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Dear Daily Reckoning Reader, By now you may have heard that the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards were announced, and the nominees for the Best Documentary Oscar did not include I.O.U.S.A. The Academy had an opportunity to highlight the causes of the nation’s financial crisis to a much wider audience...but turned their back instead. It’s not our place to judge their choice. But it does leave the hard work of spreading the word to you and me. The real truth is that our nation’s financial condition is even worse than advertised... The Treasury has already lost $64 billion of our dollars in the TARP program by giving it to bankrupt banks...they’ve stolen our hard earned money to make sure the Detroit CEO’s continue to work...and they’ve already earmarked another $825 billion to “stimulate” the economy. The federal government will go $1.2 trillion deeper in the red this year alone. If consumer’s aren’t borrowing and spending...and corporations are laying people off and closing up stores...the government, the conventional wisdom says, is the only entity that can bail the economy out. At some point, you have to take a step back and wonder, “Hmmmm...where’s all of this money coming from?” This government, like so many others in history, is trying to print their way out of trouble. “Hyperinflation” no longer seems like an “if”, but a “when.” And most people are blissfully ignorant...and believe someone in Washington or New York is smart enough to figure all this stuff out. That’s why it’s important you, your family and friends know the real truth behind the numbers... First, to learn the facts, you’ll want to grab your free copy of I.O.U.S.A. – an entertaining guide to four serious “deficits” the country faced before the credit crisis even began. The film breaks it down.. and makes it easy for you to ensure your friends and family members are clear on what’s happening. Then, you’ll want to have a plan in place to protect yourself as the rest of the world is forced by crisis to learn what you already know. The report below shows you how to both educate and protect yourself and those you love. I’d heavily suggest that you read it as soon as possible... Here’s to protecting your wealth, Joe Schriefer |
Special For Agora Financial Readers: It's my gift to you, and it's also just the beginning of what you'll get in our new "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" — also FREE — which shows you... WARNING: Your FREE "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" contains special DVD copies of the brand new, award-winning documentary, I.O.U.S.A.... plus the powerful 262-page companion book... plus, our new personal "bailout paycheck" strategy report, which shows you how to collect as many as 78 "personal bailout checks" over the next 24 months. These supplies are strictly limited. Once all the free copies of the DVD and book are gone, the only way you'll be able to get them is to buy them yourself. I have already given away over 6,340 copies just in the last few days. So you must act on this quickly! Dear Reader, $810 billion is a lot of money. That's $700 billion for the bailout... Plus $110 billion more of "sweeteners" that got tacked on. And how much of it do you think you'll see? Not a dime. It's not for us, even though it's our money they're spending. Every penny is going to the banks... the business owners... the over-stretched lenders... the special interests... basically everybody who helped create this crisis in the first place. But I'm not writing you to rile you up. In fact, and this is going to surprise you... I'm not writing you to talk today about the "Wall Street Panic of '08" at all. Or the elections. Or Obama and the next new era. Except for how all of those are just pieces and players in a much bigger event... something far more dangerous to you and your money... and to America itself... than anybody in Washington or Wall Street wants you to realize. How big? Even today's credit crisis — the one Alan Greenspan himself just referred to as a "once in a century 'Credit Tsunami'" — is nothing by comparison. No, this much larger, little talked-about calamity is a full on four-pronged attack on just about everything you hold dear... a massive financial catastrophe that could not only wipe you out, personally, but bring America itself to its knees. Perhaps permanently. Fail to resolve this, and the idea of America itself could... end. Just like that. I'm not exaggerating in the least. Here's the crazy part — as big as I can prove to you that this is, not one of today's White House staffers, Congressional elite, or even President-Elect Obama himself have proved willing to talk about this event, at length, in public. They won't touch it. Not with a 20-foot pole. Even though, short of a terrorist with a nuke in downtown Manhattan, there is no greater threat to you, your money, or this nation at a whole... than the one I reveal below. When this devastating "four-prong timebomb" implodes, it will make today's stock market blowout look like an afternoon picnic at Disneyland. And at that point, I highly doubt there's anything Obama or anyone else in Washington can do to stop it. What could I possibly be talking about? The fact is, America is in deep, deep trouble. Much deeper than anyone is willing to tell you. Thanks to a four-part calamity that casts a shadow on our future much larger than the property bust, the banking crisis, or even the recent $810 billion "blank check" bailout. Before I go into detail, let me just tell you a little bit about my background. My name is Addison Wiggin. And I've spent the last two years of my life doing almost nothing else but researching this crisis I'll describe below. I've even toured America to talk about it. I even co-authored two Bestsellers that warn about this coming calamity in explicit detail. But by far, the biggest thing I've done related to this is create an award-winning documentary about it — the Sundance-Nominated film I.O.U.S.A. I feel this message is so important, I want to send you a copy of this full-length feature film FREE on DVD. At my own personal expense. Because I believe this is that important. In fact, this is quite possibly the biggest event in modern U.S. history. You might think I'm going for melodrama — but see how you feel after you have a chance to hear the proof for yourself. I'm not just worried. I've made it a true life mission to get the word out on this. Already, in fact, I've given away over 6,340 "pre-release" copies of the I.O.U.S.A. DVD. And while I still have free copies to give away, I intend to give away more. Along with the powerful 262-page companion I.O.U.S.A. book... plus a new free strategy report that shows you how to forget about the bungled government bailout — and start generating your own stream of "personal bailout" cash, including up to 78 checks you can receive on a frequent, reliable schedule, over the 24 months ahead. How does all this work? It's all part of a new crisis solution package I've put together for you, called the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle." And it's yours free... First, your "bailout bundle" shows you what's happened and how we got into this mess. You'll see exactly how and when the America we once knew was first betrayed. And then, the bundle helps you take the next step, by carefully laying down a plan that includes a direct and personal cash "bailout" strategy... plus up to a year's worth of free "post-crash" stock research. Altogether, it took well over two years to make the documentary and write the book I'll include. And countless hours to draft the "bailout paycheck" strategy I'll include. Yet, I'm going to send this "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" to you at the rare low price of... free. For you. For your family. For anyone you care about. I'll explain everything you need to do to get it in a moment. Here's a full rundown of what you'll find inside... You'll also receive... All just to make sure you have this "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" available to you so you can protect yourself and your loved ones from the massive shakeout ahead. Inside the bundle, you'll hear not just what my colleagues and I have to say... but what some of the most powerful and immediately recognizable figures in finance and politics told me in exclusive one-on-one interviews. Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Steve Forbes, Robert Rubin, Paul Volcker... they and others you'll know sat down with me personally to answer my questions about this crisis. And all you have to do to hear what they're saying about this new crisis... as well as to claim a free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" for yourself... is explained at the end of this letter. At Least "25 Times Bigger" Than Former U.S. Comptroller General, David Walker looked me straight in the eye and said this danger you're about to face isn't just big... it's at least "25 times bigger" than the bust that's now drained some trillions of dollars from the U.S. stock market. And he's not alone. My friend and bestselling author William Bonner sat down with us too, and told us — on camera — that our failure so far to fix this isn't just foolish... it's "downright mean" and "immoral," as we prepare instead to pass it along to our children and their children. We met up with former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker in his offices. He talked about how difficult it was to save the U.S. from the "stagflation" hangover of the late 1970s. And then he told me, face to face, "the earlier we take action [on this crisis], the better..." We also met up with Peter G. Peterson, the investor who made $2.5 billion on the sale of his Blackstone Group. He's so worried about this that not only did he grant us an interview... he put up $1 billion of his own money to start a foundation to help raise awareness. And then his foundation paid $2.5 million to back the filming of our documentary on the matter, I.O.U.S.A. I'm sure you've guessed by now that the gorilla in the room... the looming crisis nobody wants to talk about, but nobody can afford to ignore any longer... the U.S. National Debt Bomb. Let me clarify... the $53 trillion national debt time bomb. Yes, $53 trillion. I know, that's a very big number. Almost too big to get your head around. Maybe even too big to be believed or understood. Which is why I'm going to rush you the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" so you can see the evidence for yourself. Consider, just the part of that number that we're used to hearing about — the "official" National Debt without our future Social Security and Medicare obligations included — just crossed into $10 trillion territory. Worse, just in the first 16 days of this fiscal year that figure grew $300 billion — that's an annual rate of 75%. At that pace, the U.S. government would owe $17 trillion by this time next year! Think subprime is serious? Try imagining how these numbers effectively add up to the biggest adjustable rate mortgage in history... and as taxpayers, we're being forced by Washington to cover the bills. So far in today's Wall Street wipeout, trillions of dollars have disappeared from world markets... hundreds of thousands of jobs are gone... pension funds have seized up... state governments are slashing budgets and withholding basic services... In Manhattan alone, we're already seeing unemployment rocket to levels not seen since just after 9-11... in St. Louis, they just canceled plans to fix their airport and rebuild collapsing bridges... in Connecticut, they scrapped plans to build new schools... in Utah, they just cancelled health benefits for nearly 20,000 people... All from what's just happening right now. This is tiny by comparison to what this much bigger fallout could levy. You'll see for yourself when you let me send you a free copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD — over a month before it will be available to the general public — plus the complete and accessible 262-page companion book by the same name. And I'd love to put both in your hands immediately, with your permission... My New Life Mission Look, I can understand if this is the first time you're hearing about just how serious this has gotten. Once, I was in the same boat as you. This just isn't something Wall Street or Washington wants you to know or think all that much about. But frankly, maybe if I share a little more of my background... you'll see how I came to care so much about this myself. And why I'm urging you to let me share this research with you too. You might even know already that, for the last 15 years, I've worked hard to help warn my fellow Americans about financial threats much like the one you're witnessing today. I've also worked just as hard to guide them to new and alternative opportunities. And I've spent many hours giving interviews on all these important trends... on Fox, CBS, NBC, and MSNBC... to The New York Times and The Washington Times... to NPR... on Bloomberg.com and TheStreet.com... It's a list so long even I start to lose track. But it wasn't until I started working on the I.O.U.S.A. documentary that I understood the full scope of the $53 trillion crisis you and I face right now. And believe me, from what I've already seen — and what you'll see in the free copy of the documentary and the stunning companion I.O.U.S.A. book — I'm convinced this is the greatest danger facing the future of America today. I also believe that we can no longer wait for our political leaders, new or old, to own up to this situation... we can no longer wait for Wall Street to address these risks responsibly... and we can no longer afford to sit back and wish this would go away by itself. As I said, the two and a half years I spent working on this documentary had one goal, which is to expose the truth about the debt crisis America faces. We accomplished that. And now I want you to see the result. So much that I've arranged to send you a full, feature-length FREE copy of the film, I.O.U.S.A. And again, that's just part of a comprehensive "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I'd love to send your way. What you'll find on the DVD and in the rest of your "bailout bundle" are direct and personal interviews with other concerned Americans... like Dr. Alan Greenspan, former commerce secretaries Paul O'Neill and Robert Rubin, Congressman Ron Paul, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, and many more. The consensus was unanimous... This is a threat that cannot be ignored. I've made it my personal mission to warn you and anybody else who will listen. And sending you my free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" is part of that effort. As long as I hear from you while I still have copies left, I'll send this bundle and everything it includes to you gratis. No charge. At my expense. You can find the details at the end of this letter. But before you race ahead, let me just give you a sense of the gory