Hand-wringing Over May’s Low Jobs Numbers Is Premature
It’s far too early to be writing off the longest-running economic expansion in history, as some in the media appear to be doing....
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Jobless Claims at 50-year Low, but Raising Minimum Wage Would Stop That
Initial claims for unemployment insurance are the lowest seen since 1969, when the U.S. workforce was half the size that it is now....
Read moreGovernment Deficits Running $100 Billion a Month; Lenders Not Concerned
The U.S. Treasury announced on Friday that the federal government has spent $1.8 trillion since October 1, while tax receipts were only $1.3...
Read moreNewark to Study “Universal Income Plan” for Its Poor
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka announced plans to create a commission to study the concept of a “universal” income plan to help the more...
Read moreWall Street Journal: Median Pay for CEOs Is a Million Dollars a Month
Many CEOs are making millions per year, and socialist/progressives such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders criticize that fact, despite their sparse, largely...
Read moreFinancial Crisis Looming for NYC as It Teeters on the Edge of Bankruptcy
According to some financial experts, New York City is currently facing the worst financial situation since February of 1975 when the city was...
Read moreNew York Governor Cuomo Blames Exodus of Wealthy on Trump
N.Y. Governor Cuomo blamed his state’s revenue shortfall of $2.8 billion on Donald Trump during a press conference on Monday. ...
Read moreBuzzfeed and Other Media Suffering Financial Woes, Scrambling to Survive
At the same time that many media organizations have hitched their wagons to a rabid anti-Trump narrative, many of them are struggling to...
Read moreOxfam Report Notes Increasing Gap Between Rich and Poor, Fueling Anger
Oxfam asserts that governments are under-funding public services and failing to clamp down on tax dodging, supposedly increasing the income gap between rich...
Read moreAnother Step Toward Auditing the Federal Reserve
Representative Thomas Massie kicked off the legislative New Year on January 3 with H.R. 24, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act. ...
Read moreCellphone Location Data for Sale on Black Market, Investigation Reveals
AT&T and the other major telcos have committed to stop selling customers’ location data after an investigation reveals the data ends up available...
Read moreTax Attorney: Social Security Participants About to be “Disenfranchised”
The intergenerational conflict built into Social Security is about to heat up. ...
Read moreTop Headline – Stockton, CA Explores Universal Basic Income
VIDEO - Even though Stockton emerged from bankruptcy a scant few years ago, the overpaid public servants have decreed it’s time to explore providing...
Read moreStockton, California, to Begin “Basic Income” Welfare Program in 2019
In 2019, Stockton, California, will become the first American city to implement a “universal basic income” program. ...
Read more“Wage Gap” Between Men and Women Caused by Their Work Choices, Not Sexism
A new Harvard study finds that the wage gap between men and women can be entirely explained by their differing work decisions, not...
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