07 Sep 2017

An economic health indicator just flashed yellow

The capital city of a rich Blue state is begging for a bailout from the state legislature because bankruptcy is imminent. The problem is, the state has its own budget issues to deal with…

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05 Aug 2017

The State Tax Cut “Failure” That Was Really a Success

In June, Kansas state Republicans voted to raise taxes after slashing them heavily in 2012. They actually overturned the governor’s veto against the plan. Liberals call this a failed experiment in low taxes, but they are blind…

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26 Jul 2017

Childcare costs are super high — and why liberals prefer it this way

Annual childcare costs are a tremendous burden for the average family. This plays into the hands of the big-government cheerleaders…

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19 Jul 2017

America’s Cartels

They enforce their monopolies with guns. But the surprise is that, in America, cartel agents also have official government badges…

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21 Jun 2017

Liberal wants to break up Amazon. But can’t explain why.

It’s big. It’s successful! It has greatly enhanced the average consumer’s life with its low prices and fast shipping. And now, Amazon must be broken up because…why? 

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05 Jun 2017

People are angry that Uber paid its drivers higher fares to drive into a terrorist war zone

Uber users complained that they were paying prices that were too high when they summoned Uber drivers to the London terror zone. Was Uber morally wrong for charging higher prices for these evacuations?

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02 Jun 2017

Has the economic slowdown begun? Here are 12 ominous signs.

Recessions happen. They are built into our modern central-banking economy. The question is: when will the next recession arrive?

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30 May 2017

Trump will be blamed for the stock market crash, but he’s not the real culprit

There are so few commentators and pundits who understand this. When the crash comes, we should be looking at the man behind the curtain. In fact, why not start now…

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17 May 2017

Stock market sheds 372 points on same day Trump special counsel announced

There may be more at play here than just waning hope that Trump’s tax cuts are going to be passed…

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07 Apr 2017

Liberals writing jokes for Conservatives?

This is the beauty of the free market: no one is being forced to make money catering to the demands of Conservative viewers…

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06 Apr 2017

Is the Federal Reserve exercising its “nuclear option” and initiating its exit strategy?

It seems like this same story surfaces every few years. But is the Fed serious this time? What if it is?

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04 Apr 2017

Why good times may be coming soon for used-car buyers

Signs of trouble in the auto industry can be taken as signs of hope for a certain class of used car buyers…

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30 Mar 2017

The hidden programs bankrupting the country

One of the most amusing things politicians say is when they ask how we are going to fund tax cuts. They act as if the revenue is theirs by natural right. The most obvious course of action never seems to occur to them: cutting the budget.

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07 Mar 2017

Is this lady about to trigger the next recession?

Fact: recessions happen. Fact: on average, they arrive 58 months after the last recession. Final fact: it’s been 73 months since the last one.

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04 Mar 2017

The looming disaster facing these six states because of laws they recently passed

Bureaucrats and politicians should be required by law to be trained on the Law of Unintended Consequences. If they were, they wouldn’t vote to pass laws like this…

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01 Mar 2016

Soft-Selling Communism and Stalinism in the ‘Trumbo’ film

My wife and I sat down the Saturday before the Academy Awards to watch the 2015 film Trumbo. Dalton Trumbo is played by Bryan Cranston who did a marvelous job, certainly worthy of the Academy Award nomination he received for Best Actor. It’s loosely based on the Hollywood screenwriter, author,

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28 Jan 2016

Ultra-Liberal Robert Reich’s 5 Reasons Why Ted Cruz is the Best Candidate

Robert Reich “served in the administrations of Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter and was Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. . . . He was appointed a member of President-elect Barack Obama’s economic transition advisory board. . . . Time magazine named him one of the Ten Best Cabinet Members of the century, and The Wall Street Journal in

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23 Jan 2016

Let’s Give Everyone $4.3 Million and End Poverty Tomorrow

Lottery fever hit big a few weeks ago. The last jackpot was more than $1.5 billion. Of course, the government will get its multi-millions. That’s what it’s really all about: people voluntarily giving their money away to the government. Yes, a few people will make millions, but the government will

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