The Peter Schiff Blog

Peter Schiff – I Am the 1%, Let’s Talk

peterschiffblog — Thu, 31 May 2012 16:17:53 +0000

Last week, Reason.tv followed investment guru, radio show host, and unflappable defender of capitalism Peter Schiff as he spent three hours among the Occupy Wall Street protesters in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park. An unapologetic member of “the 1 Percent,” Schiff argued with all comers for the better part of an afternoon.

Schiff is no ordinary observer. As the prinicipal of the financial firm Euro Pacific Capital, he’s a full-fledged and unapologetic member of “the 1 Percent.” As an outspoken radio show host and commentator, he not only predicted the housing crash and financial crisis, he railed bank and auto-sector bailouts as they were happening. Schiff believes that capitalism offers is the only hope for young, frustrated people to have a vibrant and prosperous future.

So he went to Occupy Wall Street to engage and debate the protesters. Touring the Occupy Wall Street scene in New York with a sign that read “I Am the 1%, Let’s Talk,” Schiff spent more than three hours on the scene, explaining the difference between cronyism and capitalism, bailouts and balance sheets, and more. “The regulation we want is the market,” said Schiff. “That’s what works.”

Schiff describes himself as “sympathetic” to the plight of the OWS protesters, but thinks their anger is misdirected at legitimate business interests and should be better at the White House, Congress, the Federal Reserve, and the crony capitalists they’ve bailed out. Check out Schiff’s latest book, The Real Crash.

http://www.youtube.com/v/UGL-Ex1CD1c?version=3&f=videos&app=youtube_gdata

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Peter Schiff: All the Bankers Want Inflation

peterschiffblog — Tue, 29 May 2012 16:25:17 +0000

The European Union’s summit solution or no solution? Friday, markets were excited for a day, but now is it just back to reality? Moody’s reiterates that its ratings for the eurozone are still negative, with a downgrade still in the card for a number of sovereigns, including, you guessed it, France. Sarkozy says the loss of a triple A (AAA) would not be “insurmountable,” and that If the rating companies did “pull it, we’ll face the situation coolly and calmly.”

Really? Maybe for Napoleon this is true, but in Latvia, depositors are already lining up to take their money out of banks, which proves that “cool and calm” is not always something that can be achieved simply by words alone. And this should concern France and the rest of the Eurozone, in light of reports like this latest one by the OECD, which warns that industrialized governments should expect to struggle with borrowing more than 10 trillion dollars this year as they remain at the mercy of the market’s “animal spirits.” And speaking of bank runs, it’s the anniversary of one that started in the US in 1930, credited with bringing down the banking system.

So what could stop that from happening today? While people talk about jobs, the deficit, the president…is this the silent threat that could bring down the economy? Peter Schiff of Euro Pacific Capital discusses all these issues. He is host of the Peter Schiff show, as well as author of many books including Crash Proof, and The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets.

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PETER SCHIFF DISSECTS BARACK OBAMA’S THE LIFE OF JULIA

peterschiffblog — Mon, 28 May 2012 07:43:34 +0000

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Peter Schiff – The Minister of Propaganda

peterschiffblog — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:41:19 +0000

Why do we have a Treasury Secretary? He is kind of like the Chief Financial Officer of the United States. He should be warning Obama, who is the CEO of America, that the company is about to go bankrupt.

But the Treasury Secretary is just there to lie for the president. He is just a propaganda guy. Maybe these cabinet members shouldn’t be appointed by the president. The job of guys like Timothy Geithner is solely to get Obama re-elected.

Would you want to own stock in a company that has a CFO that cooks the books and just says whatever he can to make the CEO look good?

We have little to show for the trillions of dollars that has been spent on this phony recovery. Geithner should be honest with us.

We should rename The Secretary of Treasury to the Minister of Propaganda.

Geithner knows exactly the type of mess we are in, because he helped to create that mess. This is not a success.

If this is a success, then what does a failure look like? Geithner’s job is only to lie and to help Obama get Reelected.

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Peter Schiff on Max Kesier Report April 2012

peterschiffblog — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:27:39 +0000

Ben Bernanke has been saying that gold will never be used as a reserve currency. As usual, he is completely wrong.

He doesn’t even understand history. He thinks that the low interest rates had no role in the recent housing bubble. Ben Bernanke is completely clueless. He is going to print money into oblivion. If you are planning on buying gas or food with paper, then you are going to need a lot of it.

Gold is a reserve. You cannot back one currency with another. Gold is better than a currency. It is a real asset. Foreign central banks will be moving toward this.

The Japanese have made it more expensive to rebuild. The are still trying to devalue the Yen, despite their debt problem. They are creating so much Yen that there will be an inflation problem in Japan. The central planners won’t want to raise rates, and this will make the cost of imports much more.

