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Florida Job Growth Outpaces National Rate Six-fold
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Non-stop DeSantis. Florida job growth outpaces national rate six-fold By: Caden DeLisa, The Capitolist, December 19, 2021: Florida’s job growth outpaced the national metric six-fold in November, gaining 51,000 new jobs while the nation as a whole accrued 210,000, according to a recent economic analysis. The state’s labor force increased by 6.1% […]
Left and Right: Both Mistaken on Inflation
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy E. J. Antoni With inflation hitting a 31-year high, commentators are now routinely giving their opinions on inflation. Unfortunately, most of them—on both the left and the right—are mistaken. The left initially claimed there was no inflation before switching to its oft-repeated line that inflation is transitory, meaning not long-lasting. But inflation has proved […]
Pelosi Defends Insider Trading Members Of Congress And Their Families Who Traded Over $630 Million In Stocks This Year
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report One of the best accounts on Twitter was “Nancy Pelosi’s Portfolio Tracker.’ Her holdings are profit raking from insider trading was astounding. So of course the Twitter totalitarians took the account down. The elites – the aristocracy – is at war against the average American and a large number of Americans […]
A Constitutional Cure for Covid-19
/in Economy, Email, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Marilyn M. Singleton Covid, Covid, Covid. Variant, variant, variant. Trust me, I’m the government’s highest paid employee, and “I represent science.” Show your papers, wear a mask, take a shot or lose your job. And the beat goes on for an infection where 99.95 percent of infected persons under age 70 years recover. It’s […]
ELECTION INGETRITY MAP: Understanding the Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Your State!
/in Budget and Finance, Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Email, Featured, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Royal A. Brown III The Heritage Foundation for America (HFFA) has put out some is some excellent information on Election Integrity. As we are entering 2022, and the mid-term elections, every American voter needs to understand where their state stands on election integrity. As you already know, to their SHAME the 14 RINOs listed […]
‘Freeloading’ Elon Musk to Pay Largest Federal Tax Bill in History, an Estimated $8.3 Billion
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Email, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) The Tesla founder is expected to pay the largest federal tax bill in history—but his critics say that’s not enough. Elon Musk made a bold claim on Twitter on Tuesday. The Tesla founder said he would “pay more taxes than any American in history this year.” Is the claim true? Only […]
‘Woke’ retailers who asked Congress for help amid smash-and-grabs supported left-wing police reforms
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Email, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report They supported defund the police, gave millions to BLM terrorists, and now they want us to bail them out? Nearly two dozen CEOs signed the letter asking Congress for support, including the chiefs of Target, Nordstrom and Levi Strauss By Emma Colton, FOX Business, December 15, 2021; Organized retail theft spikes over Thanksgiving […]
How Do the Feds Get Away with That?
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy George Leef The tentacles of federal power over the states, localities and private institutions have been reaching further and further. Consider, for example, a case involving a small Christian school, the College of the Ozarks. The college adheres to a strict biblical code of morality and among its requirements is that men and women […]
No Pain Free Way Out
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ken Veit The average person does not understand and could care less about Fed policy, Government budget deficits, and the National Debt. All he wants to know about “finance” is how much he earns and how much he has to spend to maintain his lifestyle. Be that as it may, these big picture items […]
Melania Trump Is Releasing Her Own Line Of NFTs [Non-Fungible Tokens]
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Former first lady Melania Trump announced Thursday that she is launching her own line of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and donating a portion of the proceeds to fund children’s programs. NFTs are unique units of data, similar to trading cards, that are stored on the blockchain, a decentralized public ledger distributed across multiple […]
U.S. Gas Prices up 55% Since December 2020
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report U.S. Gas Prices up 55% Since December 2020 – Dr. Rich Swier Copyright © 2021 DrRichSwier.com LLC. A Florida Cooperation. All rights reserved. The DrRichSwier.com is a not-for-profit news forum for intelligent Conservative commentary. Opinions expressed by writers are solely their own. Republishing of columns on this website requires the permission […]
Biden’s Bounty on Your Life: Hospitals’ Incentive Payments for COVID-19
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Save America Foundation Foreword. There is more resource links throughout plus two more at the end. Please ensure you hit them. Upon admission to a once-trusted hospital, American patients with COVID-19 become virtual prisoners, subjected to a rigid treatment protocol with roots in Ezekiel Emanuel’s (Obama puppet) “Complete Lives System” for rationing medical care in those over age […]
Ducey Eases Commercial Driver’s License Requirements
/in Economy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Elizabeth Troutman It is now easier for Arizona drivers to obtain commercial driver’s licenses under a new order from Gov. Doug Ducey. Ducey and the Arizona Department of Transportation hope to “alleviate stress” on the transportation system and address the nationwide supply chain crisis, the news release said. “We are working to make sure […]
The Scariest Inflation Chart You’ve Ever Seen
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jon Miltimore Editors’ Note: This article was written in late November and notes inflation in the US hit a 30 year high. Last week, it was reported that inflation is at a 40 year high. That didn’t take very long, did it? History teaches us something important about inflation: it can spiral out of […]
WOOSH, Shock-and-Awe Loss of Dollar Purchasing Power Hits Americans. Worst Inflation in 40 Years. Getting it Under Control Will Be a Bitch
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wolf Richter Inflation for Urban Wage Earners & Clerical Workers (CPI-W) = 7.6%. Fed is still pouring fuel on the raging fire. Most reckless Fed ever. The broadest Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) spiked by 0.8% in November from October, and by 6.8% from a year ago, the highest since June 1982, according to data released by […]
Inflation: A Catastrophe Designed by Our Leaders
