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Biden KILLS pipelines at home but promotes them for Taliban terrorists
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, News, Politics /by Pamela GellerThis tells you everything about the ongoing coup against America from within. Biden kills pipelines at home but promotes them for the Taliban By Michael Rubin | Washington Examiner | February 08, 2021: On his first day in office, President Biden canceled permits for the Keystone XL pipeline. Environmentalists and anti-fossil fuel activists should not have applauded […]
Dollar’s Purchasing Power Drops to Record Low Despite Aggressive “Hedonic Quality Adjustments”
/in Economy /by Wolf RichterSpiking prices for new and used vehicles under the microscope. The “Purchasing Power of the Consumer Dollar” – part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index data released today – is the politically incorrect mirror image of inflation in consumer prices, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI). By wanting to increase consumer […]
VIDEO: Biden’s proposed gas tax will destroy trucking industry
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Taxes, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Dr. Rich SwierA trucking company owner said the Biden administration’s plan to hike fuel tax could destroy the industry. One America America News Network’s Caitlin Sinclair has more. ©One America News Network. All rights reserved.
New Walgreens CEO Pushes Company Further Left in The Pursuit of “Equality”
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, News, Politics /by 2ndvote .comRoz Brewer, the former Chief Operating Officer of Starbucks, has just been named CEO of Walgreens. It’s a big step up in the world, but unfortunately, Brewer’s biases threaten to push the company even further left in the pursuit of “equality” — which, practically speaking, means support of violent activist groups like Black Lives Matter (BLM) and over-emphasis on […]
Mob Mixes Business with Pressure
/in Culture Wars, Economy, Liberty, Politics /by Tony PerkinsThey used to call it “retail therapy.” But for conservatives, there’s nothing therapeutic about walking the aisles of stores that want to shut down your speech, cancel your bank accounts, or send cents on every dollar to Marxist groups who despise America. In an age when conservatives can’t turn on the TV, send their kids […]
Wind Turbines Don’t Even Last 20 Years
/in Economy, Environment, News, Politics /by Isaac OrrEditors Note: As some at the Arizona Corporation Commission want to take us down the “green” rat hole of subsidies and expensive electricity, we need to learn what has happened in other states, in this case, Minnesota. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), wind turbines are supposed to have a useful lifetime of 20 […]
Can American democracy survive Big Tech?
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by MercatorNet - Navigating Modern ComplexitiesRoars of outrage can’t be heard unless Big Tech approves of the roar. Two articles I came across recently raise the question in the headline of today’s column. One is by a journalist named Allum Bokhari, who gave a speech last November at Hillsdale College, one of the very small number of U. S. colleges that does […]
Inflation Pressures Heat Up Even in Services
/in Economy, News /by Wolf RichterThere is still the theme that some of it is just temporary. Big parts of the services sector – such as restaurants, entertainment, lodging, and travel – have been hit hard during this crisis. Other parts of the services industries – such as real estate, services related to eCommerce, transportation services, video games, streaming services, […]
Lockdowns Have Depleted Capital in All Forms
/in Economy, Education, Healthcare, Liberty, News /by Jeffrey TuckerWhen lockdowns first happened, my initial thought was geeky, and only later did I begin to realize the implications for human rights and liberties. My thought was: this is going to be devastating for future capital investment. The basis of my fear was the knowledge that in almost all poor countries, property rights are insecure, […]
‘Terrible Idea’ with ‘Dismal Track Record’: Top Economists Blast Elizabeth Warren’s Latest Proposal
/in Economy, Education, News, Politics /by Brad PalumboEconomists interviewed by FEE warn that Senator Warren’s new proposal would backfire horribly. Senator Elizabeth Warren made a “wealth tax” on net worth one of the defining proposals of her unsuccessful 2020 presidential campaign. Now, the staunch progressive is using her new perch on the Senate Finance Committee to introduce a wealth tax at long […]
Why Chick-fil-A Is so Much More Efficient (and Friendlier) Than Government
/1 Comment/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Regulation /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)There’s a simple reasons operations like Chick-fil-A can operate with an efficiency bureaucracies will never be able to match. When Will Haynie had a traffic problem, he knew just who to call. It started with a computer glitch on a busy Friday at the COVID-19 vaccination center at Seacoast Church. Health officials told the Mount […]
Companies Are Preparing to Cut Jobs and Automate if Biden Gets $15 Minimum Wage Hike, Reporting Shows
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, News, Politics, Regulation /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)Let’s hope that Joe Biden’s minimum wage fantasies never become law—or workers will pay the price for his economic naiveté. Nobel laureate Milton Friedman once said that “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” When it comes to the $15 minimum wage hike supported by Joe […]
VIDEO: NY Young Republicans Re-Occupy Wall Street: Let the People Trade!
