New York and California lost over 1.6 million and 1.5 million in net migration out of the states, respectively, over the same period.)

It may be no accident that most of the states in the top 20 are also right-to-work states, as labor force flexibility is highly sought after when a business seeks a location.

California’s enduring place of perpetual decline continues in this year’s ranking. Once the

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From Modern Survival Blog

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From SurvivalBlog.com

In reading Don’s response to my first article, I’m going to write about a subject I was saving for next month, but I think is germane now. And I’ll probably forget it by then. Let’s talk about reloading, which also gets short shrift in a lot of books.

Note–I’m not going to go into a great deal of technique here. There are books on that. If you like, I can provide my e-mail address and would be willing to answer questions that way. I’m also not going to tell you what brand of press or dies I use. If you want to know, or want my opinions, let JWR know, and I’ll get you a private message.

First off, let me dispel the notion that reloading will save you money. I can almost guarantee you it will not. You will wind up spending more initially (on equipment and your first batch of components), then probably the same amount on components as you previously spent on ammo. Here’s an example:

A box of generic factory-loaded 230 grain FMJ ball .45 ACP generally costs $ 25 at a big box store. If you use plated bullets (more on that later), you’ll probably spend about $ 140 per thousand, or $ .14 each. A pound of generic pistol powder is about $ 23. There are 7,000 grains of powder per pound. If you use five grains per round, you get 1,400 rounds out of a pound…

From Notes from the bunker…

There you go. Silver back below thirty. I see it as a ‘buy’ time, but, true, it may go even further and not get above thirty for a long time to come……..

And we may have a global economy that doesn’t shoot it’s own legs off, unemployment at record lows, a roaring national economic recovery, inflation kept in check, and fiscal responsibility as the norm.

So, yeah, buy.

From SHTF Plan – When It Hits The Fan, Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You

Government mouthpiece and well known Keynesian economist Paul Krugman makes the case for monetary easing and Fed intervention by claiming that the rising cost of food and gas has nothing to do with the Federal Reserve and easy money dished out to banks, both foreign and domestic, to the tunes of not billions, but tens of trillions of dollars.

The latest economic theory from the Nobel Prize winning economist suggests that the Fed and government intervention couldn’t possibly have anything to do with US dollar depreciation – not for the last hundred years, and certainly not today:

Food and gas is not something that’s being driven by Fed policy. Sorry, but Ben Bernanke doesn’t have that much power. That’s being driven by events in China. That’s being driven by events in a large world economy.

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The dollar hasn’t gone down. That’s the amazing thing. If you actually look at the Dollar vs. the Euro, the Dollar vs. the Yen, it has not. In terms of the world’s other major currencies we have not had a big depreciation of the dollar.

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History says that a regime of moderate inflation is better for workers than we’ve got now.

Video via The Info Warriors

If we weren’t so opinionated, we’d be speechless.

We present exhibit no. 1 as the only evidence necessary to prove exactly the opposite of Mr. Krugman’s claims:…

Just a little vid to show that I do maintain the food storage system that I have talked about in other videos.

From Mish’s Global Economic Trend Analysis

Quick Notes About the Unemployment Rate

• US Unemployment Rate fell .01 to 8.1%

 

• In the last year, the civilian population rose by 3,638,000. Yet the labor force only rose by 945,000. Those not in the labor force rose by 2,693,000.

 

• The Civilian Labor Force fell by 342,000.

 

• Those “Not in Labor Force” increased by 522,000. If you are not in the labor force, you are not counted as unemployed.

 

• Those “Not in Labor Force” is at a new record high of 87,419,000.

 

• By the Household Survey, the number of people employed fell by 169,000.

 

• By the Household Survey, over the course of the last year, the number of people employed rose by 2,237,000.

 

• Participation Rate fell .2 to 63.6%

 

• There are 7,853,000 workers who are working part-time but want full-time work

 

• Were it not for people dropping out of the labor force, the unemployment rate would be well over 11%.

This month was another disaster. Actual employment fell by 169,000 and the only reason the unemployment rate dropped is the civilian labor force fell by 342,000. These numbers are well past the point of believability and will be revised at some point in my opinion.

Over the past several years people have dropped out of the labor force at an astounding, almost unbelievable rate, holding the unemployment rate artificially low. Some of…

From ModernSurvivalOnline.com

I do not comment much on politics, society and the rest of the world. Generally I think much of this is beyond my control and try not to stress over it. BUT, lately there seems to be quite a bit that I have read or heard and has gotten me thinking.

Let’s begin:

8.1% Unemployment – 8.1% is not anything to get excited over but it is better than a year ago. Isn’t it? Well the problem is how the government records this numbers. The overall work force – those seeking jobs or working – has shrunk. If the unemployment rate was calculated using the SAME overall work force as was in existence in 2008 the current unemployment rate would be over 11%. Yes – 11%!!! The current administration knows this but still boasts of the “moderately” improving economy.

Food Prices – Although not included in the US Governments official inflation numbers – food continues to go up in price. I am really surprised there is not more of an uproar about it especially from those on government assistance. Just yesterday my local grocery store has Bush’s Baked Beans for $ 2.29 per can. That is crazy. Just a few years ago these could be found for $ 1.00 a can. Fresh fruit of all kinds is more expensive. Soups are still trending up. Beef is very expensive and out of reach for many folks. Currently lean hamburg runs in excess of $ 3.50 per pound in my area. I used to by ribeye…

From SHTF blog

Early post!  I’m putting this up Sunday evening for those of you who like to check in early.

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Today’s post is playing off Ranger Man’s Changing State of the Gun Industry and Gun Buyers article from a couple of days ago.  One aspect of the post that caught my attention is that gun owners are going out and buying more guns, which got me wondering how many of these people are Preppers or Survivalists vs regular old gun owners afraid of new regulations that might limit firearms and ammo somewhere down the road?

Now, if you’re a gun owner who owns guns because you enjoy shooting that’s one thing; however, if you’re a prepper stocking up for the zombie hordes it’s another.

Allow me to play Devil’s Advocate here for a moment.  I’m not going to discuss government regulations, but rather the actual need to own an arsenal for if/when the TS hits TF.

Common wisdom on most of the blogs is that you’ll need an arsenal when TSHTF, but is it really necessary to own a whole pile of guns and ammo if things go south?

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“Hey Jarhead – have you lost your freakin’ mind??”

Let’s lay a few cards on the table right now.  First of…

Tam takes a thoroughly rusted (really this one is ruined) cast iron pan and shows how to restore it to a usable state. This is a great video for those of you who hate to throw anything out! Bushcraft On Fire – www.yhwhswordoffaith.com