**Note: We are republishing each of the 22 challenges from Catherine’s fiscal cliff article – one a week. Helps to digest them bit by bit!**
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Federal finances depend on the …
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**Note: We are republishing each of the 22 challenges from Catherine’s fiscal cliff article – one a week. Helps to digest them bit by bit!**
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Markets go up and down. I really dont worry about it very much. ~ US Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas Brady, 1988 (Personally very wealthy)
We’ve ha…
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again
~English Nursery Rhyme
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By Catherine Austin Fitts
Thus ends our 2014 Annual Wrap Up. Stay tuned for the 1st Quarter Wrap Up. I am sure we will have a lot to discuss.
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“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” ~ Elon Musk
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“The stars up here are unbelievable. It looks like someone has spread diamond dust over a black velvet blanket.” ~ Anousheh Ansari, the first female spaceflight participant, blogging from the Interna…
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**Note: We are republishing each of the 22 challenges from Catherine’s fiscal cliff article – one a week. Helps to digest them bit by bit!**
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Federal enforcement is focused …
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**Note: We are republishing each of the 22 challenges from Catherine’s fiscal cliff article – one a week. Helps to digest them bit by bit!**
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**Note: We are republishing each of the 22 challenges from Catherine’s fiscal cliff article – one a week. Helps to digest them bit by bit!**
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