Money & The Economy
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What Should You Do If You Don’t Have a Credit Score?
Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/bank-blur-business-buy-259200/ When purchasing using credit, your credit score dictates a big part of how you can spend your money.…
Read More »Lumber Prices Reach Record Heights Causing Home Prices To Surge
The price of lumber has skyrocketed to a record high and four times its usual price at this time of…
Read More »Warren Buffett Issues Grave Inflation Warning At Berkshire Hathaway Shareholder Meeting
Given the federal government’s unprecedented spending spree and money-printing splurge over the last year, many critics have warned that such…
Read More »Amazon Just Announced a (Voluntary) Pay Raise for 500,000 Employees. Here’s Why
If you listen to folks like Senator Bernie Sanders too much, you’d think that the only time businesses raise wages…
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The US Government’s Debt-to-GDP Ratio Is Worse Than Greece’s Before the 2008 Crash (And It’s About to Get Worse)
President Biden on Wednesday pitched a new plan to Americans before a joint session of Congress: more spending. The just-released…
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Biden’s Labor Secretary Just Threatened Independent Contractors
With the rise of the digital gig economy, millions of Americans have found flexible and lucrative work through independent contractor…
Read More » A May Day Lesson: The Real Reason Wages Rise
The communist leaders of the thankfully extinct Soviet Empire loved May Day. The first day of the fifth month featured…
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Alarm bells ring on fiscal changes
The ranks of fiscal conservatives may be dwindling, but the reasons to be alarmed at trends in government expenditure, taxation,…
Read More » Chipotle Menu Prices, Cost of Burritos Could Soar Under $15 Minimum Wage
Progressive politicians and activists continue to clamor for a doubling of the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. Critics…
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GDP Growth Rate Shows Biden’s Spending Plans Will Overstimulate the Economy
The Commerce Department just released their estimate for economic growth in the first quarter of this year. GDP increased by…
Read More » Why Your Grocery Bills Are Going Up (And Are Only Expected to Get Bigger)
Americans spent a lot of money on groceries over the past year—and it isn’t just because they were eating more…
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‘Disastrous Impact’: Small Business Advocates Criticize Biden’s First 100 Days
Small business advocates criticized President Joe Biden’s “disastrous” economic policies through his administration’s first 100 days. “The first 100 days…
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Biden’s tax increases will reduce capital formation and lead to stagflation
President Biden has proposed that the capital gains tax rate be raised from the current maximum of 23.8% to over…
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House Problem Solvers Caucus Proposes Regressive Gas Tike Hike
In today’s hyper-partisan political environment, our elected officials can hardly agree on anything. The one consistent exception? Lawmakers always seem…
Read More » Labor Board Will Hold Hearing Over Whether Amazon Interfered With Union Election
The National Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing next month to investigate challenges levied by the union that attempted…
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