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Make Solyndra Great Again — Inflation Reduction Act’s $250 Billion for Renewable Energy
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Energy, Environment, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Skirmish – Liberato.US The so-called ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ passed by the Senate contains $250 billion in Energy Department loan guarantees for, among other things, renewable energy. This should scare the bejeezus out of anybody who remembers the Solyndra green energy scandal during the Obama administration overseen by none other than Joe Biden. The scandal resulted in $2.25 […]
The 33 States Where Our Tax Dollars Go To Support The Non-Working Class
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier The Cato Institute released an updated 2016 study showing that welfare benefits pay more than a minimum wage job in 33 American states, and the District of Columbia. Even worse, welfare pays more than $15 per hour to stay home in 13 states. According to the study, welfare benefits have increased […]
HARVARD-CAPS HARRIS POLL: Biden Approval Remains at Historic Lows
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier Voters overwhelmingly believe we are in or headed for a recession. Inflation and affordability are the top issue across the political spectrum. NEW YORK, NY /PRNewswire/ — Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) today released the results of the July Harvard-CAPS Harris Poll, a monthly collaboration between the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard (CAPS) and the […]
Biden and Manchin Building America Backward
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow Say it ain’t so, Joes! In 2010, when it looked like Senator Manchin could lose reelection to Republican John Raese, Manchin released a famous ad in which he literally shoots a hole in a climate cap and trade bill. Watch: Dead Aim. As a Senator from the energy […]
VIDEO: Why Joe Manchin Flip Flopped!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Conservative Commandos Radio Show Makes deal to raise taxes and dump billions into climate change cesspool! Sen. Joe Manchin III on Wednesday announced that he had reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on a party-line bill to raise taxes and spend on climate change and health care programs. The talks […]
Despite Leadership Opposition, 24 Republicans Help Send CHIPS Package To Biden’s Desk
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The House of Representatives passed the $280 billion semiconductor chip and scientific research and development package on Thursday afternoon, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk. Despite opposition from GOP leadership, 24 Republicans joined 219 Democrats in supporting the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. All 187 “no” votes on […]
Fauci’s NIAID Spent Nearly $500,000 ‘to Turn Monkeys Transgender’
/in DrRichSwier.com, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report Unimaginable cruelty in pursuit of foul leftist propaganda. The left really thinks they are G-d. They will be punished. Fauci’s NIAID Spent Nearly $500,000 ‘to Turn Monkeys Transgender’ By Cassandra Fairbanks ,The Gateway, July 5, 2022: The taxpayer watchdog organization American Transparency has revealed that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases […]
Testimony to House Ways and Means: Government Policies are Responsible for the American Housing Crisis
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Edward Pinto On July 13th I testified to the House Ways and Means Committee on the Building Back Better Act. I explained how the bill’s funding proposals will double down on past failed policies, fuel inflation, and once again place low-income and minority households in harm’s way. You can find the executive summary in this […]
SURVEY: Women Voters 50+ Say Inflation and Rising Costs Will Influence their Vote in 2022
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier HARRISBURG, Pa./PRNewswire/ — A new survey from AARP Pennsylvania reveals that the priorities and concerns of women voters age 50 and older will influence the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections. Women 50-plus make up a significant share of the 2022 electorate in Pennsylvania. They account for one-third (32%) of likely voters overall, […]
VIDEO: Ten Minute Lesson on the Nature of Money
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Vlad Tepes Blog I was sent this by a gentleman who has a financial magazine read by some of the top people in finance. This is not my field and am uncomfortable even thinking about it in some ways. But I am reliably informed by a few people now, that there is truth in […]
U.S. Devotes $195 Mil to ‘Redress the Legacy of Harm’ in Racist Transportation Infrastructure
/in Budget and Finance, DrRichSwier.com, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Judicial Watch In the Biden administration’s latest racial equity project, American taxpayers will spend $195 million to help connect minority communities that are cut off from economic opportunities by racist transportation infrastructure. The costly plan is known as Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) and it is part of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) “Equity Strategy […]
Monmouth Poll Reveals What’s Most Important to 2022 Voters — It’s the economy, stupid!
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report It’s not what you think. Monmouth Poll Reveals What’s Most Important to 2022 Voters – You Won’t Believe What Outranks Abortion By: Mike Vance, Daily Patriot Report, July 5, 2022 With the recent response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, you would think that abortion/reproductive rights would be at the top […]
New York’s Dem Governor Urges Biden To Use Military Bases For Abortions
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday urged the Biden administration to consider opening up military bases for abortions to women living in states that heavily restrict the procedure, ABC News reported. Since military bases are considered federal lands, Hochul argued in a virtual meeting with President Joe Biden that […]
Why Do The Woke Hate Clarence Thomas So Much?
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Justice Clarence Thomas, being African American, is seen as a traitor to the woke cause. After the overturning of Roe v Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas has been a particular target of venomous attack from the woke mob. Why do they hate him so much? One might be forgiven for thinking that it is due […]
Biden Administration Invests $6 Mil to Advance Racial Equity in Food Stamp Program
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Healthcare, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Judicial Watch The Biden administration is spending millions of taxpayer dollars to advance racial equity in the government’s bloated, multi-billion-dollar food-stamp program that already serves a large minority population. A record 45 million people receive the welfare benefit, according to the latest figures published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), at a cost of about […]
Proposed Government Solutions Ignore the Presence of Nuance, and Perpetuates Unintended Consequences
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Politics, Regulation, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Save America Foundation Government is not the solution to the problem, government is the problem. We continue to see a push for legislation to cure America’s ills. Red flag laws for guns, on demand abortion available in the name of women’s rights, prosecution of “insurrectionists”, all of these are being touted as a solution […]
Why the Fed Raising Rates Means the National Debt is Going to Become An Even Bigger Problem
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) The time bomb on our national debt will start counting down even faster. With price inflation continuing to surge unchecked, America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, is trying to raise interest rates in hopes of stopping the bleeding. Fed Chair Jerome Powell just announced the most aggressive incremental rate increase seen […]
There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Cost-Plus Lunch! Who’s really to blame for rising prices?
