Six readings of greater than or equal to 56%, occurred between August and October 1990, a time when Iraq invaded Kuwait. The DJIA never traded below its October low again. A reading of 56% was recorded in October 1992. The month’s news was heavily dominated by the US Presidential campai...
Incomes in America are stagnant, or actually falling. We face more (and better-organized) competition than at any time since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The pool of people willing to work hard for $3,000 a year is enormous. Given such competition, why would U.S. wages go...
The victory in Kuwait was greeted almost with relief - see, the Americans can actually win something. Now? The distance between the actual warfighting abilities of the U.S. and the rest of the world is now a chasm. The only comparison that fits is Nelson's Navy. The French, Spanish ...
“Soldiers are considered the property of the state, so the leadership takes away all of their wages except enough to provide them with accommodations and food, and despite the hard work they do to earn money abroad,” the source said. “Young privates tend to look forward to going abroa...