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Clyburn: There’s ‘No Way to Pay’ for Biden’s ‘Zero Cost’ Spending Plan

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By Discover The Networks Friday on MSNBC’s Craig Melvin Reports, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn confessed that “there’s no way to pay” for President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” spending package, which the Biden administration ludicrously claims will come with “zero cost” to the American people. “I don’t think that anyone ever thought that after doing […]

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Why a Capital Gains Tax Increase Would Be a Massive Jobs [and Wealth] Killer

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By Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Although startups comprise less than one percent of all companies, they generate 10 percent of new jobs in any given year. When discussing the economic growth of a post-COVID landscape, too often the role of angel investors is overlooked. Angel investors, or private investors who are often wealthy, finance small business […]

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‘Bracket Creep’: Voters in These 22 States Could See Direct Tax Hikes Due to Inflation, New Analysis Warns

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By Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Inflation is often described as a “hidden tax,” because it is driven by policy decisions and erodes citizens’ real purchasing power. But in 22 states, the high consumer price inflation observed over the last year could trigger direct tax increases as well, a new analysis warns. The Tax Foundation’s Jared Walczak reports that […]

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The Left’s Reconciliation Bill Would Raise Energy Prices and Erase American Jobs [+Video]

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By Family Research Council During a time in America when the price of basic household goods is rising and when employees across multiple sectors of the economy are facing a vaccine mandate or loss of their jobs, the Biden administration and progressives in Congress are now doubling down on making life even more difficult for the average American household. […]

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The Mass Repricing Of Goods And Services

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By Pamela Geller “Your savings, investments, retirement, purchasing power, and the quality of life that you’ve spent a life time planning and working is being shredded.” Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com, by Tyler Durden, Zero Hedge, Oct 17, 2021 – 09:20 AM Rising consumer price inflation is not going away.  This, of course, is counter to […]

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VIDEO: CFACT is at the 14th International Conference on Climate Change — ICCC-14

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By Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow VIDEO: CFACT is at the 14th International Conference on Climate Change – ICCC-14 – 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 […]

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Here Are All The Green New Deal Handouts Democrats Wedged Into Their $3.5 Trillion Budget

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By The Daily Caller Democrats have inserted numerous provisions and subsidy programs into their $3.5 trillion budget that would benefit green energy companies and speed the transition to renewables. “The whole thing is ridiculous,” Myron Ebell, the director of the Center for Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told the Daily Caller News […]

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Biden’s Plan to “Help” the American Family Is to Tax Them More

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By Family Research Council How does the Biden administration intend to pay for its proposed $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” plan? By taxing the same hardworking American families the plan claims to help. In addition to advancing a radical progressive agenda, the plan carries a hefty price tag that will affect Americans of all backgrounds, […]

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New Inflation Numbers See the Fastest Rise in 13 Years

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By Pamela Geller That the American people haven’t stormed the Bastille and thrown this fraudulent administration out on its treasonous ass is a testament to the continuing power of the Democrat propaganda media. Wall Street Journal:  Is inflation still “transitory,” as the Federal Reserve and White House like to say? Not if you’ve been visiting […]

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Biden White House Warns American Consumers Of Empty Shelves Come Christmastime

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By The Daily Caller American consumers should expect to see higher prices and even some empty shelves during their holiday shopping this year, President Joe Biden’s White House told Reuters on Tuesday. The warning comes as the Biden administration works frantically to push back on skyrocketing inflation and strained supply chains across the country. Economists predicted […]

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RINO ALERT: LIST Of 11 Republicans Who Voted With Democrats To Raise the Debt Ceiling by $480 Billion

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By Pamela Geller “Compromise is the art of losing slowly.” – LTC Rich Swier, U.S. Army (Ret.) Stop donating to the RNC. Stop supporting the party that never misses an opportunity to stab us in the back. BY: Noah, WLT, October 8, 2021: RINO alert! How much more are we going to take folks? We […]

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How Much Per Person Does Your State Collect in Excise Taxes?

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By Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Either way, these policies rarely accomplish what policymakers intend them to do. As the great French economist Frédéric Bastiat proclaimed, When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and […]

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Biden Plan Would Sabotage U.S. Economic Competitiveness in One Huge Way, Analysis Finds

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That’s not ‘Building Back Better’—it’s shooting ourselves in the foot.   President Biden has heralded his $4.5+ trillion spending proposals and accompanying tax hikes as an investment in “leading the world versus letting it pass us by.” Yet, paradoxically, a new analysis exposes one huge way Biden’s plans would make the US less competitive on the […]

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Socialist Spending Bill Fails To Move Forward

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Thank you for taking the time to send emails. Socialism is hostile toward a wide range of liberties that Americans have cherished for hundreds of years.  Socialism is very oppressive toward religious liberties especially towards Christians and Jews. “This is the biggest step toward socialism in my lifetime.”  U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham. House Speaker Nancy […]

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Today is October 5th, 2021 and Joe Biden’s ‘Build Back Better Agenda’ is the worst in U.S. History

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“Biden and his minions are bound and determined to Build Back Bigger Government.” – Dr. Rich Swier So what does Build Back Better (BBB) mean? Didn’t the last President Make America Great Again? So is Biden’s intent to make America greater than his predecessor? According to the White House website the intent of Build Back […]

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Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Big Lies

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“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all […]

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Manchin Trashes Democratic Spending Bill: ‘Fiscal insanity’

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The bill is a death sentence for this country. A no vote is the only rational option. Anyone who votes for this devastating attack on the American economy. Sen. Joe Manchin said there is not enough time to produce the legislative framework for a massive spending bill that House Democrats are demanding in exchange for […]

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Does Biden’s $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Include a Mileage Tax?

