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Biden Wants Higher Taxes And More Spending. We Have A Better Idea
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Having resolved the latest federal debt ceiling “crisis,” Congress now turns its attention to the federal budget for fiscal year 2024. True to form, President Biden proposes to increase federal taxes and spending by $4.7 trillion and $1.8 trillion, respectively, over the coming decade. He attempts to sell this policy by […]
American Economic Renewal: Demand-Side Foundations of Supply-Side Prosperity
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Alexander William Salter The American economy is far weaker than it should be. Unemployment is low, but this overstates our economic strength given troubling long-term trends in labor force participation. Inflation is still more than twice as high as the Federal Reserve’s target. Real output growth is anemic. We have lots of workers, plenty […]
No Company Is Perfect, So Where Do Christians Draw the Line?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council As businesses like Target sell apparel for children with Satanist ties and Bud Light advocates transgenderism, believers naturally start to wonder: “Is it wrong for Christians to shop at stores run by sinners?” This question was posed on a recent episode of the Outstanding Podcast with host Joseph Backholm and guests Jared Bridges and […]
Job Board Hosting Only ‘Non-Woke Employers’ Gains Popularity
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Labor & Unions, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Thanks to this viral video….hiring based on merit not left-wing discriminatory polices. Watch: Job board hosting only ‘non-woke employers’ gains popularity with viral video By: Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, June 09, 2023: A job board established after the pandemic is offering job hunters and employers a new niche market. RedBalloon promises […]
Here’s How ESG Affects You, The Average American
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The trend of Environmental, Social and, Governance (ESG) investing has recently come under the microscope. When retirees and pensioners see lower returns on investments, they are not keen on prioritizing woke politics over sound financial returns — assuming they ever had a meaningful chance to weigh in. Much of the discussion involving this […]
Disney Family Sues Company For Creative Control: ‘They’ve Lost Their Way’
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report “In general, the whole family is very conservative and they keep to themselves…They have always been extremely private. Good luck to them. I suspect they have no real idea of the evil they are up against.” —Jim Korkis, author and Disney family historian. Disney Family Sues Company For Creative Control: “They’ve […]
Republican Study Committee Moves To Revamp Long-Standing Welfare Programs
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Republican Study Committee’s Fiscal Year 2024 budget will propose amending key welfare programs, including several that provide cash directly to recipients. The budget, excerpts of which were obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller ahead of its Wednesday release, directs all federal welfare programs to include work requirements and limits cash […]
Here Come The Bulls
/in Economy, Featured, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Years ago, a colleague in money management displayed a book in his office that he authored called “Everything I Know About the Stock Market.” As I recall, it was a hefty book, attractively bound with a feel of quality. However, after opening up the tome, every page was blank. For financial types, […]
Best of Twitter: Carbon Dioxide and the Climate Hoax
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy The Editors Editors’ Note: Dr. Patrick Moore, one of the original environmentalists and a founder of Greenpeace, talks about the theory of global warming and the role of science. We wonder if this “existential crisis” was brought to you by the same people that claimed WMD in Iraq, Russian collusion, that Covid vaccines work, […]
Audit Reveals ‘Improper Payments’ From Feds Ballooned To Over Half A Trillion Dollars Under Biden
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Biden administration wasted over half a trillion dollars in its first two years due to “improper payments,” according to an audit of federal data conducted by Open The Books. Data collected by the Office of Management and Budget revealed that at least $528 billion was improperly paid by the federal […]
The End of Easy Money: Bankruptcy Filings Pile Up at Fastest Rate since 2010
/in Economy, Featured, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wolf Richter A cleansing process, long overdue, to whittle down the corporate debt overhang and clear out deadwood, at the expense of investors. It’s turning into a banner year for corporate bankruptcy filings, after years of Easy Money that caused all kinds of excesses, fueled by yield-chasing investors, in an environment where the Fed […]
The WHO Takes Next Step Toward One World Government
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy MERCOLA Take Control of Your Health WHO Launches Digital Health Partnership With Europe Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY AT-A-GLANCE June 5, 2023, the World Health Organization and the European Commission announced the launch of a digital health initiative in which the WHO will establish a global COVID-19 vaccination certification system based on the […]
New CDC Director Is Another Lockdowner
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jeffrey Tucker In the old Soviet Union, citizens were not required to be a member of the Communist Party. But if you were not, you could never expect to rise far professionally or socially. You would never be the head of a department in the university, a factory manager, much less the General Secretary. […]
Bud Light Denies It’s Sponsoring An ‘All Ages’ Drag Queen Party — There’s Just One Problem
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller A spokesperson for Bud Light parent company Anheuser-Busch denied it is currently sponsoring an all-ages gay pride event, despite the event’s marketing materials having listed the company as a sponsor. The all-ages drag queen after-party for Pride in the Pines, an event put on by the LGBT organization Flagstaff Pride, listed Bud Light […]
Nike Pokes the Bear by Collaborating with Child Sex Change Doc
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Healthcare, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council While the rest of corporate America runs for the hills on over-the-top Pride messaging, a handful of holdouts seem determined to run their brands into the ground. Nike, who felt Americans’ wrath for hiring Dylan Mulvaney to sell sports bras, is going for broke with its latest stunt: a special Pride event featuring […]