details... You see my point. The danger isn't just a little bit of vaporized retirement security... it's the very real risk that the entire U.S. economy will collapse, with a "hard landing" for the dollar, third-world levels of unemployment, and government retirement programs that disappear overnight. And this isn't just tomorrow's problem. Have you ever wondered why you pay so much more for a gallon of milk than you did just a few years ago? Or why you pay so much more for a gallon of gasoline... health care... or college tuition? The housing bubble... disappearing jobs... the banking bust... the collapsing dollar... they all have their complex causes, but if there's one thread that runs through all of them, it's the connection they have to America's wasteful, shameful, exploding national debt. Take a look at this chart... The facts are clear. Washington policy makers are mortgaging your future... our future... and our children's future. It's unsound, unsustainable, and indefensible. Touch choices have to be made. Preferably now, while there still might be time. Think about it like this. If nothing else changes, Washington will owe over 240% more than every business in the U.S. makes each year... and it will happen in less time than it takes a child born this morning to reach age 35. Can you imagine how long could you live if every year your bills added up to more than two and a half times your salary? Not very long. A couple years... a year... six months. But that's where we're headed, if nothing changes. You don't want to wait for the politicians to figure it out... you don't want to wait for Wall Street to figure it out... because clearly they're not even close to getting this. This is why I hope... and even urge... you to take me up on my offer. Let me send you the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I've been telling you about. You pay nothing — I'll explain it all at the end of the letter. I give it to you, because I'm that worried about where all this is going. As I said, your "bundle" will do two key things. Second, your bundle takes you to the next level... showing you exactly how to get out of this mess. As an American but also on a very personal level. Including steps you can take, right now, to start enough regular personal "bailout" checks so that you never have to rely on the U.S. government for your own future again. Here's a close look at what you'll receive... "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" Tool #1: And I know of no faster way to do that than to see a very important documentary that's just now coming out on DVD. It's called I.O.U.S.A. And I guarantee that it will make you smarter than anyone you know about this crisis. Why am I so sure? Because I made this movie myself, along with an award-winning director and a "cast" of some of the biggest minds and best known names in finance and politics. It took us more than two years... with over 500,000 air miles traveled between us... as well as far too many nights away from my young family... and many around-the-clock writing and editing sessions... but I can tell you right now, it was worth it. I've never believed in any mission more in my life. And I've never worked so closely with something this important. When you see the film for yourself, I'm confident you'll agree. But to tell the truth, when I first got the idea to do this... on a snowy weekend in a New Hampshire cabin... I had no idea it would go as far or become as big a phenomenon as it has. The book was a big hit. And I spent time talking to press, radio and TV pundits about it, across the nation — including CNN, Fox Business News, and The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Times. You're not going to believe some of the people we managed to get on film... and all of them so fed up with how America had mortgaged off its future, they've decided they just can't afford to keep quiet anymore. People like Congressman Ron Paul, billionaire investor Warren Buffett, and former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil, for instance... who all play "starring" roles in the movie. And of course, David Walker, the former head of the U.S. General Accounting Office... who walks you through the crisis start to finish, as we follow him across the country — along with the head of the famous Concord Coalition, Bob Bixby — on his controversial "Fiscal Wake Up Tour." Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, who helped rescue America from inflation in the early 1980s, also steps in, urging action. So does more recently retired Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, who says more in this movie about how we got where we are than perhaps in the many days of testimony he gave Congress during his tenure. Then there's Clinton's former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who oversaw the only years of balanced budgets in the last three decades... along with Peter Peterson, the billionaire founder of the Blackstone Group... who has gotten so worried about the world we're handing off to our grandchildren, he's put up $1 billion of his own money to get this message out... including a direct $2.5 million investment in the film itself. The list goes on... Including why this battle against government waste is so important, that losing it could literally mean losing the "republic" our founding fathers sought to create. As I said, it's free — yours as part of the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I want to send you. You can claim it right now, as long as I hear from you while I still have copies left. If this information is so important for everyone to see, why such a strict limit on my invitation? The First Crisis Our Next I'm sure you can understand... I've come to care about this message. Maybe more than any other I've worked with or written about in my lifetime. And to me, it's not just another news story. It's the most important crisis in America right now. See the film and judge for yourself. I'm sure you'll agree that, now that the election is over and the next White House agenda is already taking shape, we cannot let up on this. We must demand a solution now... or risk watching the whole situation get MUCH worse. How much worse? The ticking debt bomb you'll see detailed in your free copy of I.O.U.S.A. will make today's stock market blowout look like a wet firecracker. Next up, much more than the banks will go down. We stand to lose our entire way of life. And promise me this too... when you watch it, don't watch it alone. Watch it with your family, your friends, and anybody else you even remotely care about. This is that important. And yes, as I said, I am sending you this movie at my own expense. Yours free. I cover all the costs, including shipping and handling. As if that weren't reason enough for you to watch this, let me just tell you how other viewers have reacted. For instance, when I.O.U.S.A. debuted earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, every seat was filled. I almost couldn't get tickets to see my own movie. And when it was over, the crowd gave it a standing ovation. What's more, the judges nominated I.O.U.S.A. for the festival's Grand Jury Prize. It happened again just recently, at the New Hampshire Film Festival — my home state — where I.O.U.S.A. just won first prize as the "Best Documentary." And in the reviews too, where both The Economist and the New York Times recommended I.O.U.S.A. as critical viewing for every American. "This film is no wallow in wonkiness," says the Los Angeles