Brad Polumbo

Here’s the List of the Top 20 States Getting ‘COVID’ Bailout Money (And Why It Raises a Giant Red Flag)

President Biden is taking a victory lap after signing his $1.9 trillion ‘COVID’ spending bill. “Help is here,” he wrote…

6 years ago

Pat Toomey and Glenn Loury Refute Anti-Capitalist Narrative at Senate Hearing on ‘Racial Wealth Gap’

On Thursday, dueling visions of capitalism and finance clashed in a Senate Banking Committee hearing focused on the racial wealth…

6 years ago

PolitiFact: 90% of Biden’s American Rescue Plan Not Directly Related to COVID-19

President Biden’s $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan'' could soon become law.  The budget-busting legislation, sold as emergency COVID response and…

6 years ago

Democrats Just Snuck a $1 Billion Tax Hike on Workers Into Their COVID Bill

When the economy is struggling to recover from a pandemic and crushing government lockdowns, that’s probably the worst time to…

6 years ago

Ilhan Omar’s ‘Wall Street Tax’ Meets GOP Opposition

With renewed progressive scrutiny of the financial sector after the GameStop saga, House Republicans just introduced legislation to protect against…

6 years ago

California City Bans New Gas Stations in Latest Climate Change Effort

As the debate over climate policy continues to heat up, one California city just took an unprecedented step: Banning all…

6 years ago

What Ayanna Pressley Doesn’t Understand About Poverty

Elected in 2018, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley has made a name for herself as one of Congress’s most progressive voices, alongside…

6 years ago

What Is Bitcoin and What Makes it Special? An Economist Explains

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are all the rage right now. Of course, the rise of non-government, decentralized, encrypted electronic currencies…

6 years ago

Dolly Parton’s Squarespace Super Bowl Ad is Really About the American Dream

Everybody loves Dolly Parton. It’s not hard to see why: The country music star is a philanthropic giant with decades of…

6 years ago

Wharton Study Warns Biden’s Expensive ‘Stimulus’ Plan Will Hurt Economy in the Long Term

President Biden is hitting the road and traveling across the country to pitch his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus and relief…

6 years ago

Economists Warn We Can’t Keep Ignoring the National Debt Forever

With COVID-19 ravaging the country and government pandemic lockdowns devastating our economy, the national debt has understandably slipped to the…

6 years ago

Biden ‘COVID’ Stimulus Legislation Contains $300 Billion in Unrelated Spending

President Biden has not backed down from his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending proposal, and House Democrats are pushing full steam…

6 years ago

Economists Slam Biden Stimulus as ‘Economically Unjustified’ Plan That ‘Incentivizes Unemployment’

President Biden has abandoned bipartisan compromise and pushed full-steam-ahead to pass his entire sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 spending package. The…

6 years ago

How Julia Salazar’s ‘Wall Street Tax’ Could Push the NYSE to Relocate

State lawmakers in Albany, New York are considering imposing a tax on financial transactions. If they go through with it,…

6 years ago

Texas Governor Greg Abbott Warns $15 Minimum Wage Would Crush His State’s Economy

Negotiations continue in Washington as top Democrats push for the passage of a federal $15 minimum wage that would apply…

6 years ago