NASA Warns of ‘Internet Apocalypse’ That Leaves People Offline for Months, Blaming ‘Right Wing Extremism’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report They expect it to happen a few months before next year’s Presidential election….. Their motives are evil and their objective clear, to shut down voices of freedom (like Geller Report and like sites) and social media channels like Twitter that have replaced state run media (legacy media). They are planning to blame their […]
‘Expensive, Scarce, and Government-Controlled’: Experts Point to Consequences of ESG during House Hearing
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council On Tuesday, the House Oversight Committee held a hearing delving into the phenomenon of “environmental, social, corporate governance” (ESG) investing taking place among America’s leading financial institutions. Experts and lawmakers warned that the failure of investors to inform their clients about ESG investments is leading to opaque practices and economic loss. One of […]
Owner of Two of San Francisco’s Largest Hotels Halt Mortgage Payments, Abandons City Due to Crime
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The Democrats have destroyed this once jewel of a city. And the chief villain in the California debacle, Governor Gavin Newsom, is the Democrat party’s golden boy with the White House in their sights. Owner of Two of San Francisco’s Largest Hotels Pulling Out of City: ‘Path to Recovery Remains Clouded’ […]
Title 42 Was Never Going To Fix Illegal Immigration
/in Economy, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy John Daniel Davidson Only an actual border can stop illegal immigration — preferably a border with a really high wall. Whatever your view of immigration, there can be no doubt that the Biden administration’s border policies have been an abject failure. This is especially true of Title 42, the pandemic-era public health order that […]
A Debt Ceiling Saga: Americans Devour Their Marshmallows
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig J. Cantoni The debt ceiling agreement brings to mind the famous Stanford marshmallow experiment in deferred gratification. In 1972, an experiment in deferred gratification was conducted at Stanford Univ. Children were given the choice of eating one marshmallow immediately or waiting a period of time for two marshmallows. When the test subjects were […]
Facebook’s ESG Agenda Went Down to Georgia and Trashed a Trophy Fishing Lake
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ken Braun Meta, the parent firm of Facebook, was in the media promoting its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) virtues in December 2021. That preening didn’t end well for the company this month after a decision was handed down in a lawsuit dealing with the destruction of a trophy fishing lake in Lumpkin, Georgia. “We thank […]
The Anti-Christ King & The ‘Mammon Centric System’
/in Commentary, Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy P. Brooks “5. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have […]
Housing Finance Watch: Purchase Rate Lock Volume Was Down 42% From 2019 While Rates Were Stable
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Edward Pinto June 6, 2023/in Economy, Elections, Hot Topics, News, Policy, Politics, Regulation, Social Issues, Taxes/by Edward Pinto Housing Finance Watch(Week 22, 2023) By Edward J. Pinto | Tobias Peter | Sissi Li Key takeaways: Median rates stayed at 6 5/8% while daily 30-year rates retreated from their recent peak of 7.14% to 6.89% on June 5th, according to […]
That was Fast: Mortgage Rates Re-Spike to 7%
/in Economy, Featured, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wolf Richter It Sinks in that the Fed Won’t Cut Rates “Anytime Soon,” Mortgage Applications Plunge to 1995 Levels. Even Investors Pull Out. Spring selling season was a dud. But what comes next may be worse, that’s what mortgage applications and investors tell us. The 7% mortgages are back. The average interest rate on 30-year fixed-rate […]
Biden Interior Department Cuts Off Navajo Nation From Oil And Gas Development
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Tristan Justice In May, the Navajo Nation rejected the Biden administration’s plan to withdraw 351,000 acres from consideration for oil and gas leases. President Joe Biden’s Department of the Interior took another step this week to lock up 30 percent of the nation’s land and waterways by 2030. On Friday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland […]
Woke Brands Back Off Pride Month as American Fury Grows
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy Family Research Council For most CEOs, Pride Month couldn’t have come at a more inopportune time. As companies like Target, Bud Light, and others desperately try to control the flames burning down their brands, this annual test of LGBT loyalty is putting most businesses in a position they’d rather not be in: outraging an already agitated […]
Climate Czar Kerry: Emissions From Agriculture Must be “Front and Center”
/in Economy, Environment, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Bonner Cohen Farmers and ranchers who assume that their main job is to produce food to feed hungry people stand corrected. John Kerry, the Biden administration’s special envoy on climate, wants to enlist them in the global struggle to combat the “climate crisis.” “A lot of people have no clue that agriculture contributes about […]
Debunking Another Misleading Green Energy Study
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jack Spencer A popular talking point among green energy evangelists is that gas, oil, and coal are, in large part, successful because they are highly subsidized. Wind and solar, so the argument goes, would win in a fair fight, but, alas, the playing field is far from fair. But the supposed data they are […]
‘Mocking Women’: Glamour Magazine Blasted For ‘Pregnant Male’ Cover Model
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Science /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The popular fashion magazine Glamour UK is featuring a pregnant woman who identifies as male as a front cover model for its June 2023 edition. “I’m a pregnant trans man and I do exist. No matter what anyone says, I am literally living proof,” the model, Logan Brown, said in an interview with […]
Here Are The 17 GOP Senators Who Voted For Unlimited Spending
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The U.S. Senate passed legislation late Thursday night to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, and the bill is now headed to President Joe Biden’s desk. The legislation passed with 17 Republicans joining 46 Democrats to suspend the debt ceiling until Jan. 2025. Five Democrats broke with their party. Ahead of the June […]