The dollar has been showing little strength in the face of these European crises. It hasn’t really gained any traction. It has gotten some growth from the false narrative the the economy is getting better. The Fed is just making this disease worse.

If you cannot see the video, you can access it at Peter Schiff on Max Kesier Report April 2012

Peter Schiff – Public Enemy #1

peterschiffblog — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:12:17 +0000

The Fed is not going to create another housing bubble, but there is most certainly a bubble on the horizon.

In his speech this morning, Bernanke talked about unemployment. But that is because interest rates are too low. The economy needs to restructure.

The Fed didn’t ask the banks to stress test a drop in bond prices. But that is what is coming.

Bernanke is trying to prevent housing prices from falling.

The equity markets are rising because of inflation. Gold prices were up big today. The stock market is going up.

Ben Bernanke is public enemy #1. The sooner we can remove him from office, the better off we will all be.

The Fed is creating more damage now than they did during the housing bubble. The minute the fed raises interest rates, the banks are going to fail and the phony economy is going to come toppling down.

The Fed wants to postpone the day of reckoning until after the next election, but there is always another election coming up.

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Peter Schiff Debates an Anarchist

peterschiffblog — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:49:56 +0000

Peter Schiff interviewed an Anarchist on his show, Stefan Molyneux. In this interview, Peter Schiff is the person who wants more government.

We all have the right to use force in self defense. Therefore, we can delegate that use of force to a government. But the government can’t use that force in a positive way.

The government doesn’t have to have a monopoly on the use of force. But if that is true, then it isn’t a government as we would normally think of it today.

Taxation is force, but you shouldn’t be imprisoned if you don’t want to pay them. It should just be a civil duty.

Taxes shouldn’t be voluntary, but you can avoid taxes. If there is a toll on a road, you don’t have to use that road. There are ways around a mandatory tax.

The government should be able to sue you to pay a tax, but they shouldn’t be able to throw you in jail.

Tariffs are fine, because you can opt not to buy a particular item if you don’t want to pay that tax.

We need taxes in order to provide all of the services that make all of our lives better.

Anarchy is like a vacuum. If there is no government, then one will naturally arise. We might as well establish one in advance rather than wait for one to come along that could be worse.

Is there going to be a central authority? If there isn’t one, then people are going to try to steal or rob. People will get together to try to act in concert with one another. Once they have done that, you have a government.

Anarchy would definitely be better than the United States. It would be better to risk whatever naturally arises compared to what we’ve got now.

If you argue in favor of anarchy, your critics will be able to make you look like a nut. It is much easier to move the needle rather than flip the pancake.

You don’t have to get rid rid of government completely to get them out of education or to end the war on drugs. The government cannot take money from one individual to give to another. Theft is theft.

There is no precedent for a government staying small. They always grow. How can you keep a government small? That is what the founding fathers tried to do.

Anarchy is an ideal. How can you get there? Wouldn’t you need a violent revolution to get there? This is going to have to remain a theory. But the closer we can get to anarchy, the better off we will all be.

If you cannot see the video, you can access it at Peter Schiff Debates an Anarchist

Peter Schiff – Why is Bernanke Lying Again?

peterschiffblog — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 16:23:36 +0000

The Fed recently released their minutes from the FMOC. Traders are convinced that the era of cheap money is over.

The Fed is not going to say that they are coming out with QE3. They want to pretend that there is no inflation. The Fed is not going to show their hand.

The Fed is prepared to launch QE3 if the economy needs it. Right now they don’t think that the economy needs it. But this phony economy will soon come to an end.

The Fed is keeping interest rates artificially low by buying bonds on the open market. The smart money is fading this trade.

That there is no inflation is an illusion, if not an outright lie.

Ben Bernanke was telling everyone in 2006 that there wasn’t a housing bubble. Now, he is saying that there is no inflation. He is either incompetent or a liar. Either way, he has no credibility.

Bernanke said that interest rates have no effect on home prices. But he knows that that’s not true.

Last week, Peter Schiff attended an event which featured college students. He completely debunked all of Bernanke’s false claims. Bernanke tried to paint a false picture of the Fed’s beneficence.

The presidential candidates aren’t attacking Ben Bernanke enough, and they should probably be criticizing Alan Greenspan as well.

President Obama really attacked the republican budget plan. But there weren’t any cuts. The spending actually increases, but not as fast as Obama would like. Obama’s plan doesn’t even put forth the pretense of trying to balance the budget.

Obama says that balancing the budget will destroy the economy. But it is Obama’s budget that is going to destroy the dollar. What we need is real cuts in government spending.

Why pretend to cut government, when you’re actually expanding it?

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