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel “One of the biggest taxes is one that is not even called a tax–inflation. When the government spends money that it creates, it is transferring part of the value of your money to themselves.” Thomas Sowell “The cure for inflation is simple to state but hard to implement. Just as an excessive […]
Hypocrisy, Not Climate Concern, Dominated COP-26
/in Economy, Environment, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy H. Sterling Burnett Global elites regularly decry the supposedly “existential” threat purported human-caused climate change poses to the environment, civilization, and even human survival. These elites propose policies intended to avert global climate disaster, almost all of them involving ending the use of fossil fuels and fundamentally changing how people live, forcing us to […]
$850 free money monthly for black women in Georgia!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Save America Foundation Georgia is starting a pilot program to give – with no strings attached – $850 cash a month from state tax payers ( you know – the ones of all ethnicities that work and those that employ others ) to 650 black women! Not any poor citizens but only black women. ( I […]
FLORIDA: DeSantis Fights Biden’s ‘Reckless Border Policies’, by Refusing State Licensing for Certain Businesses that Resettle Illegals
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Immigration, Politics, Regulation /by DrRichSwier.comBy Pamela Geller Governor Ron DeSantis is an outstanding governor. Perhaps the best we have ever seen. DeSantis has shown tremendous courage and integrity in his fight to protect the citizens of Florida against the Left. If President Trump does not run for POTUS in 2024, then DeSantis is unquestionably our candidate. The failure to […]
GoFundMe & Facebook Finally Reversed Policies
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy 2ndvote .com In November, we covered the outrageous discrimination GoFundMe and Facebook (1.00) conducted against Kyle Rittenhouse. Both companies decided to be judge, juror, and jailer – refusing to let those who thought Rittenhouse deserved his time in court raise money or promote their points of view, respectively. As we wrote, Rittenhouse “was treated as a […]
The Virus Next Time
/in Economy, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy James R. Rogers As we stagger toward the endgame of the Covid-19 pandemic, several “bigger picture” lessons come to mind thinking ahead to the next pandemic. First, the most draconian policy responses resulted from the failure of the state and national governments to prepare for a pandemic that had been predicted for decades prior to 2020. […]
BIDENOMICS: Inflation Rate Approaches 40 YEAR HIGH, Biggest Price Jump Since Early 1980s
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Pamela Geller Joe Biden is a failed POTUS. The worst POTUS of our lifetime. And we are only one year into this nightmare administration. “Joe Biden’s economic agenda is a disaster.”—@TommyHicksGOPhttps://t.co/OtqeZjJWak — GOP (@GOP) December 9, 2021 BIDENOMICS: Inflation Rate Approaches 40 YEAR HIGH, Biggest Price Jump Since Early 1980s By Hannity.com, December 9, […]
Social Security COLA Calculations May Get Changed to CPI-E as Part of the Reform Bill. What Does it Mean for Retirees?
/in Economy, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Wolf Richter Watch out for the costs of housing, medical care, and gasoline. Social Security benefits are adjusted for inflation – the Cost of Living Adjustments or COLAs – based on the “Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers” (CPI-W), released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. By this measure, inflation […]
Can Government Tolerate the Crypto Explosion?
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Cryptocurrencies as they are called, are a relatively new asset class. They were virtually unknown until they made their first appearance about 10 years ago and it is only in the last few years that they have gained wider acceptance. Whether they actually have the characteristics of currency (a medium of exchange, […]
U.S. Fiscal Profligacy and the Impending Crisis
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, National Security, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy David P. Goldman Editors’ Note: This essay is part of Debt, Inflation, and the Future: A Symposium. Although published May 5, 2021, the following is presented to our readers as extremely relevant to today and the ongoing current administration in Washington, D.C. Massive demand-side stimulus combined with constraints on the supply-side in the form of […]
The Supply Chain’s Inconvenient Truth
/in Economy, Featured, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Michael Rentz The entire world has turned its eyes to the “Supply Chain.” It is a term that seems rather intuitive and easy to understand on its face. We all buy goods. We all see Amazon drivers and UPS and FedEx drivers delivering packages. We think this is our easy future—same-day delivery by Amazon, […]
U.S. Trade Deficit Falls Sharply For First Time In 6 Months
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller ‘U.S. imports continue to face port delays.’ The U.S. trade deficit narrowed considerably in October, with exports in energy and commodities offsetting a slight jump in imports, the Commerce Department announced Tuesday. October’s trade deficit fell by 17.6% to $67.1 billion in October, marking a significant drop from September’s record-setting $81.4 […]
Biden Will Eventually Cancel College Debt, And So Enrich The Squad
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Education, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Rod Thomson Tax-sucking Congressional socialists continue to pressure kinda sorta President Biden to cancel at least $50,000 in student debt via executive order. Despite the enormous strain other Democrat policies have had on hard-working American families, this bailout to college grads will almost assuredly happen because this presidential anomaly’s handlers cannot or do not […]
Real Policy or Political Theatre?
/in Economy, Email, Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Many people on the political Left don’t seem to understand the deep skepticism with which many Conservatives view government health policy. They believe Conservatives are anti-science. In the last few days, we have been provided a very good example of what is wrong with government policy and it is worthwhile reviewing while many […]
Dangerous Dope AOC: Smash and Grab Robberies Not Really Happening
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Email, Politics /by DrRichSwier.comBy Pamela Geller From the story: New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was slammed by Republicans and business leaders following an interview where she cast doubt on whether rampant smash-and-grabs are actually occurring. “A lot of these allegations of organized retail theft are not actually panning out,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an interview with The Washington Times last week. “I believe it’s […]