November’s Federal Deficit 11 Percent Ahead of Last Year’s
As U.S. spending far outstrips its collection of revenue, it is once again apparent that Ayn Rand was right: Ignoring reality has its consequences. ...
Economics
Why Should Tips Be Business of U.S. Government?
Who should decide tip policy — the government or the free market? ...
NFL Players’ Protests Focusing Attention on League’s Tax Breaks
It's long past time to have this conversation: Why should taxpayers be subsidizing the league and its owners? ...
In Asia, Trump Slams “Trade” Deals that “Surrender Sovereignty”
On his Asia trip, President Donald Trump slammed the globalist vision of multilateral “free trade” regimes such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership that, he said, subvert national sovereignty, freedom, and self-government. ...
Who Owns the U.S. Debt?
Once again, the federal government is spending more money that it raises and is placing the people of the United States in danger of permanent indebtedness. ...
Trump Fed Pick Expected to be More of the Same
Sadly, it appears that President Trump has bought into the idea that the Federal Reserve can create real prosperity by artificially keeping interest rates low. ...
DHS Secretary Approves Waiver of Jones Act, Easing Hurricane Aid Shipments to Puerto Rico
Acting DHS Secretary Elaine Duke approved a waiver of the Jones Act, which will allow the shipment of emergency relief supplies to Puerto Rico on foreign ships. ...
Yellen Supposedly Perplexed by “Low Inflation”
Fed Chairman Janet Yellen claims she cannot understand why inflation remains so low. Perhaps she should first properly define "inflation." ...
New York Fed: Economy Will Benefit From Harvey and Irma
The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, William Dudley, said on Friday that, on net, the destruction wrought by the hurricanes Harvery and Irma will be positive for...
Price-gouging Laws Guarantee Shortages in Miami
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi's efforts to prevent alleged "price gouging" in the wake of Hurricane Irma will only lead to shortages and more people going without necessities. ...
Hurricane Harvey Triggers Price-gouging Law — in Oklahoma
Even many conservatives believe free enterprise should be cast aside during a natural disaster, trusting instead the benevolent hand of government to cure this supposed "imperfection" in liberty. ...
Microchips in the Hand to Conduct Commerce: An Invitation to Totalitarianism?
A Wisconsin company has unveiled technology to conduct transactions with a microchip imbedded under the skin in a person's hand. ...
Electric Cars: Let the Free Market Decide
It is clear that few government leaders really believe in the power of the free market, as evidenced by the mandates and subsidies to push for electric cars to displace gasoline-driven...
IMF Boss Threatens to Ditch U.S. for Communist China, Again
The chief of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, again threatened that the controversial globalist institution she runs could move its headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Beijing. It is the second...
Robots May Take 2/3 of Las Vegas Service Jobs
Two college professors from the University of Redlands, California, predict that over the next two decades 65 percent of the jobs in Las Vegas will be done by robots. ...