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) A group of friends had just finished a meal at Romano’s Macaroni Grill in Honolulu when one of them noticed something odd about the check. As a local television news station reported in April, a “Temporary Inflation Fee” of $2.00 was nestled inconspicuously between the $4.50 Flavored Tea and […]
Taxpayers To Foot Bill for Terrorist’s Sex Change
/in Courts & Law, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, National Security, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report The hard left ACLU and TChicago legal powerhouse Winston & Strawn LLP lent firepower to the cause. They argue that the bureau’s “deliberate indifference” to Iglesias’s medical needs violates the Eighth Amendment, which bans cruel and unusual punishments. he course of the case posed other problems for the bureau. The terrorist […]
VIDEO: Biden’s Inflation Plan Includes Increased Dependency on the State and Marxist Economics
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier The Last Refuge reported on Biden’s plan to deal with out of control inflation. According to The Last Refuge, Depending on income, the Biden administration plans to offset higher prices for Americans by providing the essential services and products they need. In essence, Democrat-Socialism with a filter of equity in distribution, […]
How Hidden Fuel Taxes Are Increasing Your Gas Bill
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Taxes on fuel can be pretty hefty, but they’re hard to notice if you’re not looking for them. A Chevron gas station in Los Angeles was spotted charging over $8.00/gal for gasoline on Tuesday, a stark reminder of just how much fuel prices have risen across the country. Customers […]
High Gas Prices are Caused by Governments, Not Companies
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Energy, Environment, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch When Governor Newsom and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met to announce a deal between the tiny country and the broken state, it was another example of California illegally enacting its own foreign policy. And a reminder of why California gas prices are so high. The memorandum had California promising to […]
When is enough to be enough?
/in Commentary, DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Save America Foundation As the war in Ukraine continues, the world but especially America, seems to have bottomless pockets when it comes to sending aid to Ukraine. You all know my opinion on that war and if we should even be interfering. How much is enough? Should we continue? Should this money and weaponry […]
Biden Wants Taxpayers to Write a $10,000 Check to Every College Grad Making $300,000
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Jihad Watch Criminal, but inevitable. The Democrats have a sizable demographic of upper-class people with MAs and PhDs who account for both a disproportionate amount of student loan debt and primary activism. Call it the Elizabeth Warren demographic. Those people want a very big government handout that they’re calling “student loan forgiveness”. Even Biden’s people […]
The UK’s Single-Payer Healthcare System Has Become a State Religion—and It’s Failing
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Healthcare, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) The National Health Service has become a heavily bureaucratic and inefficient state monopoly. The NHS (National Health Service) is known to be the closest thing to a state religion in the UK. During the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic, households around the country clapped outside their front doors in […]
Do Not Sell Your Gas Vehicle Yet! Read: The Electric Vehicle Scam
/in DrRichSwier.com, Energy, Environment, Politics, Science, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Dr. Rich Swier We have written about the issues with all electric vehicles (EVs) and the current push to build 500,000 EV charging stations (EVSEs) by 2030 at a cost to taxpayers of $5billion. America Out Loud published an article by Dr. Jay Lehr and Tom Harris on January 15th, 2022 titled “The Electric […]
Florida Has Record $20 Billion Budget Surplus
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report If only the rest of the country was governed like Florida. If only our POTUS was like Governor Ron DeSantis. #DeSantis2028! And the evil party says: DeSantis is ‘creating havoc’ in Florida, Democratic candidate for governor Demonic nuts. By keeping the economy open, maintaining a low tax environment, and being fiscally responsible, […]
Karine Jean-Pierre Stumped On Her First Day When Peter Doocy Asks How Raising Corporate Taxes Lowers Inflation
/in DrRichSwier.com, Economy, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Daily Caller The new White House press sec. Karine Jean-Pierre appeared to dodge a question from Fox News’ Peter Doocy about a tweet from President Joe Biden regarding inflation. “Karine, congratulations, it’s nice to see you up there,” Doocy began. “The president’s Twitter account posted the other day if you wanna bring down inflation, […]
California Admits that 65,000 Students in its Community Colleges Are Fake – Costing the State Millions
/in DrRichSwier.com, Education, Elections, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy The Geller Report These fake students get financial aid. And the poor, beleaguered, abused American taxpayer foots the bill for all this graft, corruption and treachery. And no doubt these ‘fake students’ also voted for Biden and Newsome in their last respective elections too. California Admits that 65,000 Students in its Community Colleges […]
The VA Bought 10,000 Smartphones during the Pandemic. 85% Were Never Used
/in DrRichSwier.com, Elections, Featured, Healthcare, Politics, Taxes /by DrRichSwier.comBy Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) There’s a right way and a wrong way to help homeless veterans. The US Department of Veterans Affairs wasted $1.8 million in data plan costs for unused phones, according to an inspector general’s report released on Wednesday. The Veterans Health Administration had spent $7 million to purchase 10,000 phones […]