Times, "but a surprisingly sprightly tough-love lesson in fiscal responsibility. Even top film critic Roger Ebert gives I.O.U.S.A. 3½ stars out of four and says, "... it accomplishes an amazing thing. It explains the national debt..." Still need to hear more? The list goes on. The Kansas City Star writes, "Future generations may regard I.O.U.S.A. as the most important film of 2008." Even the Huffington Post says, "Stop what you're doing... go see this movie! This is the single most important film you will see this year..." D I'm proud. I'm hopeful. But I know we're not even close to done. Not until I can get this movie and this message into the hands of everybody who has the smarts to understand just how critically dangerous this crisis has become. That's why I want you to have your own free copy of the film. So you can get up to speed... so you can get inspired... so you know how to protect yourself... and so you can help us spread the message too. Sending you this free copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD is the best way, by far, to make sure all this happens. And happens in time that we can get this on the desk of the next leader of the free world, come January. Look, this is very simple. Every single financial decision you make personally is about to change. Don't you want to have a say in how those changes unfold? The bureaucrats won't start talking about this on their own. And the world's power brokers don't want them to. But that's because they're not the ones who will have to pay the price. So are your children. And your grandchildren. The housing bust... the banking collapse... high energy prices... soaring health care costs... the collapse of Social Security... and trillions in lost retirement savings... they're all tied to what you'll see in your copy of the movie. In ways you never imagined possible. Let me send you the free copy of the new DVD, at no charge to you, and you can discover exactly what it is I'm talking about. Others who've already seen I.O.U.S.A. are just as deeply moved about this as I am. And I'd like nothing more if we can show you this and bring you on board, as well. Says R. Einhorn, one of our own Agora Financial readers... "I saw I.O.U.S.A. last night... Kudos... I have only one thing to say - the film was absolutely the most important film I have seen in my life. It should be mandatory viewing by everyone in the United States... Congratulations. " And E. Spann, another reader, wrote me directly to tell me... "I drove two hours each way to see I.O.U.S.A... it was top notch... very well produced and the facts delivered were truly eye-opening... Everyone needs to see this! Excellent movie — well worth the drive!" Yes, of course I know that we could easily sell these just-released copies of I.O.U.S.A. on Amazon.com. And we will, too. And on that site and others like it, top documentary releases go for as much as $26.95. Personally, I think that's even too little too charge. I have secured these copies by special contract, just for you. But only if I hear back from you while I still have copies left to give away. After that, this window closes and you'll have to pay for your copy just like everybody else. But, of course, getting a free copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD is just the beginning of what you get with your free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle"... "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" Tool #2: Imagine if you could get solo time in a room with Alan Greenspan or financial magazine giant, Steve Forbes. Imagine Paul O'Neil, the Treasury Secretary Bush fired for saying deficits DO matter, telling you how he saw this coming... and why he couldn't get the White House to listen. What if you could ask Paul Volcker, the Fed Chairman who helped end America's last inflation crisis under Reagan, to answer the question, "What's next?" That's exactly the experience I had while making the documentary I'm about to send. While we filmed I.O.U.S.A., we met with and interviewed some of the heaviest hitters from both Wall Street and Washington. Robert Rubin... Ron Paul... billionaire Blackstone Group founder Pete Peterson... Arthur Laffer... and our own favorite bestselling author, William Bonner. I got to sit across the table from all of them. What would you do if you had the same chance? Well, today you have just that same chance... And you'll find all this in the second "tool" in your "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle," the companion book to the I.O.U.S.A. movie. Inside, you'll find the full text of all these expert interviews. All of these giants are convinced, as I am, we face a much more serious situation than the politicians and Wall Street pros are willing to tell you. And that there's no way to wish it away without taking action, both personally and on a bigger scale. Listen as... I recently got a message from the chief editor of a trade magazine for financial planners. In a feature article, he told his 125,000 readers — all of them financial planners themselves — to buy the I.O.U.S.A. companion book and share it with their children. And he had done the same himself, sharing copies with his two teenagers... because, he told me, he wanted them to "learn by example" how important it is to live sensibly with your money. Already the book sales have hit #1 on Amazon.com. Not to brag, but the book has even swept right past Barack Obama's book! I expect the copies I have access to, to go quickly — and that doesn't count the 535 copies we've already sent to every Senator and Representative in Congress (all 535 of them). As the second key part of your "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle." The book and the DVD work very closely together to get you up to speed on the crisis and how we got here... not in a way that's written or shown for economists, but as entertainingly and accessibly as possible. You'll read the interviews. You'll see these experts talking plainly and candidly on camera. And then, once the book and the movie together make plain the problems we all face... the rest of your "bailout bundle" actually shows you what to do. Specifically, it shows you how to recover your retirement security without having to count on the so-called government bailout... with checks you can pay directly to your account. As many as 78 over the next 24 months. Here's how it works... "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" Tool #3: If the free copy of the I.O.U.S.A. DVD and the companion book are yours to bring you up to speed on the broad crisis, this next "weapon" against financial wipeout shows you how to protect yourself at a much more personal level. Namely, with as many as 78 cash "bailout" checks you could deposit in your bank account over the next 24 months ahead. Not to mention, as many more of these checks as you decide you'll need... for the rest of your life. Let me explain. And I'll start by asking you this: exactly how much of that $810 billion bailout that D.C. bureaucrats approved is going to end up in your personal account? In case you're under any delusions, I'll just tell you: zero. Not a penny of that is for bailing out Americans at the personal level. Even if you get a government check, don't be fooled. Because every penny of it came directly from the taxpayers — that's you — already. Politicians put money in your hand... after pulling it right out of your own back pocket. I don't know how you feel about that, but if you ask me it's a raw deal. Which is why I think you might like