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Biden’s Student Loan Handout Struck Down By Federal Judge
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report It hardly matters now. The Biden regime got what it wanted — the imbecilic, privileged Gez Z voter, rendered incapable of critical thought by the very college education they expected the working class to pay for. One thing I know already. If not for voters under 30 … tonight WOULD have […]
The Problems with ‘Free Stuff’
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Skirmish – Liberato.US South Dakota voters approved Medicaid expansion in Tuesday’s election, leaving just 11 states that have not expanded their Medicaid programs to include middle-class able-bodied childless adults making almost $40,000 a year. I hope the remaining states hold the line because they will be in a world of hurt if they don’t. […]
Jones: Dems Failed to See Voters Deal with Inflation Every Day, Not Abortion or Democracy
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Discover The Networks Monday on CNN Newsroom, political commentator Van Jones stated that Democrats failed to see how much inflation mattered for working-class voters and pointed out that people do have to deal with inflation every day, while they don’t have to deal with abortion or voting every single day. Jones said, “I think there was this […]
Gavin Newsom Shells Out $1.6 Million To Stop Climate Measure That Would Raise Taxes On The Rich
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reelection campaign spent over $1.6 million to oppose a climate initiative that would raise taxes on millionaires to help low-income Californians buy electric cars. Despite this, Newsom, who is a multimillionaire, has previously touted his administration’s efforts to rapidly cut carbon emissions and get more electric […]
Why Do Big Cities Tend to Have Bigger Government?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Like any place that generates significant wealth, cities also generate significant incentives to capture the wealth. Last week I answered a question from a FEE reader on how the Federal Reserve creates money. This week, Aaron, a FEE Daily reader, asks a very different question: “Why is it that more […]
REPORT: Biden Admin Weighing Plan To House Migrants In Guantanamo
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Biden administration is weighing a plan to house migrants at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, according to NBC News. The White House National Security Council asked the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the number of Haitian migrants apprehended at sea that would require them to designate a third country for […]
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Got Away With It’ — Sen. Rick Scott To Release Ad Saying Biden ‘Cheated On His Taxes’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman Sen. Rick Scott of Florida will release an advertisement Monday night, claiming President Biden has been cheating on his taxes to avoid paying around half a million dollars that should have gone to Medicare. The ad, titled Tax Cheat, was first obtained by the Daily Caller. […]
Will GOP Let Biden Nominate a Radical Leftist IRS Boss to Terrorize Americans?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch The pressure will be on to appoint and clear a new commissioner as soon as possible. Biden’s illegal Inflation Increase Act has prepped the IRS to act as a weapon of political terror. But it needs someone at the top to run the machine. Here’s the stage being set. Looming Leadership Void […]
Analysis: 5.5 Million Illegal Aliens Have Crossed our Borders Since Biden Took Office—How is Secretary Mayorkas Still Employed?
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Immigration, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Federation for American Immigration Reform Washington, D.C. — The Federation for American Immigration Reform issued the following statement, as well as a deeper dive into FY 2022 border numbers, based on data quietly released late Friday night by the Biden administration: “In typical fashion, the Biden administration attempted to conceal the reality of a […]
2023 Federal Tax Brackets Are Out. See Which Bracket You Fall in—and Why Tax Rates Are so High
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) The sad truth is, the average American works four months a year just to cover tax bills. How did we get here? The Internal Revenue Service released new federal income tax brackets last week. Though marginal tax rates did not change, under federal law the brackets are adjusted for […]
An Inflation Nation — The New Norm
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Hard working Americans continue to suffer from historically high levels of inflation caused by the Biden administration’s out-of-control spending and opposition to domestic energy production. Soon after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for September, which confirmed inflation is accelerating and isn’t going away anytime soon, President […]
Florida Senator Rick Scott Slams Joe Biden’s Economic Lies on National Debt After Spending Billions in Taxpayer Dollars
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Royal A. Brown III “Joe Biden’s disgusting attempts to gaslight the American people and feed them lies about his failed economic agenda have reached a new level of insanity.” — Senator Rick Scott Every Republican politician at local, state and national level should be consistently blaming Biden for his lies about the impact of his […]
Pelosi on Voters’ Concerns About Inflation, Crime: ‘I Dismiss That’
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Discover The Networks Tuesday on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) completely rejected a poll showing that Americans’ top concerns going into the November midterm elections are inflation and crime. Host propagandist Andrea Mitchell began, “Let’s talk about rising inflation concerns along with crime, giving momentum, new momentum to Republicans after the Democrats were closing the […]
ZELDIN SPIKES: NY Race Now A Toss-Up In Blue NY State As Voters Put Crime, Inflation As Top Issues in Midterm Election
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report And this comes from a Left leaning poll. Lee Zeldin can win. The rational citizens of the state of New York must come out in full force and vote for Lee Zeldin. Vote the Left out of office. Save the state of New York. #Zeldin2022! New Quinnipiac NY poll has Kathy […]
What House Of Dragon Can Teach Us About Power And Wealth Creation
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) House of Dragon, like its predecessor Game of Thrones, is The Godfather of epic fantasy. Westeros is a land where power rules and individual rights do not exist. The first season of HBO’s House of Dragon is nearing its conclusion, and the Game of Thrones prequel has not disappointed. Based on George R. […]
Colonel Douglas Macgregor: What Putin is Trying to Accomplish in Ukraine Now
