Michael Busler

House Israel Aid Equipped With a Funding Source

The House of Representatives recently passed a bill to provide $14.3 billion in federal aid to Israel. Usually spending bills…

2 years ago

The Fed’s Shockingly Irresponsible Interest Rate Pause

For the second consecutive meeting, the Federal Reserve has decided to hold interest rates constant. Just as it did in…

2 years ago

UAW Deal Cements Wage-Price Spiral

As noted in a prior column, the country has started to experience the beginning of the dreaded wage-price spiral. This one,…

2 years ago

Biden & Powell Are Vying to Become Carter & Burns

In the 1970s, inflation was increasing, federal government budget deficits were escalating, energy prices were rising, interest rates were spiking,…

2 years ago

Latest CPI Proves Inflation Fight Must March On

The September consumer price index (CPI) number indicated that the annual inflation rate was 3.7%. This is the same annual…

2 years ago

The Dreaded Wage-Price Spiral Has Already Begun

Perhaps the biggest fear about allowing inflation to linger, which the Federal Reserve has done by pausing interest rate hikes,…

2 years ago

Trump’s Fraud Conviction Is Bogus

Last week, a New York judge allowed a summary judgment effectively saying that Donald Trump, his family, and his organization…

2 years ago

Fed’s Rate Pause Contributes to Harmful Inflation Psychology

Once again, the Fed has eased up on its restrictive monetary policy too soon. Late last year the Fed stopped…

2 years ago

The UAW’s Ridiculous Demands

The United Auto Workers have begun to strike all three of the major domestic automobile producers. They are seeking a…

2 years ago

Coming: higher inflation, higher interest rates, labor strikes, wage/price spiral

On Wednesday, the Consumer Price Index for August will be released. It will show a significant increase in inflation, perhaps…

3 years ago

Latest data points to September interest rate hike

The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee will meet again later this month. The popular belief is that the Fed will…

3 years ago

Nikki Haley Is Right About Raising Retirement Age to 70

Recently, candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination Nikki Haley suggested that the retirement age be raised. Currently, an individual must…

3 years ago

Ramaswamy’s income tax plan should be tweaked to this

Vivek Ramaswamy, the candidate running for the Presidential nomination from the Republican Party, has suggested switching the current progressive federal…

3 years ago

No Joe, Bidenomics Is Not Working

This past week as he marked the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act, President Biden said that his economic…

3 years ago

Washington woefully misunderstands healthcare economics

It appears that some in Washington just don’t understand the basic economics of the healthcare industry. Government meddling in markets…

3 years ago