this third "tool" in our new "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" even more than you like my movie. Because this is where you'll find the specific action plan we put together that can help bail you out of this filthy mess. You can even mark the dates these checks will arrive on your calendar. (The next payout date is February 5— see the chart to the right for details). Worried about rising energy costs... higher health care... your grandchild's college tuition expenses... or shrinking retirement options? This "personal bailout" plan gives you a way to make all that worry go away. Included in your free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" is a brand new special report, The Ultimate "Paycheck" Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets. It details this entire plan... in simple, easy-to-follow terms. No more depending on bureaucrats... no more fears about the future of "Social Insecurity" or other doomed government programs... no more worries about whether you'll run out of money before your time. The Single Best Way to Make Sure This is "get paid while you sleep" money. You don't work for it. You don't qualify for it with some government agency. And there are no age requirements or income requirements. All this strategy does is show you how to tap into an endless stream of income, starting right now. It lasts as long as you need it. And starts as soon as a few weeks from when you send for this report, with your first check. As many as 78 checks follow, all sent automatically to your account. As I write this, the next payout dates for this strategy are right around the corner... You can spend them, cash them, save them... whatever you want. Some people who do this retire early. Others pile the money on top of what they've already socked away, speeding up the growth of their nest egg. Either way, you start getting paid. Use the money to help put your grandchildren through school... or go back to school yourself and study something you love... make a fat donation toward a cause you believe in... or just leave the automatic deposits untouched, while you enjoy the security of knowing they will be there when you need them. Just in 2009 alone, you'll find another 39 cash payout dates already on the schedule. Your copy of The Ultimate Paycheck Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets shows you how to get started. "[This strategy] is the hidden key... [if more people did this], you would see a nation of happy investors whistling their way toward retirement." — Lowell Miller, One of the best aspects of this is how easy it is to set up. It takes only about five minutes on the phone with a broker. And then, that's it. The rest is automatic. No need to keep running to your computer screen to track every market blip. No need to get a ball in your throat as you watch the nightly financial news. One of the best parts about this — other than the steady cash payouts — is the simplicity and security of doing this. Chris Mayer, who put this whole strategy together, is one of the most safety-minded analysts in my network of experts. Simply do what he shows you in your free copy of this report, The Ultimate "Paycheck" Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets, and the rest will take care of itself. Yes, it's a strategy that can work for you even right now. This may even be the best opportunity for you to do this in a long time. The "personal bailout paycheck" strategy works in a recession too. During market volatility. And it should keep on working for you exceptionally well during a market recovery, too. Just like it's already working for the many Americans who've discovered how this works... Once you let me send you a free copy of this report, The Ultimate "Paycheck" Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets, you'll see how simple and sensible this is. Once you get the ball rolling on this strategy, the checks can start rolling in pretty fast. A few hundreds of dollars each month. Thousands of dollars. Even hundreds of thousands of dollars over a year's time, piling up in your account. Almost regardless of the scandals and shakeouts taking place on Wall Street. You can get started with very little, and take this to whatever level you need. Imagine $1,500 to $2,000 extra per month... early on... with that amount growing by as much as $5,000... $8,000... $10,000 or even $15,000 extra. Just doing what you'll find in the report. Think of it like an extra "safety net" or think of it like a whole "lifestyle upgrade." Either way, here's a quick glimpse at what you'll find in the free report... Automatic "Paycheck" #1: An $838.4 Million Giveaway You Can Still Automatic "Paycheck" #2: Every Month, a Juicy 12.4% "Paycheck" on One of Wall Street's Safest Bets Automatic "Paycheck" #3: The Family Business That Spews Out Billionaires Automatic "Paycheck" #4: The Safest Double-Digit Payout In America Automatic "Paycheck" #5: What Could Be Better Than Making a You can imagine, it's pretty hard to put a value on a strategy that could give you a steady, non-working income for the rest of your life. Income which, in fact, can grow over time. I could certainly offer this by itself. It would be a bargain, at any price. But again, it's also included in the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I'll send you, along with your free copy of the I.O.U.S.A. DVD and companion book. And then, there's one more thing... PLUS: Just in case you've got the wrong idea, let me just say... Long term, I'm not at all gloom and doom. I firmly believe we'll come out of this crisis. The answers are out there. And getting them across with the help of the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I'll send you can only help. And that includes the way millions of Americans invest on Wall Street. See, the stocks that dominated headlines in the recent past... the high fliers without clear road maps... the debt-loaded juggernauts who crash and burn with flare... the "cut and run" companies that take shareholder money and disappear the minute the economy turns sour... They're finished. At least for now. And hopefully forever. Forget the buckaroo hedge fund managers. Forget the pump-and-dump brokers. Forget the fat cat CEOs who bailed out with their multi-million dollar "golden" parachute pensions. In the near future and for the long-term, the companies that will pull you out of this financial quagmire... are the companies that practice the same principles of financial discipline you and I wish our government would adopt. I'm talking, of course, about the savers and innovators, the cash-and-asset rich companies with a roadmap for profits and top management that's as committed to the shareholder as they are to the future of the company itself. These companies aren't always easy to find. Which is why the crown jewel I'll give you, also as part of your free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle," is a special, sought-after stock market research service called Capital & Crisis. I'm including up to 12 free months of this service with your "bundle." I don't know if you've heard of this service. Or if you've heard of the genius who created it. His name is Chris Mayer. And he's not your average analyst. He's no broker or Wall Street refuge either. Instead, he's a hard-nosed ex-banker and financial officer... the former vice president of one of America's oldest and prestigious lenders, Provident Bank. This has a lot to do with why you're going to want to turn to Chris to find out which