Articles by: Joshua B. Lantz

Do you feel a change in the economy? Are you worried about your job security?  Major businesses like Medtronic and General Mills together laid off nearly 2,000 works to adapt to the current slowdown.[1] [2]  With so many unknowns today, wouldn’t it be nice to know why we’re slowing down?  The answer lies in following [...]

The reports are in, and home prices continued to slide lower in 2011.  While the dollar amounts vary based on your location, as of September 2011 median home prices have fallen in San Diego to $249,000 from their peak of $484,000 in early 2007.[1] That’s a total drop of 48.5% or $235,000 per home. Most [...]

Have you ever wondered how you would take over a country?  The idea of some group conspiring to take over and create radical change seems like something out of Hollywood. There have been many people in history who have strategically attempted to take over nations to impose their agendas.  One of those was Karl Marx. [...]

The price of crude oil rose from $38.57 per barrel when President Obama took office in early 2009, to over $107 as of March, 2012.[1]  As you can imagine, a 177% increase gets people’s attention. Given that 68% of the price of gasoline is the crude oil cost, the gas prices you and I pay [...]

A study done by the Small Business Administration (SBA) said that in 2010 the annual cost of Federal regulations was $1.75 trillion.[1] Our annual GDP is over $15 trillion, meaning the cost of these regulations amounts to about 11.5% of GDP.[2] That’s a lot of money. Think of the impact on our struggling economy if [...]

I’m sorry to tell you this, but next time you go to mail an envelope you are probably going to have to jump in your car, travel to your nearest post office, and then wait in line for 30 minutes before you can send it.  You see, as of January 4th, 2010, the United States [...]

In 1963, Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), known for his domineering personality and coercion of powerful politicians, took over as president after JFK’s assassination.  The event left the nation in mourning and shock, and was permanently burned into the memories of all who were alive at the time.  This tragedy set the stage for LBJ to [...]