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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 […]
NOT IN MY BACKYARD: ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Martha’s Vineyard, Chicago, D.C. Total Hypocrites
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Immigration, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Royal A. Brown III What total HYPOCRITES and liars the socialist lefty NIMBYies with their Sanctuary Cities are – take a look at this sign by the Martha’s Vineyard community which is now saying the 50 illegals flown to them by Gov DeSantis is a “humanitarian crises”; they don’t have shower and other facilities […]
Biden Immigration Polices Impose Crushing Burden on Already-Strained Schools
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Healthcare, Immigration, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Federation for American Immigration Reform $78 Billion Annual Cost for Limited-English Proficient Students Revealed in New Report by FAIR Washington, D.C. — A new report by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) finds that one in ten students in our nation’s public schools are considered Limited English Proficient (LEP), requiring an annual expenditure of […]
Biden Regime Tells Underpaid U.S. Troops Struggling To Feed Their Families To Apply for Welfare While Giving Ukraine’s Military Billions
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, National Security, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report By their fruits you shall know them, and so we know the Democrats are the enemy of the people. By Casey Harper, Western Journal, September 9, 2022: The U.S. army is recommending soldiers apply for SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, to help cover their rising costs from inflation. The […]
Key Inflation Indicator Remains Sky-High In Another Worrying Sign For Businesses
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The prices faced by producers rose by 8.7% year-on-year in August as inflation continues to challenge businesses, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). While down from the near-record highs of 11.3% in June, the current price increases were over 4 times the typical rates — between 1 and 3% […]
Unsealed Depositions of Former Obama IRS Officials Lerner and Paz Detail Knowledge of Tea Party Targeting
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Judicial Watch Washington, D.C. – Judicial Watch announced today that it received previously sealed court documents, including depositions of IRS officials Lois Lerner, the former director of the Exempt Organizations Unit of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and Holly Paz, her top aide and former IRS director of Office of Rulings and Agreements, which show that they knew […]
Public Schools Are Spending Money Like Crazy, Despite Sharp Enrollment Declines
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) This pattern of spending is unsustainable. These schools are bleeding money. The public education system has been failing students for years. From misappropriating funds to providing inadequate lessons and passing illiterate students; public schools are losing support. Despite this they continue receiving extensive budgets which do not properly represent enrollment rates, […]
Americans Spent More on Taxes in 2021 Than on Food, Clothing and Health Care Combined
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Obscene and wrong. It’s why there was an American revolution and why we were founded as a nation. Worse still, this legal plunder is funding our ruin and the destruction of our most basic freedoms. Americans Spent More on Taxes in 2021 Than on Food, Clothing and Health Care Combined By […]
U.S. Funded Study: Physics is Racist
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report “A $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation funded a 22-page “study” that used Critical Race Theory to argue that physics was racist, in part because it rewards students for getting the right answer and uses whiteboards.” — Luke Rosiak, Daily Wire US Funded Study Claims Physics is Racist Because Students […]
Van Jones: Biden Wants Election to Be about Trump, Not Inflation
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Discover The Networks Monday on CNN’s Situation Room, CNN Political Commentator Van Jones stated that President Biden wants the election “to be a choice between Trump and himself” but that he needs to tell people, “I’m not just going to write you off” if you don’t vote Democrat. Jones said, “I think he’s trying to do something […]
Here’s How Much The Federal Government Has Spent Studying Impact Of Sex Change Meds We’re Already Giving Kids
/in DrRichSwier.com, Healthcare, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The National Institutes of Health (NIH) spent at least $17,576,200 since 2008 researching the impact of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, NIH records show, drugs that are already widely administered to children who identity as transgender. Researchers used NIH funds to study the impact these medications have on bone density and […]
Hawaii is No. 1 In the World – In Tourist Taxes
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Hawaii Free Press Last month, the website money.co.uk published an article giving our Honolulu a claim to international fame (or infamy). It listed the city as having the highest tourist tax of any city in the world. It noted our 10.25% transient accommodations tax, to which is added 3% county TAT. “That’s already a hefty […]
PODCAST: Help Wanted, IRS, Candidate Must Be Willing to Use Deadly Force
/in Commentary, Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Karen Schoen “The common enemy of humanity is man. In searching for a new enemy to unite us, we came up with the idea that pollution, the threat of global warming, water shortages, famine and the like would fit the bill. All these dangers are caused by human intervention, and it is only through changed […]
FDR Campaigned on Fiscal Restraint in 1932. He Delivered Just the Opposite
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) The 1932 election is perhaps the best example of the rule that prevails all too often in the political world: You get what you voted against. With Labor Day upon us, the summer of 2022 is ebbing as the campaign season kicks into high gear. On November 8, American […]
Biden is Paying Osama bin Laden’s Old Airline to Fly Out Afghans
/in DrRichSwier.com, Featured, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch The Taliban are getting rich from the immigration business. And we’re paying for it. Ariana Afghan Airlines used to fly Al Qaeda terrorists from Afghanistan to the Middle East. As a sideline, it also flew guns and drugs on behalf of the Islamic terrorist organization. While Ariana was controlled by Osama bin Laden, it […]
REPORT: Biden’s IRS Handed Prison Inmates Over $1 Billion In COVID Relief
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller President Joe Biden’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gave a huge number of prison inmates at least $1.3 billion in COVID-19 stimulus checks, the Washington Free Beacon reported. There are more than 1.1 million incarcerated individuals who took in the stimulus money, according to IRS data provided to the Free Beacon, as part of […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Calls for IRS Audits on Lawmakers Who Voted for the Inflation Reduction Act
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report DeSantis! Our voice! He’s a giant. Why shouldn’t these scoundrels suffer the pain they’ve inflicted upon us. DeSantis calls for IRS audits on lawmakers who voted for Inflation Reduction Act By Heather Hamilton, The Washington Examiner, August 31, 2022: Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested every lawmaker who voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act should face […]
Afghan Refugees in U.S. Are Sending Our Tax Dollars Back to Afghanistan
/in DrRichSwier.com, Featured, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Religion, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch Not actually a surprise. Some countries run their entire economies around remittances, promoting mass migration to America, and then profiting from the money sent back to their families. Once we enabled money to enter Taliban territory, this was inevitable. But this little detail emerges from what is supposed to be a sympathetic […]
What Is Really Behind The Climate Agenda?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Authors Bonner Cohen, Ph. D. Bonner R. Cohen, Ph. D., is a senior policy analyst with CFACT, where he focuses on natural resources, energy, property rights, and geopolitical developments. Articles by Dr. Cohen have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, The New York Post, The […]
Biden Admin Handed California The Power To Mandate EVs Nationwide
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller California instituted a new regulation on Thursday that will ban the sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035; the rule, which was permitted by the Biden administration, could accelerate the nationwide transition to electric cars. “I don’t think Congress gave that authority to California, specifically to set their own standards for greenhouse […]
U.S. Commits $7,000,000,000 More to the Taliban Despite Severe Human Rights Abuses
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch It isn’t enough that Joe Biden left behind $7 billion (at least) worth of sophisticated military equipment that the Taliban quickly seized. It wasn’t enough, either, that he left Americans to die violent deaths in Afghanistan. Now the Biden administration is discussing giving the Taliban $7 billion more. Biden claims that any money donated to Afghanistan for […]
Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Is a Textbook Example of ‘Legal Plunder’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) The president is attempting to pervert the law and use it for naked clientelism. There’s an apocryphal quote often misattributed to Ben Franklin that goes something like this: “When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” While we’re not […]