Another week has passed, and about two weeks before you gave all your hard earned money to the government of the USSA. And Canadians did the same a few days ago.  How'd that working out for you? Want to join in the discourse? Send your questions, comments, queries, and concerns to tdv@dollarvigilante.com, comment on a post, or get on the forums.

This week was rife with your comments, questions and responses and this week's Feedback Friday will attempt to get to many of them.

Sometimes things don't always go to plan.

As background, a few months ago I was approached by two young entrepreneurs.  They had purchased a semi-workable Bitcoin ATM off of another entrepreneur and were excited about the prospects and approached me to help with marketing to the public and prospective franchisees as well as garnering investment interest.

It was a verbal handshake I had done via Skype from the jungles of Guyana while looking at a gold mining enterprise.  I then set off on a month-long media sojourn which had me in all the mainstream media promoting BitcoinATM and had been approached by numerous investors interested in the project.

[Editor's Note: The following post is by TDV Editor-in-Chief, Jeff Berwick]

Having had the bad luck to be born in North America's version of Siberia, Canada, and believing solely in individuals and not a collectivist idea life I always feel a bit left out whenever the local slaves celebrate "Independence Day". Whether it be in Canada, on July 1st or in the US on July 4th or in Mexico on September 16th. I especially like to ask those in the US on July 4th if they "agree with secession?" Most say no and I then usually ask, "So why are you celebrating July 4th?"

[Editor's Note: The following post is by TDV Editor-in-Chief, Jeff Berwick]

[Editor's Note: The following post is by TDV Editor, Gary Gibson]

Why Would You Want HIGHER House Prices?

It's odd, but Americans get happier when the roofs over their heads get harder to afford. Over the past hundred years or so, Americans have come to see houses not just as another commodity which should be getting cheaper over time thanks to market forces, but as a government-aided "investment" that makes them better off by getting more expensive!

"That's Capitalism!"

This week I saw someone post a quote: "When the rich steal from the poor, it's called capitalism; when the poor steal from the rich it's called violence."

That's not quite right, I thought. So I counter that when the rich steal from the poor it's actually called central banking. When the poor steal from the rich it's called voting.

Hello from Acapulco Bay,

Does it feel like things are moving very fast?  I don't mean outside your front door, but in the grand scheme of things on this space rock.  I sense that things have gone into warp drive.

Something seems to be afoot.  Perhaps I feel something like the birds and dogs who seem to sense an earthquake coming.  Do you ever spend an entire day and everyone seems negative?  And other days, everyone seems to be in a great mood.  Is it you or is it them?

I still haven't figured that one out.

But what I have figured out is there is more than what we can just touch and feel.  I just call it "energy" for lack of a better word.

The week is over, and the US authorities got through it with only one civic lockdown (that we know of). Rights of the citizenry were suspended in Boston so that the Boston PD and the FBI could wear their combat unis and get out the big guns. Christmas for cops! Now things are back to normal. Or so you think. 

On to the feedback...

LIZARDS DESERVE BETTER

How to Find Happiness When You’re Stuck in America – Part 2

[Editor's Note: The following post is by TDV's resident advice columnist, Slavey, whose columns appear monthly in TDV Homegrown. For more articles like this, please subscribe to Homegrown here.]

Hi Slaveys,

[Editor's Note: The following post is by TDV Managing Editor, Redmond Weissenberger]