GM Bailout Cost Taxpayers Far More Than Just $11 Billion
The GM bailout debacle cost taxpayers far more than $11 billion, as was reported by the Detroit Free Press. ...
Economic Commentary
How Much Is $1 Trillion — Besides Half the Federal Regulatory Cost?
Wayne Crews, author of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s annual report on the federal regulatory burden, has a problem: No one can imagine a...
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Taxes: Are the Poor Paying Their “Fair Share”?
Contrary to the claim that “the rich” aren’t paying their “fair share” of taxes, the IRS says that about half of Americans —...
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Bill Would Label Bitcoin “Currency” Rather Than “Property”
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) has proposed bill to ensure that virtual currencies are treated as currency for tax purposes, which would reverse the...
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2008 Fed Transcripts Show Experts Clueless, Confused
The recently released transcripts of 14 Fed meetings of 2008 show Fed officials were clueless and unaware of the imminent recession. ...
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British Think Tank Predicts Financial Catastrophe for United States
Another wake-up call on America's fiscal problems, this time from a British think tank. ...
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Trader Joe’s Need Not Apply: Would Attract Too Many Whites
When the oppressed keep out the non-oppressed and keep their neighborhood depressed, who are the real oppressors? ...
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Mike Rowe Touches the “Third Rail” of Retailing: Walmart
The Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe gave his Facebook fans a lesson in free market economics when he "touched the third...
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Ben Bernanke Joins Globalist Think Tank
The ex-chairman of the Federal Reserve is the newest fellow at the Brookings Institution, one of the most influential “progressive” think tanks promoting...
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Congressional Budget Office Report Ignores Critical Factors
The Congressional Budget Office left out two critical elements in its announcement that deficits now appear to be under control: birth rates and...
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Amtrak: Railroading the Taxpayers
Today is our lucky day, the day each year my wife and I get to be on the receiving end of multiple doses...
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Orrin Hatch Pushes for Passage of Trans-Pacific Partnership
In an op-ed, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) praises the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Hatch, a consistent supporter of all things globalist, argues that when...
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The Folly of Embracing China as a Financial Angel
U.S. governors, cities, counties, and companies look to China as a financial angel, but there are many devils in the details. ...
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Fed Nominee Yellen, a Staunch Inflationist and Establishmentarian
If the U.S. Senate confirms Obama Fed nominee Janet Yellen, she will use her power to ensure the continued ascendancy of the “money...
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Scary Default Scenarios Based on Faulty Treasury Department Release
A poorly researched and documented report by the U.S. Treasury on the hazards of a default was picked up uncritically by members of...
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