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Another Alarming IRS Scandal, Exposed
Washington politicians are currently pushing to increase funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by a whopping $80 billion. But…
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15 States Are Moving to Curb Public Health Agency Powers Following Lockdown Carnage
Mike Fratantuono grew up in a restaurant. Literally. For decades, Sunset Restaurant in Glen Burnie, Maryland, was the family business.…
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Former McDonald’s CEO Just Explained How a $15 Minimum Wage Would Blow Up in Workers’ Faces
Proponents of a federal $15 minimum wage like progressive Senator Bernie Sanders argue that it would lift millions of workers…
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Tepid Job Growth in May Could Lead to Wage Inflation
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 559,000 jobs were added in May. Considering there are about 8 million job…
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Janet Yellen’s Global Minimum Corporate Tax Has One Huge Flaw
The Biden administration secured progress toward a major political victory this weekend, with the “G-7” group of seven wealthy countries…
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Yellen Admits Inflation Is About To Surge But Says It Will Be ‘Plus For Society’s Point Of View’
Increased inflation could ultimately be a net positive for the U.S. economy and large government spending won’t overheat the economy,…
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Meet the Man Man Who Made Milton Friedman a Star
Television producer Bob Chitester passed away on May 8 after a seven-year battle with cancer. He was 83. The Wall Street…
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5 Historic Examples of Foreign Aid Efforts Gone Wrong
In his 1850 essay, “That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen,” Frédéric Bastiat explains that “in the…
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We Just Got Proof Global Inflation is Surging
Proponents of the federal government’s runaway spending and money-printing argue that the US data showing surging inflation are “transitory” outliers…
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Biden: The ‘Capitalist’ Who Isn’t
During a recent speech in Ohio, President Joe Biden told listeners, “I’m a capitalist.” Is he though? This article was…
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Oops: Study Finds Biden’s $2+ Trillion ‘Jobs Plan’ Would Actually Reduce Overall Employment
President Biden has touted his proposed $2+ trillion in “infrastructure” spending, which also includes all sorts of unrelated partisan waste,…
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Elitist Politicians Do Not care About Consumer Price Inflation
With now rampant consumer price inflation, a direct result of the coronavirus induced stimulus and bail-outs, and Federal Reserve wanton…
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MIT Data Scientist: Lockdowns Not Correlated With Fewer Deaths (But Are Correlated With More Unemployment) |
Dozens of studies show that lockdowns were an ineffective pandemic response. The list just got longer. In May, Youyang Gu,…
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Uber, Lyft Prices and Wait Times Are Surging—Here’s Why
Millions of Americans, myself included, have come to rely on ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft for convenient and affordable…
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A Union Boss Who Fought To Keep Schools Closed For Over a Year Is Now Changing Her Tune. Here’s Why.
Randi Weingarten is the president of the country’s second-largest teachers union, the American Federation of Teachers. And, over the past…
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