Economics and Investing:

California’s already high taxes on gasoline will go even higher, as of today. The combined state and Federal taxes will be a whopping 71.9 cents per gallon. (Only 18.4 cents of that is Federal.) Yet another reason to flee California!

Just as I’ve been warning you for the past seven years: Multiple Government Agencies Are Keeping Records Of Your Credit Card Transactions

More Negative U.S. Bitcoin Developments.

Things Could Get Ugly If U.S. Treasury Bonds Keep Rising

Getting Physical: Gold price falls fuel ‘record’ bullion sales

Items from The Economatrix:

The $441 Trillion Interest Rate Derivatives Time Bomb

US Consumer Confidence At 5-Year High In June

Martin Weiss:  Crash Warning