4 The Solari Report / 2018 Annual Wrap Up / Part Two Missing Money A-Team—it is longer than you might expect, and I could have added many subscribers’ names as well. If you have contributed and would like your name add- ed, let me know and I will do so. When it comes to the missing money, there are a great number of people on the right side of history. That’s a good thing because, ultimately, the economic squeezes will come back to the issue of monies disappearing from our government through undocumentable adjustments, the bailouts, or various forms of financial shenanigans. When the day comes when we must face these issues on a wider scale, let history record that these funds existed. We have a legal right to demand their return or to exercise the common law right of offset at the bargaining table and hold the responsible parties ac- countable. Will it happen? What will happen is what we make happen. I am reminded of the quote on the statue of A. Philip Randolph in Union Station in the District of Columbia: “At the banquet table of nature, there are no reserved seats. You get what you can take, and you keep what you can hold. If you can’t take anything, you won’t get anything, and if you can’t hold anything, you won’t keep anything. And you can’t take anything without organization.” ~ A. Philip Randolph To organize and act, we need knowledge—we need a clear picture of what is going on and what it means to each one of us. I hope the 2018 Annual Wrap Up—whether our section on the missing money or our excellent round-up of the News Trends & Stories and the Financial Markets—will help you get a clearer picture. In closing, thank you again for your support in 2018 for our work—including the hard work on the missing money. We can do that which is essential because you support us in doing so. Your support is a rare blessing, and we are deeply grateful for it. May we con- tinue to be worthy of it. Here is to your free and inspired life in 2019!