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Trending Commentary
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…
Read More » 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…
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In The News
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…
Read More » 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…
Read More »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…
Read More »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…
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Opinion
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…
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Opinion
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…
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Opinion
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…
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Opinion
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…
Read More » 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…
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White House Watch
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…
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Opinion
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…
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Money & The Economy
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,…
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Money & The Economy
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…
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