opportunities in the market are set to recover... and which are set to give up the ghost. See, Chris is what you might call a serious "money geek." He reads Austrian economists during breakfast. He sends me email messages, fired up about footnotes in company quarterly reports. Every year, he's one of those guys who goes out to Omaha for the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting (Chris owns shares). But here's what really sets his analysis apart. Most brokers usually have your money on the line, but not theirs. Not so for Chris. During his tenure as a banker, he managed over $200 million of the bank's own money. What's more, it was up to Chris to make the call on commercial loans to companies worth as much as $400 million and more. You can imagine, where brokers might barely glance at a company's annual report before recommending shares to buy, Chris didn't have that luxury then. And he doesn't take it now. I don't know of anybody who burrows deeper into the numbers... digging out hidden liabilities... delving past price-to-earnings ratios and the other standard smoke-and-mirrors stock-picking myths perpetrated by Wall Street. His analysis is so thorough, it could make even an IRS auditor blush. And he's always looking for the same thing: Companies that own what he calls "assets that sweat." And lots of them. That simply means, he's looking only for companies caught up in a powerful self-renewing cycle of wealth. There's never been a great American family legacy of wealth without it. The Rockefellers. The Carnegies. The Kennedys. Sam Walton's empire. They've all made fortunes building their businesses this way. Chris applies the same theory to building a winning portfolio. About four years ago, he got my attention too. That's when I asked him to leave his job behind and join our team. Since then, he's lead a group of like-minded, safety and quality oriented market watchers — using what's become one of our flagship services, the monthly research advisory letter Capital & Crisis I mentioned to you earlier. And he's done it with a steady hand... and impressive track record, cramming the pipeline with one winner after another. Take a look at these closed positions from the Capital & Crisis portfolio and see for yourself... And just listen to what some of his 24,000 subscribers are saying... "The Best Newsletter I've Found So Far" "I just want to say that I have subscribed to quite a few investment newsletters before, and this is the best one that I have found so far. You have turned me from a trader into an investor with your investment insights. I would just like to thank you for this newsletter. Keep up the good work." "Chris Has Grown My Investment by Fivefold in a Month" "You recommended a short sale of Japanese bonds through Chris Foster at Friedberg Mercantile in Toronto. I followed your recommendation, and through careful and constant attention, my small $5,000 investment has grown by over fivefold in a month... I enjoy and look forward to your monthly communiqués. Keep up the good work!" "I Will Be a Long-Term Subscriber" "I just subscribed to Capital & Crisis this month. I've been reading through the back issues of your newsletter, and I just wanted to tell you how impressed I am with your writing style and content (and your track record too, of course). Reading through the archives is like getting a university-level education on sound investing principles. I am very much impressed with your letter and think it is very likely I will be a long-term subscriber." "I Wish I Had Been Reading Such Thoughtful Analysis 24 Years Ago" "After spending 24 years in the investment business (and building assets under management to $350 million), your insights are probably the best I have seen. Your study of the great money managers, past and present, and your ability to succinctly distill, explain and relate their philosophies to your specific recommendations is a true talent. I only wish I had been reading such thoughtful analysis 24 years ago." "It's Probably the Smartest Letter I've Ever Seen" "I'm quite a new subscriber, but I must say that I really love it. It's probably the smartest letter I've ever seen, and believe me, I've seen a lot of them in more than 10 years. Congratulations for the good job." I'm telling you this because — especially in the markets my team and I see ahead — I want you to know you're covered, with only the best financial research at your fingertips. Which is why I'd like to start sending you — with your permission — up to 12 months of Chris' Capital & Crisis, absolutely free. Gratis for up to a full year, along with your free "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle." It's that important to me that you move ahead in these rough-and-tumble times without taking risks you don't need to take... but without sacrificing performance in the name of quality. I know of no better way for you to do this right now than with the help of Chris Mayer and Capital & Crisis, delivered direct to your mailbox — and your email inbox, if you like — like clockwork every month. The undiscovered bargains... the rock-solid "lifetime stock" performers... the shockingly safe big growth opportunities... heavy-hitting income producers... you'll find them all in one issue and update after another... You'll find it all in your issues. And like I said, this subscription could be yours free for up to 12 months. Let me know when you're ready to get started. Just don't wait too long. I've already given away over 6,340 copies of the DVD and companion text alone. I'd hate for the rest of the copies to run out before I hear from you. What's more, if you act soon enough, you can receive your first work-free "paycheck" within days! Unlike Any Offer I've Ever Made Counting on our leaders to fix this crisis hasn't worked in the past. It's not likely we'll be able to count on them in the future. Unless you and I know as much as we can about how they got us here, where we are right now, and what we can demand they do about it — immediately — while there's still time. I must hear from while I still have FREE copies of the IOUSA movie and book to give away. After that, your chance to get this "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" FREE could expire forever. As I said, it doesn't have to cost you a dime. It's that simple. If you're still on the fence, then let me just put it to you this way... Look around you to see where we are now. With their homes, most Americans are in a hole. On Wall Street, most Americans are in a hole. And in Washington, we're in a very deep hole — the deepest in history. Trillions of dollars are already gone. Vanished. Trillions more, in future security, are now on the line. Think ill-conceived bailouts and modest rallies can bring back that sense of security you had not so long ago? Think again. We have crossed a bridge. And it has collapsed behind us. Do you want to wait to find out where we're headed next? Or would you rather know right now, while there's still something you can do about it... both to protect yourself and your loved ones... and maybe do something to help change the course for America. If what you'll see in the movie I'm sending you is any indication, our destiny is still in flux. The outcome could be ugly... but it could also be miraculously positive. And it can all depend on the step you choose to take... or not take... Right now. My Strictly Limited Invitation As I said, I only have a limited number of the just-released I.O.U.S.A. DVDs that I can give away. And I've already given