Michael Busler

Courts block effort to cut spending as credit rating tanks

Last week, Moody’s downgraded the debt of the US government from the perfect AAA to AA1.In 2011, Standard and Poor’s…

1 year ago

UK Deal 1st Step to Solving US Trade Imbalance

After announcing large tariffs on virtually every country about five weeks ago, intended to bring all countries to the negotiating…

1 year ago

Raising taxes on high-income earners is unfair and counterproductive

President Trump has proposed cutting taxes for all Americans. He wants the 2017 tax cuts made permanent, which resulted in…

2 years ago

Government meddling and bad economics threaten patient care

Across the country, lawmakers are rushing to reexamine the tax-exempt status of nonprofit hospitals. They claim these hospitals aren’t providing…

2 years ago

Trump’s right: “Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough.”

President Trump wants to replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell as soon as possible. Unfortunately, we are stuck with Powell until…

2 years ago

House Republicans are putting Main Street first

On April 4, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced some good economic news. The U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs…

2 years ago

Trump’s Tariff Policy Is Working Spectacularly

What a volatile week we just had. High threatened tariffs were paused, mostly because about half of the world was…

2 years ago

Trump’s policies will make the middle class wealthy

President Trump is implementing his economic agenda for the country. He wants continued low taxes, deregulation, inexpensive energy and a…

2 years ago

Trump’s policies: Short term pain, long term gain

The most recently released economic numbers don’t look good. The rate of inflation which had inched down the last two…

2 years ago

Why President Trump’s Economic Policies Will Work

For many today, President Trump’s economic policies seem chaotic. He imposes tariffs that look to be starting a trade war.…

2 years ago

Re-hired federal workers should dig holes and fill them up again

President Trump wants to dramatically reduce government spending with the goal of balancing the federal budget. When Trump entered office,…

2 years ago

From woke-ism to nationalism: Corporations are changing strategies in the Trump era

What a difference an election makes. Within days of Donald Trump securing the presidency in November 2024, America’s business, media,…

2 years ago

No worries. The ‘economic golden years’ are ahead

Add to that the threat of 25% tariffs on all goods imported from Mexico and Canada, along with another 10%…

2 years ago

Powell’s Inflation Worsens

The latest data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in January the annual inflation rate rose to…

2 years ago

Trump, Musk are trying to implement zero-based budgeting

Historically, when determining how much the federal government is spending annually, a process known as incremental budgeting has been used.…

2 years ago