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Here’s a dismaying prospect: Paying 6, 8, or 10 cents in new taxes for every mile you drive. It may sound small, but at an 8 cent rate, that would be $1,144 in new annual taxes for the average American, who drives about 14,300 miles a year. Yikes! Some on social media are claiming that […]

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U.S. Household Incomes Increased More in 2018 Than in the Previous 20 Years—Combined

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Why did U.S. incomes suddenly explode in 2018 after decades of tepid growth? The answer is not difficult to find. For years, a school of economists has complained that US wages have been virtually stagnant for decades. “Jobs are coming back, but pay isn’t. The median wage is still below where it was before the […]

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U.S. Funds Project to Boost Racial, Ethnic, Gender Diversity in Science at Private Women’s College

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The government agency that gave a professor hundreds of thousands of dollars to study white supremacy and racial injustice in U.S. landmarks is giving a small Wisconsin liberal arts college half a million dollars to boost “racial/ethnic and gender diversity” in science fields and “broaden participation of underrepresented minorities.” The money is flowing through the National Science […]

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Trump Files $100 Million Lawsuit Against New York Times Over Illegally Obtained Tax Records

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Former President Donald Trump filed a $100 million lawsuit against The New York Times and his niece Mary Trump on Tuesday, alleging his confidential tax documents were improperly shared. The lawsuit, which was filed in the New York Supreme Court, alleged that New York Times reporters Susanne Craig, David Barstow and Russell Buettner pressured Mary Trump to […]

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AOC’s ‘Tax The Rich’ Dress Maker Aurora James is IRS Deadbeat in Multiple States

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AOC was mocking the little people. Partying with the filthy rich, shaking her ass at the little people. The ‘Tax the Rich’ dress designer whom Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez  went to the Met Gala with: • Owes $103,220 in back taxes • Received $41,666 in PPP • Has ‘legions’ of unpaid interns • Owes $62,722 in workers […]

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Pelosi Says Capitalism Has Not Helped U.S. Economy, Argues ‘We Have To Correct That’

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This is a communist coup on America. Ayn Rand on Capitalism,  “Capitalism did not create poverty — it inherited it.” For much of human history, the vast majority of the population was mired in poverty. All too often, the average individual lived in unimaginably wretched conditions. It was only in the nineteenth century, and then only […]

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New Plan Would Push Top Tax Rate to Almost 60 Percent In These 4 States

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If Congress’s new tax hikes come through, successful residents in high-tax states will be placed in a terrible position. Successful residents of high-tax states are in for an ugly surprise if new tax legislation passes in Congress. Democratic legislators are currently proposing a multi-trillion-dollar tax hike to raise revenue for a massive welfare and climate change spending plan. […]

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AOC Defends Tax the Rich’ Dress at $30,000 Per Ticket Met Gala

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“It’s My ‘Responsibility’ To Party With Elites, ‘Haters’” – Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) Tax AOC. She makes Marie Antoinette look like a public advocate. She parades herself in front of millionaire pop stars, wealthy actors, New York socialites, trust fund society swans and members of the glitterati where Individual tickets were $35,000 and tables […]

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Democrats Want To Punish Americans With $2.9 Trillion More In Taxes

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Unsustainable. We the people are no longer self governed. This is punitive. 20% of Americans pay majority of taxes. 61% paid zero fed taxes last year. It’s the 20% that gets the shaft. But we’re all tapped out. $200 billion in more IRS funding for tax enforcement. NEWS: W&M Ds circulate preliminary $2.9T in tax hikes, including: […]

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Manchin: Schumer ‘will not have my vote’ on $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill

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aoc wearing the words tax the rich on her dress? simply iconic #MetGala pic.twitter.com/utsxXBXEIl — ilana kaplan (@lanikaps) September 13, 2021 Bernie Sanders and the Democrats seeks to inject socialism into America with this monstrosity of a bill. In addition, it has been discovered that this bill would allow the IRS to monitor bank transactions, potentially violating the 4th […]

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New Study Vindicates States that Canceled Expanded Unemployment Welfare Early

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This new study simply confirms what common sense and basic economics alike always predicted. ebate over the welfare state is once again making headlines. On Monday, the expanded unemployment welfare system was finally allowed to expire after more than a year. Originally created as a “short-term” measure authorized for a few months in March 2020 […]

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Biden’s Handlers Want You to Cough Up $6.4 Billion to Resettle 94,000 Afghans in the U.S.

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My latest in PJ Media: Old Joe Biden’s handlers have asked Congress for $30 billion, which means that you better brace yourselves for significant tax increases in the near future. According to NBC News,  $23.6 billion of this is slated to go to deal with the devastation from Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters; the other $6.4 […]

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TAKE ACTION: Senator Manchin, and other moderate Democrats, are threatening passage of $3.5 trillion socialist spending bill.

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The House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, is trailed by reporters as she departs a meeting with fellow House Democrats about Joe Biden’s sweeping plan to expand spending on social programs, at the US Capitol on Monday. Photograph: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Please see bottom of article for individual emails prepared for you to send to the senators. CNN […]

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