Don't Talk Politics (Unless You Want to Make Money)

Let's not forget, dude, that keeping wildlife, um, an arboreal bird for, um, ya know, domestic…within the city…that ain't legal either.

I’m perfectly calm, dude.

Dear Fellow Traveler:

This morning, two people in a chat had some thoughts…

“We get it… you don’t like Janet Yellen,” they said. “Do you have to tell us every day?”

Yes.

And twice on Sundays.

One person has had a vastly more significant impact on your life and finances over the last 30 years than any president, pope, dictator, parent, or self-proclaimed guru.

Yellen has been the driving force behind non-stop policy expansion. So, I’m going to talk about that. Because everything is linked to this… everything…

I am talking about policy… and POLICY is part of politics.

Look, I am not a political animal.

I don’t care who the president is. I do not have control of this…

I don’t care who is in Congress. I have no control of this…

And I take a LOT of crap for that.

But I had a man named Dick Schwarzlose - a journalism ethics teacher at Northwestern - catch me as I was falling in 2002… and he instilled in me an attitude about news, finance, politics, and more.

And I adh…