Money & The Economy
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My Friend is 65; shouldn’t she be exempt from Medicare payroll taxes?
Dear Rusty: My girlfriend is 65 and she just enrolled in Medicare. She is still working full time as a nurse,…
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Goldman Sachs Reportedly Plans To Axe DEI Criteria For Board Members
Goldman Sachs is planning to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) criteria for its board of directors when identifying prospective…
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Blue City’s Plan To Pay DoorDashers More Runs Into Basic Law Of Economics
A Seattle City ordinance helped to increase the wages of app-based gig workers for the first few months it went…
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How Foreign Investors Profit From US Lawsuits And Drive Up Consumer Prices
Americans are desperate for relief from rising prices. The November 2025 elections made that clear, as “affordability” dominated every focus…
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CBO’s Latest Report Sounds Alarm On Debt And Growth
The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO’s) recently issued report, The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2026 to 2036, offers a sobering look…
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In Another Win For Consumers, Trump Ending Biden’s War On Bulk Pricing
The one remarkably consistent concern on the minds of American consumers can be summed up in one word: prices. It…
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U.S. Inflation Cools, Exceeding Economists’ Expectations
Inflation cooled to its lowest level in several months to begin the year, surprising some economists, the Labor Department announced…
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New Jobs Report Shows Labor Market Changing
January’s jobs report smashed expectations and signals a turning point in the labor market where job creation catches up with broader economic…
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The Importance of Reliability in America’s Trucking Backbone
You don’t really notice the supply chain until it breaks. We assume the grocery store will have milk and the…
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Foreign Auto Giant Makes Big Change Following Trump Tariff Onslaught
Toyota announced Friday that its chief executive officer Koji Sato is stepping down from his current role and will be…
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How Trump’s New Fed Chair Pick Will Be Different From Jerome Powell, According To Economists
President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Federal Reserve could take the central bank in a direction sharply different…
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Trump Launching Massive Stockpile To Break China’s Critical Mineral Chokehold
The Trump administration is planning to create a critical mineral stockpile with $12 billion in startup capital, Bloomberg News reported…
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Am I Entitled to More Social Security as a Veteran?
Dear Rusty: I served in the U.S. Army from July 1964 to July 1967. Am I eligible for a higher Social…
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Trump Announces John Deere Factory Will Build Only Excavators Made In US
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that John Deere will invest $70 million to build a new excavator factory in North…
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This Exploding Industry Could Cause Major Disruptions To US Economy, Analysts Warn
America’s ongoing artificial intelligence (AI) boom may be on track to significantly disrupt the job market, according to analysts. The…
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