/in DrRichSwier.com, National Security, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Royal A. Brown III Watch this short video, especially anyone who thinks Ukraine is winning war against Russia with our help. This is war is being egged on by Biden and the Obama 3.0 Admin and is costing us billions in funds, so far the cost to U.S. taxpayers is approximately $80 billion […]
U.S. Adds Fewest Jobs This Year As Labor Market Cools
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The U.S. labor market cooled once again in September, adding the fewest jobs this calendar year, according to a Friday morning report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), fueling investor hopes that the Federal Reserve might reduce the intensity of its anti-inflation campaign. The U.S. added 263,000 jobs in August, […]
Biden Regime Negotiating With Dictatorship Venezuela For Oil, Refuses To Negotiate With Texas, North Dakota, Oklahoma & Other Oil Producing States
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Treason: the crime of betraying one’s country, especially by attempting to kill the sovereign or overthrow the government. One has to wonder what catastrophic event has to occur for the American people to finally see that the Democrat party is the enemy of the people that seeks our utter destruction. Clearly, […]
Federal Agents Believe They Have Enough Evidence To Charge Hunter Biden
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Federal agents investigating Hunter Biden for tax and gun crimes believe they have enough evidence to charge him, The Washington Post reported Thursday. Biden has faced investigation in the Federal District of Delaware since 2018 over allegedly failing to pay taxes and lying on a federal firearm application. U.S. Attorney David Weiss, a holdover […]
The Biden Administration Just [Quietly] Scaled Back Student Loan ‘Cancellation’
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Student debt forgiveness is unjust, highly regressive, and inflationary. It should be scrapped, not scaled back. In August, the White House announced that most federal student loan borrowers would be eligible for forgiveness. Most borrowers who didn’t receive a Pell Grant would be eligible for up to $10,000 of forgiveness, […]
Soros Wins $41M Contract from Biden to Help Illegal Aliens Evade Deportation
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report What next? Iran’s Supreme Leader appointed to Office on Violence Against Women? The man who told Steve Kroft of 60 Minutes that “the happiest days of his life” was collaborating with the Nazis is running a shadow government here in the United States. Soros should be banned. He is a hostile […]
Republican States Sue Biden Admin Over Plan To Cancel Student Debt
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Six Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration for allegedly overstepping executive powers related to President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. The Biden administration unveiled its plan to partially forgive student loans for certain borrowers in August, using the HEROES Act of 2003 as precedent for the decision and arguing that the […]
IRS Sent Out Over $1 Billion In Child Tax Credit Payments To The Wrong People
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent over $1.1 billion in child tax credit payments to incorrect recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an audit by the Department of the Treasury’s Inspector General (IG) for Tax Administration on Tuesday. The IRS sent the payments to 1.5 million people between July and […]
Constitutional Crisis: Biden’s Student Loan Handout Could Cost $400 Billion, Congressional Budget Office Reports
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Education, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report UPDATE: ‘FLAGRANTLY ILLEGAL’: Lawsuit Filed to Stop Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation As Americans drown in Democrat incurred debt, they are ramping up more trillion dollar debt. President Biden’s move to cancel up to $10,000 in student loans for privileged borrowers (at the expense of the working class) — and up to $20,000 […]
2022 Now The Worst Year in the History of U.S. Stock Market
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Stock futures are falling. On Friday, U.S. stocks ended in the red, with the Dow Industrials closing down 1.6% and all major indexes posting weekly losses. On Monday, the British pound hit its lowest-ever level against the U.S. dollar and was sharply lower against the euro. Yields on benchmark U.K. bonds have jumped to fresh multiyear highs. […]
REPORT: Congress Stuffs $12 Billion In Ukraine Aid Into Government Funding Bill
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, National Security, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Congress has complied with the Biden administration’s request to include $12 billion for Ukraine in its stopgap funding bill, Reuters reported Monday. GOP senators remained divided over whether to support the funding request in the continuing resolution, a funding bill that needs to be passed by Sept. 30 to avert a […]
Economic Freedom Plummets in the U.S. During Biden Rule, New Ranking Shows
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Economic freedom in the U.S. drops to its lowest point in four decades. The Democrats hate you and wish to destroy every good thing, every joy this fine country had to offer. The daily social fabric of our lives is disintegrating at whiplash-inducing speed. Get out and vote in November. We […]
Joe and Hunter Biden Selling U.S. Natural Gas and Drilling Assets to China
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Rep. Comer recently obtained new documents that show Hunter and Joe Biden were working to sell American natural gas and drilling assets to Communist China.Rep. James Comer (R-KY) went on with John Solomon from Just the News on RAV on Thursday. The Biden regime has banned energy for Americans. But plenty for their […]
Fearing Fed, Stocks Tumble And Major Investor Slashes Expectations
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller All three major U.S. stock indices fell Friday morning as investors worried that the Federal Reserve’s ongoing campaign of aggressive interest rate hikes would weaken the economy. With Friday poised to be the fourth day in a row of slumping stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial average fell by 1.36%, the S&P […]
New Poll Delivers Some Alarming News For Democrats
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Government Transparency, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Voters overwhelmingly trust Republicans to manage the economy, a new poll ahead of this year’s midterm elections suggests, while Roughly 52% of voters said that they trust Republicans to manage the economy, compared to 38% for Democrats, while only 1% of respondents said they agreed with the proposals of both parties to manage […]