away 6,340 copies so far — not including the 535 copies we rushed to each member of Congress. If the remaining supply of DVDs and companion texts runs out, you're out of luck — you'll have to wait until the movie goes up for sale to the general public on Amazon.com. But I'm hoping that won't be the case. I'd much rather send it to you now free of charge. So let's just run through all this again quickly. Send for the FREE "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" I've put together and... Can I just say, about Capital & Crisis, it's easily the one research letter in my stable that makes me consistently proud. And Chris' current readers definitely agree. His reader retention rates — that's the number we look at to see how many subscribers stick around to hear more of what Chris has to say — are among the highest in the business. This is why I normally list Chris' letter and all of theses bonuses for $159 per year — a price we've already had to raise once because this special deal has already been so popular. But I believe so much in this message, I've decided to keep it simple for just a little longer. Today, you can get up to a full year free, along with the rest of your deal. But here's the thing. I don't just want to give away my limited I.O.U.S.A. copies or Chris' letter to anybody who isn't as serious about today's situation as I am. So I'm asking you to make a small gesture to show you're committed. It's simply this... as you accept your free gifts — the book, the DVD, and the special "Paycheck Portfolio" lifetime income report — simply agree to also try Chris' Capital & Crisis letter for up to two years. That's all. If you agree to sign up for Chris' Capital & Crisis for two years, I'll throw in the second year absolutely free. That is, you'll get a full 24 issues — two years worth — while paying just $129 for everything. That's actually better than half off. Quite a deal. However, if you'd rather take a smaller step, that's okay too. Just agree to sign up for Capital & Crisis one year. And again, I'll cut the new $159 per year price in half to just $79 — that's like paying only for the first six months... and then getting the second six months absolutely free. Also a very good deal. And of course, remember you're getting all those free months worth of "re-bound" stock research included with your free copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD... plus the just-printed, 262-page I.O.U.S.A. companion book... and the special personal "bailout" cash stream strategy you'll find in your free copy of Chris' newest report, The Ultimate "Paycheck" Portfolio: Double-Digit Yields... Even in Flat Markets. All in one "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" — yours free today. But Didn't I Say "No Catch?" But wait... didn't I say, early in this letter, you could get everything in your "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" with no strings attached? I certainly did. And I'm going to stick to that promise. So here's how the last and most important part of this invitation works... If at any time whatsoever in the first 90 days of your membership you decide that Chris' 100% trial subscription isn't for you, you can cancel for a full refund of your initial subscription deal. And by 100%, I mean a full cash refund check sent directly to you... that covers every penny you originally paid to subscribe. No questions asked. And, if you decide to cancel after that initial 90 days, you will receive a full refund for all of your unsent issues. And by the way, I don't care if you call me on this deal on the 89th day of your subscription. The refund is yours to claim, if you don't like everything I send. And yes, you still get to keep everything. Including the DVD, the book and the special report. In case you don't want to do the math, let me just add this up for you... Everything included in the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle," from the DVD (worth at least $26.95), the special companion book (lists for $19.95), the special income stream strategy report ($59), and up to a year's worth of Capital & Crisis at today's published price ($159)... adds up to just under $265. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of air miles and other travel expenses we wracked up while making the film... or the cost of keeping a guy as high-level as Chris Mayer on our team. Yet, I'm making it all available to you today... free. No charge if you accept my invitation to join Capital & Crisis. Like I said, however, I don't have millions of "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundles" to give away. It's a limited number of copies. And then your only alternative is to go to the web or a bookstore and pay for a copy out of your own pocket. I've already given away over 6,340 of these free copies... I have some more left, but that supply won't last forever. When they're gone, that's it. You're out of luck. So let me hear from you soon... (By the way, agree to the special Capital & Crisis two-year offer I told you about, and not only will you get everything we talked about — but I'll also throw in another special report, Buy and Hold This Stock For Unlimited Upside.) Just make sure I hear from you while there's still time! Addison Wiggin, P.S. In the time it took you to read this letter, another
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Nor will your children... or your grandchildren... or even their children.
I've written about it, I've gone on record with the media about it,
Again, I've created this "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" specifically for right now. And I'm going to send it to you at my own expense. I even made a special deal to secure the copies of the DVD. Plus another deal with Amazon.com so I could cover the cost of shipping myself.
Today's Total Crash on Wall Street 
Billionaire Warren Buffett thinks at least one aspect of this coming crisis is so serious, that when we went to his offices to interview him, he graciously cleared the rest of his schedule and spent nearly two hours talking with me privately about this in his company boardroom. 
Your free copy of the I.O.U.S.A. DVD shows you how we've gotten to that number. And the 262-page companion book, also called I.O.U.S.A., gives you the full interviews with the experts that reveal why this might not even be as bad as it gets. 
Can you imagine the gaping hole this $53 trillion debt bomb will blow through the bottom of the financial markets? Can you imagine the aftermath for the world economy? 
See, you may know me from my years of working with the popular advisory e-letter, The Daily Reckoning. Or possibly from the three bestsellers I co-authored, Financial Reckoning Day, Empire of Debt, and The Demise of the Dollar. 
First, the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" shows you what happened and how we got here. Then it shows you what we have to do to steer clear of a complete financial unraveling in the future... including a way for you, personally, to collect as many as 78 personal "bailout" checks of your own over the coming two years.
Under current rules, the Social Security trust alone will run out of money in less than 10 years from right now. And Medicare and Medicaid? Don't even think about it. It's a problem that's much larger and almost completely ignored by politicians.
First it answers the question nobody else seems to be answering clearly, which is — put plainly — what happened? How did we get in this mess and where did the good life in America disappear to.
