Medicaid: The Court Got it Right

Rob Natelson
tenthamendmentcenter.com
August 8, 2012

Yes, the Supreme Court’s Medicaid Decision was Good Contract Law

In NFIB v. Sebelius (the Obamacare decision) a 7-2 majority voided that part of the law that required states to join the Medicaid expansion or lose all (not just a part) of their Medicaid funds. The court treated the federal-state Medicaid relationship as a contract. It essentially held that while the states had granted the federal government power [...]

The Second Foreclosure Tsunami Is Coming, And Is About To Kill Any Hopes Of A “Housing Bottom”

In what appears to be surprising news for some, Reuters has an article titled “Americans brace for next foreclosure wave” whose key premise is that “a painful part two of the [housing] slump looks set to unfold: Many more U.S. homeowners face the prospect of losing their homes this year as banks pick up the pace of foreclosures.” Thank the robosettlement, where in exchange for a few wrist slaps, contract law [...]

Richard Maybury: ‘I’ve been predicting for a long time we are going to see oil at $300 a barrel. I don’t know when, but I’m sure it’s coming.’

A Casey Report Interview with Richard Maybury

With everything going on in the world today, we thought it a good time to catch up with the views of longtime friend Richard Maybury, a low-key but highly respected author, lecturer and analyst. In addition to his work consulting with businesses and high net worth individuals on strategic planning, Richard is the editor of the U.S. & World Early Warning [...]

The modern Banking system manufactures money out of nothing.

The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of sleight of hand that was ever invented. Banks can in fact inflate, mint and unmint the modern ledger-entry currency.

How they did it was in 1933, after they ‘put’ in Roosevelt, they contracted under color of law to have the Treasury print up ‘dollars’ for 4 cents per note. The Treasury was paid 4 cents whether it was a one dollar note [...]