/1 Comment/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Regulation /by Pamela Geller“We shouldn’t have one rule for rich hedge funds in Manhattan and a different set of rules for every other American.” – Ted Cruz January 31. 2021. Noon. A small crowd braved the bitter cold in Zuccotti Park, scene of the once infamous Occupy Wall Street encampment of 2011 (2011 Flickr Link). Today the NYC […]
The Robinhood Earthquake
/in Economy, News /by Bruce BialoskyWe don’t have enough things on our plates. We needed this. We have a Congress trying to impeach a president who is no longer president. We have a new president trying to set a world record for executive orders. We have people calling everybody either racists or white supremacists. Oh and then there is the […]
How the Kennedys Radically Changed America
/in Culture Wars, Economy, National Security, News, Politics /by Bruce BialoskyThe Kennedys have for the past 60 years been one of the most idolized families in America. Joseph Kennedy converted his ill-gotten gains from bootlegging into a legal fortune. He then unleashed his sons into the political world. This is when his son John changed America in one way and then his younger brother Teddy […]
The Insecurity in Social Security
/in Economy, Healthcare, News, Politics /by Ken VeitOne of the few things where there is widespread agreement is about the fact that Social Security and Medicare are going broke unless something is done to stem the financial drain as the retirement rolls swell. Choices are raising taxes or cutting benefits. Neither alternative is palatable politically, so the problem is put off for […]
Bed Bath and Beyond…Reason
/in Culture Wars, Economy, Politics /by Neland NobelRecently, it was announced that a number of retail stores, among them Bed Bath and Beyond, and Kohl’s, will be dropping the My Pillow line of bed and bath products. The reason these stores cited is the Democrat Party Line that the riot at the Capitol was an “insurrection”, and that Trump and supporters like the […]
Emergency Orders Are Being Abused
/in Economy, Healthcare, Liberty, Politics /by Arizona Free Enterprise ClubHow often do you experience an emergency? Monthly? Weekly? Every day? More than likely, it’s pretty uncommon—as it should be. Maybe someone should tell the government. Because it seems like every time you read the news, some government official is declaring a new “state of emergency.” But these declarations stopped looking like real emergencies long […]
Biden’s climate order HALTING drilling on federal lands KILLS 58K jobs
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Environment, Labor & Unions, News, Politics, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Pamela GellerThe Biden Administration’s assault on the energy industry is moving at lightning speed. What a disaster. President Trump warned everyone that this would happen if Joe Biden was elected POTUS. Beijing Biden administration is a wrecking ball to America. Period. Whoever voted for these destroyers is guilty of “insurrection.” Biden’s climate order halting drilling on […]
Rural People Want Separation and Freedom from Elite City Overlords
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by Ann CorcoranHere is one example of where rural people are fighting back, even if it seems like it is a hopeless case. I expect it is happening in other states too. From The Hill: Group in Colorado county seeks secession from state to join Wyoming A group of disenfranchised Colorado residents are exploring the possibility of annexing […]
Why Cuomo’s Latest Tax Hike Proposal Would Accelerate New York’s Decline
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, News, Politics, Taxes /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)New Yorkers had a rough, rough 2020. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s latest proposal would make 2021 even worse. “New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed raising taxes on the wealthy to a combined level of 14.7%, which would be the highest state-and-local tax rate in the nation,” CNBC reports. “The tax increase would raise $1.5 billion for the […]
Biden Chooses Elites Over Workers