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It's absolutely key that you understand how we got where we are now... and as quickly as possible. 
Nor did I have any way of knowing how timely this movie's message would be. See, this all started with a bestseller that I co-wrote in 2005, called Empire of Debt. 
You might recognize some of these names. Others might be new to you. But be certain, the handful of people desperately waging this "unsung" war against government waste are out there. In the free I.O.U.S.A. DVD I'll send you, you'll hear what they have to say.
President MUST Address 
Even saying that, you must think I'm some kind of alarmist. And that's okay. Just promise me you'll send for your free copy of the new I.O.U.S.A. DVD... and watch it for yourself... before you make up your own mind. 
Meanwhile, the Hollywood industry paper, Variety, lovingly called our little film a "stat-studded geekfest" and "an alternately amusing and alarming primer on America's off-the-charts fiscal irresponsibility"... 
uring the early release this summer, Canadians crossed the boarder, driving hours to the closest theaters... civic groups in U.S. cities snapped up tickets... politicians bought out theaters in their home towns... and MTV, CBS' 60 Minutes and even the trendy Colbert Report ran stories. 
You are.
Yet, for a limited time... you can get your copy of this award-winning movie... absolutely free. Gratis. No charge. As one of the tools I'm including in the "Emergency 'Personal Bailout' Bundle" my team and I just put together. And I'll tell you how to get it in a moment.
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Imagine if you could sit down and talk markets with the most successful investor in history, Warren Buffett. 
Of course you'd want their behind-the-scenes perspective on what's happened to America... and what they see happening next. You'd also want to know what answers they have to offer.
Paul Volcker, who helped oversee the bull market of the 1980s, reveals the one greatest danger the next president faces, plus how he hopes Washington will go about it (pg. 161) 
The book is listing for as much as $19.95 online. But I've arranged a very special deal, direct with Amazon.com, where I will cover all the costs of ordering the book — including shipping — so I can send it to you directly as my gift, absolutely free.
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It goes to the banks. The fat cats. The punk hedge fund managers who, just a year ago, were drinking $10,000 bottles of wine and eating Kobe sirloin in "bottle bars" and restaurants in Manhattan. 
That is, this is where one of my most trusted analysts, former commercial banker Chris Mayer, shows you directly how to collect as many as 78 personal "bailout" paychecks over the next 24 months.
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Then there's Jeff K. His passive "paycheck" on April 8, 2008, totaled around $98,057. That's just one of many passive "paychecks" he'll collect this year.
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This first move pays you back a fat 9% return on the value of the shares you hold in this company. That's already nearly three times what some people collect on CD accounts. And I expect it to jump over 10%, based on estimated distributions for next year.
This company has paid shareholders at least 12.25% gains automatically on the value of its shares since the company first opened its doors in March 2001. That means it's held true on its promise to take care of income first for 87 payouts in a row. With energy still hitting record highs, this could easily be a long-haul income stream for you, too.
Insiders have just snapped up 392,000 of their own shares. While still paying a handsome 7% automatic return to shareholders, in the form of cash "paychecks." That's double what it doled out in 2005. And it says nothing about how much your money could grow just in the value of the shares themselves. This could be the best combined growth and income stock you'll come across anywhere. Including an April 2010 law that could double your money.
Right now, this doles out automatic "paychecks" worth 5.3% of anything you put in, which you can leave there untouched. But here's an extra bonus: Even as I write, this solid company has grown shareholder money by a handsome 26.3%. Tie together the payouts and the growth and you could be looking at making a safe, solid 10 — 15% per year, on this one move alone.
"Tax Free" 280%...?
Anything that pays better than 10% automatically, year in and year out, is already a great return. But this one move has also beefed up its payouts by 10.4% every year for the last five years. So you could be looking for a lot more with this one move, with each "paycheck" that's deposited in your account. And the tax benefits make it all the juicier.
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Should Own as The Economy Crawls Out of This Hole 
But I also believe that future will look a lot different from what you're used to today. 
Already, Chris has won plenty of attention with his brilliant approach. Maybe you've seen him on financial shows like Fox's "Bulls & Bears"... Forbes on Fox... and the CNBC financial reports. Or maybe you've read his book, Invest Like a Dealmaker: Secrets From a Former Banking Insider.
Leucadia National 109%
Brookfield Asset Management 115%
CNX Gas Corp. 44%
ABX Air 38%
Walter Industries 44%
AVX Corp. 12.4%
Ameriprise Financial 77%
Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SA 100.3%
Agrium 232%
Plum Creek Timber 28%
Goldkist 39%
Arch Capital Group 45%
Presidential Life Corp. 65%
Rosetta Resources 11.2% Intrawest Corp. 72%
Orient-Express Hotels 109%
Companhia Paranaense 121%
Imperial Sugar Co. 145%
Catellus Development Corp. 24%
FEMSA 29%
Chiquita Brands Intl. 52%
Bandag 18.3%
Industrias Bachoco 19.75%
Questar 113%
San Juan Basin Royalty Trust 144%
Guitar Center 151%
Sovran Self Storage 155%
Popular Inc. 165%
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— S. Ostlund
— M. Dejolier 
Of course, you'll get all the same benefits his other subscribers get... including Chris' direct weekly email updates on the markets and his portfolio... plus your own password-protected access to the members-only Capital & Crisis website.
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That's $265 worth of market insight, protection, and strategy... at a time when millions of Americans need it most... and that doesn't even include the $21 in shipping charges I'm going to eat on my end, just for the book and DVD... or the costs of producing and mailing your issues and the special report, which we also cover. 
Publisher and Executive Producer, I.O.U.S.A.
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