Military.com reports 1.6% pay raise for active duty no word on retirees or social security but evens so it's a long long ways from that devaluation hit we took 2008 and since then and nowhere near a valid COLA. never mind the next cycle that's coming.

If you have cards from the shysters and looters like Bank America, Orchard, etc go look at Google for the top banks with the best rates. You can transfer the whole thinig to as low as 0 % initially for the first six months to one year and get a massivce paydown witih the intrest savings Then if it's still too much from let's say out of work and recovering do it again. Can't do it too often each time drops your credit rating. But do the research and Dump BA etc.

First the unemployment rate took a dive to 4.9 using the government formula which is labor pool minus 10% and then 4.9% of the 90% for 85.51% That is the true unemployment rate. The 10% Mulligan was put in place by President Clinton to replace the 5% Mulligan which started right after WWII. keep that in mind.

Negative interest rate. Everyone knows what postive rates are so here's the other two Zero percent and negative percent.

Zero percent investment rate -

When applied to T Bills means park your money here at no cost for specified periods of time.

The advantage over a bank? Banks have an FDIC limit of $250,000. If they go broke that's all you get Not applicable to most. But very important to those with heavy money to park somewhere. Perhaps while waiting for a positive investment in the works somewhere.

The advantage is except for loss of buying power or devaluation the money is intact. If your bank goes under you get $250,000. If it's T Bills get the entire amount but it's worth is less than before. So it's a hedge with smaller loss.

Why is that. US Government cannot afford to lose those big money investments in T Bills. Once they default there is no way short of selling off Alaska to secure a loan. That's why zero interest exists.

Negative Interest Loans or Treasury Bills.

Same thing except they charge you for the devaluation insurance. Easiest way to say it. You lose a portion of the principle and any devaluation in buying power.

So it depends on how much the government sells of these negative interest I guess bonds are the correct word and at what cost or fee. If the likelihood of another crash is high which at this time it is exactly tht as the 10 trilion Bush/Obama debt is coming due. 2008 Redux or Great Recession II as they call it it means the cost of that expensive lunch will go, once again, straight to the elderly, pensioners including the unfunded military pensions.

That part is called debt repudiation or refusal to honor the debt owed.

Can they afford to do that? How many suckers are there in the world with that kind of investment money. Lump them all under Investment Banks or Nations.

Yes Mr. Francois of Luxembourg National or Yes Mr. China or Mr. England. You wish to park 100,000,000 at minus one percent? Your account is now 99 million. Perhaps per year perhaps for three days who knows?

Three days later. Here is your 99 million minus 10% drop in buying power. So you can go out and buy. 89.1 million of whatever.

Not only will we pass on the cost of the devaluation as a debt repudiation to those who can't argue the point and we won't add it into COLA, we have your million. See you in three days?

TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Somebody has to produce that lunch. Their name is Elderly or Retirees,

Wait a minute. It isn't enough!!!

So whose next in line? Those within five years of retirement? Possible. How? Cut the military and many of them will lose their retirement since they didn't do the full twenty. That cancels that unfunded debt.

Whose next? Cut back Government employees, No problem we don't lay them off we just quit hiring..

What else? A tax on retirement accounts?

Where does it end?

Now we have the reason. The government is overspending this fiscal year by 10 billion due to their policies which lowered income since RINO Boehner got the boot.

Easy solution # 1

All those people you lay off when you shut down the government ha ha ha that 20 or 30% of non essentials? Tell them don't come back. They already proved they are not essential otherwise they would have stayed working. The Government truly NEVER Shuts Down.

Number Two . Quit Spending. and cut the old budget not the requests for increases in the unpassed next years budget.

Just think there's two reason that wil help you quit lying.

Forget about deficit banking, start thinking about explaining when the devaluations and repudiations of debt you caused goevernment are going to be reinstated through COLA or better yet demand those who voted for them to be sent to a prison camp.