/in Economy, Environment, Politics /by Peter MurphyWithin hours of saying “So help me God,” the newly minted President Joe Biden, with the stroke of his pen, added thousands of American blue-collar, middle-class workers to the unemployment line while the coronavirus continues to rage. Among a blizzard of executive orders signed on Inauguration Day afternoon, the president canceled the Keystone XL pipeline under […]
A Short Case for Owning Gold
/in Economy, Politics /by Neland NobelWhether by fraud or by legitimate political will, our nation has taken a turn to the political Left. We should all do our civic duty to the best of our ability, given the constraints of time and personal resources, to preserve liberty for ourselves and for our children. That is a duty to be fulfilled, […]
BOMBSHELL: Robinhood employee says the White ☭ House pressured HALT of GameStop Trading
/1 Comment/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Regulation /by Pamela GellerScrewing the little guy, the individual, that is the mission by objective of the Democrat party of treason and destruction. Crush the individual. Wall Street vs. The Little Guyhttps://t.co/sgfbEdRYiU pic.twitter.com/s6GLlSCWUi — Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) January 29, 2021 Elon Musk calls for investigation of Robinhood after trading of GameStop stock suspendedhttps://t.co/5TEte33B7i — Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) January […]
BIDEN’S FOLLY: Trying to Control the Weather [a.k.a. Climate]
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics /by Dr. Rich Swier“Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.” – Mark Twain “Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life.” – Paul Polman “’Climate change’ gives the Left a ‘moral’ code, a kind of pseudo religion, without the […]
TAKE ACTION: Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s, Kroger cancel American made ‘My Pillow’ but sells merchandise from Communist China.
/21 Comments/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics /by Florida Family AssociationSee THREE EMAILS prepared below one to send to each company. Bed Bath and Beyond, Kohl’s and Kroger stopped selling American manufactured My Pillow because of the owner’s political beliefs. But ALL THREE companies are major retailers of products made in Communist China. Consider these three articles: BED BATH AND BEYOND: Thestreet.com headline: Bed Bath & Beyond Plunges 21% After […]
The Stock Market Has Reached Extremes Of Sentiment
/in Economy, News /by Neland NobelThe broad stock market had another year of gains well above average. It has rolled through the pandemic lockdown in the spring with a quick V-shaped bottom and continued to rise throughout the turmoil of the election cycle and difficult post-election period. Rarely have we seen a market so determined to persevere in the face […]
The Great Demographic Reversal
/in Culture Wars, Economy, Politics /by Neland NobelBook Review: The Great Demographic Reversal by Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan. Published by Palgrave/Macmillan 2020 Economics has been referred to as the dismal science. In this book, the former chair of Banking and Finance at the London School of Economics (Goodhart) and the former head of Morgan Stanley International (Pradhan), show once again that economics […]
Is ‘Stakeholder Capitalism’ Newspeak for Economic Fascism?
/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)The changes favored by the ‘Great Reset’ movement would force businesses to serve the interests of ruling elites and leave true stakeholders out in the cold. Leaders of the World Economic Forum are seeking to implement a Great Reset of capitalism whereby “global stakeholders” cooperate to achieve “shared goals.” In the true spirit of not letting a […]
New Research Debunks Claim That a $15 Minimum Wage Would Not Reduce Employment
/1 Comment/in Culture Wars, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Regulation, Taxes, Waste, Fraud and Abuse /by Foundation for Economic Education (FEE)A new paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds a “clear preponderance” of evidence that minimum wage laws reduce employment. President Joe Biden is pushing a federal $15 minimum wage in his sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, and the policy is only gaining steam in progressive circles. But newly released research undercuts […]