Economy

The overriding reason that those in the working class actually got ahead during the Trump years is simple: inflation remained low and incomes rose, resulting in households having more disposable income and a decrease in poverty rates. Under Biden, the utter reverse has taken place.

The Great Taking refers to a decades-long plan by a cast of characters hellbent on ensuring that the entire economic game is rigged so much in their favor that they win under practically any and all circumstances.

Government spending, hiring, and mandates reduce the connection between GDP and satisfaction.  Economic growth in 2023 surprised many economists, but 2.5 percent probably overstates the growth in prosperity.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, BlackRock is an extremely well-heeled (to the tune of $10 trillion in assets under management) and well-connected financial behemoth that has been running roughshod for far too long.

Never should the name “Joe Biden” and the words “fiscal responsibility” be used in the same sentence.

The point is that a system like the one that has been created, wherein big banks can use customers’ assets to make risky bets in the derivatives markets and then jump to the front of the line in the event of a financial collapse, is a system that is rotten to the core.

Incredibly, for the citizens of Minnesota, it could soon be against the law to paint a wall, ceiling, or anything else for that matter inside one’s own home without a licensed painter present. And, if the bill is passed as currently written, it would be illegal for unlicensed painters to purchase solvent-based paints in quantities larger than a gallon.

Let’s analyze the global situation logically and logistically, shall we? Russia is simply NOT a geopolitical threat.

Incorporating fiscal rules in the U.S. Constitution would give citizens a voice in fiscal policy and prevent legislators from behaving in a fiscally irresponsible manner.

The Uniparty in Congress is once again engaged in its recurring haggling over how to avoid a government shutdown, with the next deadline set to arrive in a matter of days.

I’m a Reagan Republican. But I don’t think my lens is dirty. It’s time to retire the payroll number.

Unlike other so-called spending reductions proposed by Congress in recent years, which only reduce the rate of spending growth, the plan outlined in CPI-X produces real reductions in spending.

This paper provides a revolutionary model that can solve this worsening economic crisis and put the United States back on track towards fiscal prosperity.

Suffice to say, the past three years under the Biden administration have not exactly been the best of times for the American people. On the economic front in particular, Americans are definitely not better off than they were three years ago.

Any system that requires the people to sacrifice their property to support the financial institutions that built this mess in the first place is not a system worth saving.

The only way to increase federal revenue sustainably is to grow the tax base. A growing economy increases the size of the pie from which you get your 17.4 percent in taxes.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) appears to be offering a deal to the nation: prosperity in exchange for remaining in power.

In an attempt to secure vast amounts of wealth and influence over society, corporations, bankers, and investors, working closely with key government officials, have launched a unified effort to impose environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards on most of the industrialized global economy. (ESG standards are also often referred to as “sustainable investment” or “stakeholder […]

Regardless of the ultimate outcome of this political battle over the budget, the shutdown conflict is undermining the foundations of the uniparty because a small group of Republicans has finally decided to act as reformers instead of conservatives.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.