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Fraud Grips $112.8 Billion U.S. Food Stamp Program, $61.5 Million in Stolen Benefits Replaced
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Judicial Watch Fraud in the government’s food stamp program is so pervasive that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the agency that administers it, launched a special system to facilitate the replacement of the welfare benefit when recipients claim it stolen. In the two years since the Biden administration created the program, the government […]
EXCLUSIVE: Heritage Launches Personal Inflation Calculator Any American Can Use After Debate Night
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Heritage Foundation launched an inflation calculator Monday to help Americans calculate how much prices have risen on their personal expenses, the Daily Caller learned first. “Myinflation.com,” created by the Heritage Foundation, first asks Americans to pick which subregion of the country they live in before entering their monthly expenses, according […]
38% Rise in Home Prices Leaves Families Stranded in Place
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council The average price of a single-family home has risen nearly 38% since President Joe Biden took office, according to the S&P Case-Shiller home price index. The sudden spike, along with rising interest rates, has acted as a giant emergency brake on homebuying, leaving many families stranded in places they did not expect to be […]
Let’s Talk Decolonization
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Bruce Bialosky Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes The new cool kids are all into it. They banter the term around all the time. It is either “decolonization” or “postcolonization.” They like to tell us it concerns their favored terrorist group—Hamas—even though the last colonists there were the Brits. With everyone talking about it, I […]
‘A New Way Forward’? Harris Campaign [Finally] Announces 2024 Policies
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Environment, Healthcare, National Security, Politics, Regulation, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council One day ahead of her debate with former President Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris has unveiled a policy agenda that could compel Christian businesses to participate in abortion and LGBT events that violate biblical morality, sign a national abortion expansion bill, pack the Supreme Court, give amnesty to the entire […]
U.S. Treasuries No Longer a Safe Haven
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig Eyermann Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Editors’ Note: We have on several occasions expressed similar fears that due to the excessive issuance of Treasuries, the price will tend to fall, causing interest rates to rise more than would otherwise be the case, even while normal experience would be for interest rates to decline […]
Reports Warn Exponential Immigration Reshaping U.S. Labor Force
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council Unprecedented levels of immigration are reshaping the foundation of the U.S. economy, the American labor force, according to a recent analysis. Writing for The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, economics reporter Paul Kiernan stated, “Immigrants are swelling the population and changing the makeup of the U.S. labor force in ways that are […]
There Is More Than A Hint Of Yellow In The Leaves
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes One problem with writing an economic and market commentary is that it is a lot like writing a movie review after seeing only the first few scenes. There is more of the story to come, with complex twists and turns in the plot, but the reviewer must […]
The Economy: There Is More Than A Hint Of Yellow In The Leaves
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes One problem with writing an economic and market commentary is that it is a lot like writing a movie review after seeing only the first few scenes. There is more of the story to come, with complex twists and turns in the plot, but the reviewer must […]
‘Kamala Harris Is Running a Giveaway Campaign’: Economist
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council As presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Kamala Harris approach their first debate on Tuesday, their campaigns have unveiled economic policies that seem in some ways diametrically opposed — and only one could stimulate “robust economic growth,” a leading economist has warned. Harris has proposed imposing price controls on food, undoing the […]
The Global Scam Network: A Deep Dive into International Fraud
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, National Security /by DrRichSwier.comBy Amil Imani In the age of digital globalization, scams have become a widespread problem, often orchestrated from across the globe. While scam stories are far from new, the evolving nature of fraud, the countries from which they originate, and the staggering financial losses for the United States require fresh analysis. Key Scam Originating Countries […]
JOBS REPORT SHOCK: Native-born American Workers LOST 1.3 Million Jobs in August. Foreign-Born GAINED 630k.
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Immigration, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Employment among foreign-born workers has increased 4.4 million since pre-pandemic (and is back on trend) while jobs among native-born Americans have fallen 833k over that same time – Americans left in the dustbin… Who would vote for this catastrophic regime? Illegals. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR The Employment […]
Violent Crime Creating ‘Dystopian Hell’ Despite Biden’s Claim America Is Safer
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller President Joe Biden’s policies have not contributed to a decrease in violent crime, multiple sources told the Daily Caller, despite the Biden-Harris administration seizing on a recent report that seemed to show major cities were safer in 2024. One liberal-run city is a “dystopian hell,” remarked a police union representative to […]
Kamala Harris the Marxist Chameleon Walking in Venezuela’s Footsteps
/in Budget and Finance, Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Geoff Ross Kamala Harris is a Marxist puppet of George Soros and the corrupt deep state. She is a fake American intent on destroying our free market capitalist republic. Her long term objective is to continue former Communist President Barack Hussein Obama’s “Hope and Change” unconstitutional transformation of our country into a Marxist state […]
Kamala Harris’s Housing Plan Would Be Worse Than Doing Nothing
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Edward Pinto On August 16, presidential candidate Kamala Harris unveiled a series of housing proposals that recycle the same failed strategies that have plagued federal housing policy for decades. Among the key components are subsidies for the construction of 3 million new housing units over four years, as well as a total of $100 billion over […]
