Opinion
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Everything About the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Is Unconstitutional
Opinion -Perhaps the worst portion of Dodd-Frank - was the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which is perhaps the most massive of the Dodd-Frank regulatory impositions on the banking sector. Oh - and the CFPB is totally unconstitutional because it purports to be an “independent agency.” -
Proposition HH Is Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing for Colorado Taxpayers Bill of Rights
Opinion -Overall, any substantial benefits to the taxpayers in the form of property tax reductions would be overshadowed by long-term tax increases. As a good rule of thumb, if any liberal politician is pushing for “tax reform” it would inevitably take money out of taxpayers’ wallets. Proposition HH is, in fact, a wolf in sheep’s clothing for the rights the Colorado taxpayers have exercised since the implementation of TABOR. -
It’s the Spending, Stupid
Opinion -Congress, and the Republican-led House of Representatives in particular, controls the nation’s purse strings. With this being the case, it is imperative that the GOP play hardball concerning the looming budget showdown. -
DC and Bidenomics: ‘Our Fake Solution Didn’t Work – So We’ll Do It Harder’
Opinion -As Big Gov and Big Biz settled ever more comfortably into bed together, Big Gov’s laws and regulations became more and more nakedly helpful for Big Biz - at the expense of everyone else. -
Congress Must Fix the Broken Budget Process
Opinion -In 2000, our national debt stood at $5.6 trillion compared to our GDP, which clocked in at roughly $10 trillion. Today, those figures have almost reversed. Now, our national debt has ballooned to approximately $33 trillion, while our GDP has increased to $25 trillion. -
All Aboard! Next stop: Prosperity Through Freight Rail
Opinion -While Americans grapple with stubborn inflation brought on by overspending and the bottlenecking of energy production, consumers and voters need to be aware that freight rail isn’t the boogeyman. -
It’s Time to Let Citizens Vote on Any Future Debt Increases
Opinion -If citizens can vote on debt at the state and local level, why shouldn’t they have the power to vote on debt at the federal level as well? -
Actually, Joe Biden Has Doubled the Deficit
Opinion -We need a leader in the White House who is willing to come clean with the American people about our out-of-control spending and debt accumulation. Sadly, President Biden does not appear to be up for that task. -
Energy, Global Currency, Innovation: Communist China – And the Post-US World
Opinion -Sounds like China is teaming up with just about everyone on the planet - except US. And it means a whole lot - to a whole lot. -
The COVID-19 Stimulus and the COVID-19 Recession
Opinion -We did not need trillions in Federal spending to end the COVID recession, just governments to allow commerce again. -
One Year Later, Biden Spills the Beans About the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’
Opinion -According to Biden, “The Inflation Reduction Act -- I wish I hadn’t called it that, because it has less to do with reducing inflation than it does to do with dealing with providing for alternatives that generate economic growth.” -
Bloomberg Finances and Coopts State Attorneys General
Opinion -When you’ve built a financial information and media empire and become the world’s seventh richest person, you get to say dumb things. -
Survey Shows ‘Bidenomics’ Means Americans Can’t Pay Their Bills
Opinion -In Biden’s America, more than 1 in 3 households are struggling to pay their bills. -
VIDEO: Bidenomics: Terrific or Terrible!? – In The Tank #410
Opinion -According to Vice President Kamala Harris, “Bidenomics” is a wild success. And she is not the only one suggesting this. -
Poor People Home Mortgages Down 46% – Rich People Art Collection Mortgages Up 30%
Opinion -Dodd-Frank made Wall Street and big banks more powerful, not consumers. -
The Little Guy Can’t Even Get a $200 Loan Anymore
Opinion -As always, the people hardest hit by DC’s perpetual crony-fest? We the Little Guys. -
$101 Million?!? The Ridiculous FTC Interference Minimum
Opinion -The Joe Biden Administration’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is completely out of control. -
Hubris: DC Even ‘Fixes’ Its Errors Wrong
Opinion -Little did we know that our plan to stimulate job growth and innovation would be subject to abuse by giant tech companies. -
Are We Getting Richer or Poorer?
Opinion -Economists debate whether typical Americans are better off now than fifty years ago. -
‘Bring Out Your Dead’ ‘Bank Crisis’: Fake News for Big Banks
Opinion -Every business actually loathes competition. Monopoly is easy. A flourishing marketplace is hard. -
Government Price Fixing Is Just as Stupid in Europe
Opinion -Rather than let the market players determine the value of SEPs, Government in its infinite ineptitude is going to fix the rates -
Surging New England Energy Prices: No Surprise
Opinion -New Englanders now pay more than twice the price for natural gas than most other US residents pay, and that gap is growing. -
The West’s War on Economic Activity: EU Edition
Opinion -I have spent these past decades cataloging the United States’ many decades of ever-increasing idiocy. -
Deranged Democrats Want $14 Trillion in Reparations
Opinion -If Bush and her fellow misguided socialists really want to address the wealth gap, they would be clamoring for two things: universal school choice and maintaining the black nuclear family.