Public-Private Partnerships the Key to Trump’s Infrastructure Plan
On the surface, the White House’s plan to rebuild America’s failing infrastructure looks like magic, and it relies heavily on the concept of...
Economics
Alabama Bill Would Encourage Use of Gold and Silver in Trade
Legislation making its way through the Alabama legislature would exempt gold and silver from state taxes, thereby facilitating the use of precious metals...
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ExxonMobil Announces $35 Billion in New Investments in U.S. Thanks to Tax Reform
Tax reform and deregulation have unleashed an economic tsunami whose impact is impossible to estimate, such as that happening at ExxonMobil. ...
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High-end Gun Maker Quits California, Announces Move to Wyoming
A company move by Weatherby, a tiny but prestigious gun maker, sends a big message: People and businesses tend to move where they...
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Trump Launches First Salvo in Trade War
By putting "America First" through instigating a trade war, Trump is putting American consumers last. ...
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Craziest Idea of 2017: Let Students Pay Down Their College Loans by Delaying Their Social Security Benefits
What a world! Broken promises traded for other broken promises, and offered with a straight face! ...
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Mileage Tax Could Drive More Middle-class Residents From California
A proposal to charge California drivers for every mile they drive threatens to bring an end to a way of life in the...
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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...
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Why Should Tips Be Business of U.S. Government?
Who should decide tip policy — the government or the free market? ...
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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? ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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." ...
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