‘She Is Linked’: Ex-CNN Analyst Says Kamala Harris Has No Choice But To ‘Own’ Biden’s Unpopular Policies
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Immigration, Labor & Unions, National Security, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Former CNN political analyst Chris Cillizza on Tuesday said Vice President Kamala Harris must “own” President Joe Biden’s unpopular policies, as she is part of his administration. Biden’s approval rating is 42.3% as of Tuesday, down roughly 10% since he took office in January 2021, according to FiveThirtyEight. Cillizza, on “Morning in America,” […]
Trump & Musk Will Restore Fiscal Responsibility To Our Republic
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Geoff Ross President Trump and Elon Musk will do, what the do nothing Republican’s have never done – audit and dismantle all the wasteful federal government spending and departments. WATCH: TRUMP: “At the suggestion of Elon Musk.. I will create a Government Efficiency Commission’ The Republican and Democrat Uni-Party pigs have been sucking on […]
Washington think tank says Ukraine’s biometric digital ID a ‘model of success’ for other nations to replicate
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Leo Hohmann The government of Ukraine is leveraging the country’s war-time footing to fully digitize its citizenry with biometric digital IDs capable of tracking and controlling a large portion of human activity. And, according to a prominent American think tank, Ukraine’s digital ID app, called Diia (pronounced Diya), is increasingly viewed as a model […]
‘Time To Make A Statement’: Black Voter From Swing State Explains Why He’s Voting For Trump
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller A black voter from Philadelphia said that he would vote for former President Donald Trump in a Monday morning segment on NewsNation, asserting that people were “not doing good” under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Since Biden and Harris took office in January 2021, prices have increased by around 20%, […]
Looming ‘Clean’ Energy Disasters Off Our Coasts
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Paul Driessen Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Photos of oil-covered seals and birds from California’s 1969 Santa Barbara blowout helped launch the environmental and stop-oil movements. Some 90,000 barrels polluted ocean waters and yet, when I was scuba diving beneath it two decades later, the same production platform support structure once again hosted a magnificent ecosystem […]
The Democrats’ War on Reality: Spending Bills Reveal a Twisted Vision for the Future
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council It’s almost September, and that can only mean one thing: Congress is returning to Washington, and Americans should hold on to their wallets. Several things could combine to make this fall a budget-buster: The fiscal year end means that $6 trillion worth of federal budgeting must be renewed by September 30th; […]
Spiking Interest Payments on the Ballooning US Government Debt v. Tax Receipts, GDP, and Inflation: Q2 Update
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wolf Richter Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Burden of the national debt: The portion of tax receipts swallowed by interest payments. The long-term fiscal mess the US has been wallowing in for many years – the mind-boggling deficits even during a strong economy that turned into the incredibly ballooning debt, encouraged and enabled by […]
Are Greedy Corporations Really to Blame for Higher Prices?
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Scott Semet Certain politicians have recently stated that Americans are paying more for what they buy because greedy corporations are hiking prices to fatten profits at their expense. Is this so? Legislation that governs the securities industry requires companies to disclose financial statements to ensure honesty and fair play. These financial statements should tell […]
Tim Walz’s Lies: The Top 7
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council CNN thinks it understands what sets Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz apart from the average politician: honesty. “[W]hat Walz has — and it’s rare in politics these days — is that he’s totally comfortable in his own skin. He knows who he is. He’s authentic. And he doesn’t try to be someone […]
Food Profit Margins Shrink, But Harris Blames Them for Rising Grocery Bills
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Joel Griffith Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Rising grocery costs continue to put the squeeze on families. Overall, the cost of a trip to fill the pantry rose nearly 22 percent since the beginning of 2021. Many specific staples rose far more — eggs are up 110 percent, flour up 29 percent, orange juice up 82 percent. A family of […]
Blue State Colorado Experiencing the Consequences of its Communist Legislature
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Geoff Ross Greetings Colorado legislators, My name is Karina and I am originally from Venezuela now happily married to my brave and honorable retired military husband here in the free state of Florida. In Venezuela one of my close family members was viciously shot in the head by the same Communist Chavismo gang called […]
Over 9 Deaths Linked to Deadly Boar’s Head Deli Meat — Company Prioritized Hiring Refugees Over Sanitation & HAACP Training
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report “Boar’s Head is part of the Tent Coalition for Refugees in the U.S., exploring hiring, training, and mentoring opportunities for refugees” “Inspectors turned up dozens of violations at a Boar’s Head plant in Virginia now linked to a nationwide recall of deli meats” The is a result of uncleanliness and problems. […]
Exposing the transgender money machine
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Healthcare, Politics, Religion /by DrRichSwier.comBy MercatorNet – A Compass for Common Sense Transgender advocacy is welded into Kamala Harris’s campaign for US President. Her choice of Tim Walz was interpreted as a strong signal to the LGBTQI+ movement, partly because he made Minnesota a “refuge” for trans people. The participants in a Zoom call convoked by Trans Folks for Harris recently were […]
American Peronism: Kamala’s Plan to Ruin America’s Economy
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Daniel Lacalle Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Price controls, higher taxes, government intervention, and subsidies are paid for by printing a constantly devalued currency. These are the essential pillars of “21st century socialism” and the radical left Peronism that obliterated Argentina. These are also the main elements of the economic plan presented by Kamala Harris and […]
The Climate Scare and Complete Policy Collapse
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes We are in the camp that argues climate is always changing, and that attempts to change the environment by government edict will fail, and that those bad policies will have major negative consequences elsewhere. The science is not settled and it is not clear that C02 emissions […]