Jeremy Alcede would rather go to jail than lose his social media accounts. The former gun-store owner turned himself into US Marshals rather than hand his Twitter and Facebook passwords over to a bankruptcy court. Alcede contends that the accounts ...
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Soviet-Style Regulations Drive Raw Milk Farmer Into Bankruptcy
Maine’s Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a case next week involving raw milk that could give important new legal rights to farmers and homesteaders. The court will decide if local governments can exempt farmers from state regulations under “food ...
Read More »Government Dependence Leads Stockton, California To Bankruptcy
OP-ED: Stockton, California became the first major U.S. city to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy earlier in the week. It stands as an example of what ultimately happens to a city, state, or nation when the largest engine of an economy ...
Read More »Bankruptcy as a Freedom Tool
Bankruptcy has often been considered to be the ultimate shame and crowning mark of failure. Yet for millions of people out of their financial depth, bankruptcy should actually represent a path out of a financial nightmare. Bankruptcy is not reserved ...
Read More »The U.S. Government Wants To Take You Down With It
Our federal government is bankrupt and threatening to bankrupt several generations of Americans. At some point – one that is rapidly approaching – Americans will repudiate these debts and the legitimacy of the government that incurred them. Unaffordable foreign debts and the obvious perfidy of "quantitative easing" will soon render our currency worthless. It is a shame upon the honor of our country that we would even consider using the printing press to finance our debts. It is a high crime...
Read More »Debt Settlement vs Bankruptcy: Which is the lesser of two evils?
As the hardening of the job market continues and the economic landscape becomes bleaker and bleaker, there may come a time when you have to look at your accumulated debt and make a decision—do I declare bankruptcy or try to ...
Read More »Which States Will Go Bankrupt First?
Recent economic problems overseas cast a powerful light on what’s happening in the U.S. In particular, I’m referring to the sovereign debt panic brought on Europe by Portugal, Ireland, Greece, and Spain, the “PIGS.” But look at the problem in ...
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