'A Rocky Road To De-Dollarization' - Pepe Escobar Interviews Sergei Glazyev | SOURCE: Sputnik

"Yet fast solutions do exist: “When we were sanctioned two years ago, transfer from US dollar and euro to national currencies took only a few months. It was very quick.”

 

"Very few people in Russia and across the Global South are as qualified as Sergei Glazyev, an academic with a prominent role within the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU), to speak about the drive, the challenges and the pitfalls in the road towards de-dollarization." 

Sergey Yurievich Glazyev | Russian politician and economist, member of the National Financial Council of the Bank of Russia, and, since 2008, a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. | Wikipedia

Blue States Just Can’t Stop Taxing By Stephen Moore | The Epoch Times

California, New York, and Illinois all lost the most population last year. These states have nearly lost a combined 5 million people over the past decade. California and New York could both lose another three congressional seats by the end of the decade, and Illinois another two. Did I mention that these are the three states with the highest taxes?

ON THE OTHER HAND

"eight red states are cutting income taxes: Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Utah, and West Virginia. Oklahoma is set to cut rates this year to as low as 2 percent."

The Great Taking Exposes the Financial End Game by Bert Olivier | The Brownstone Institute

[T]the so-called elites have spent years to prepare for a ‘super-cycle’ collapse that will necessitate the transition to a New World Order, with them still in control."

There are now no property rights to securities held in book-entry form in any jurisdiction, globally. In the grand scheme to confiscate all collateral, dematerialization of securities was the essential first step. The planning and efforts began over half a century ago.--David Webb

The Great Taking - Documentary -- David Webb exposes the system Central Bankers have in place to take everything from everyone.

A Frightening Solution to the Debt Ceiling Crunch Alex J. Pollock & Paul H. Kupiec | lawliberty.org

Could the debt ceiling crunch be avoided by the Federal Reserve forgiving treasury debt? Let's hope not.

California Defaults On $18.6 Billion In Debt, Saddling Employers With The Expense SOURCE: Zero Hedge

"California's recent decision not to pay back some $20 billion borrowed from the federal government to cover unemployment benefits during the pandemic will fall on the shoulders of employers, according to experts."

Yes, You Should Be Worried About a Potential Bank Crisis. Here's Why. | The New York Times Guest Essay

 AUTHORED BY Amit Seru | professor of finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. 

"Just in the past few months, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic Bank have failed. Their combined assets surpassed those held by the 25 banks (when adjusted for inflation) that collapsed at the height of the financial crisis."

Visualizing The Assets & Liabilities Of US Banks SOURCE: Zero Hedge