The economy must be doing great, right? The market's at all-time highs… We suspect President Obama will 'brush off' the Q1 GDP collapse and focus his 'remarks on the US economy' on how well America is doing; how exceptional it's growth is'; and how any minute now it's going to the moon alice (and not just the Fed balance sheet). And just a reminder, the last time Obama spoke aggressively on 'fixing' inequality, stocks were not happy. Remember, the greatest irony of it all…
He is speaking now…(blaming Republicans for the state of the union)
President Obama is due to speak at 1150ET delivering 'remarks on the economy'
Of course, perhaps he should ponder this chart…
or these…
As we noted previously, one can read 696 page neo-Marxist tomes "explaining" inequality in a way only an economist could – by ignoring the untold destruction economists themselves have unleashed on society with their "scientific theories" (and providing a "solution" to the inequality problem which we warned readers was coming back in September of 2011) or one can read the following 139 words by Elliott's Paul Singer which in two short paragraphs explains everything one needs to know about America's record class inequality, including precisely who is the man responsible:
Inequality in the U.S. today is near its historical highs, largely because the Federal Reserve’s policies have succeeded in achieving their aim: namely, higher asset prices (especially the prices of stocks, bonds and high-end real estate), which are generally owned by taxpayers in the upper-income brackets. The Fed is doing all the work, because the President’s policies are growth-suppressive. In the absence of the Fed’s moneyprinting and ZIRP, the economy would either be softer or actually in a new recession.
The greatest irony is that the President is railing against inequality as one of the most important problems of the day, despite the fact that his policies are squeezing the middle class and causing the Fed – with the President’s encouragement – to engage in the radical monetary policy, which is exacerbating inequality. This simple truth cannot be repeated often enough.
Q.E.D.
via Zero Hedge http://ift.tt/1yUG2YM Tyler Durden