My guest today is Mike Lofgren, an author and a former Republican U.S. Congressional aide. He retired in May 2011 after 28 years as a Congressional staff member. His writings, critical of politics in the United States, particularly the Republican Party, were published after his retirement and garnered widespread attention.

The topic is his book The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

• The deep state phenomenon
• Military industrial complex
• National debt
• Negative interest rates
• Does your vote matter?

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