by Andrew Moran | Jan 26, 2023 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Opinion
Sure, the cost of televisions is down 14.4%, but the price of eggs is up 60%. Family budgets are being eaten alive by soaring food prices, whether it is a loaf of bread or baby formula. In December, the annual food inflation rate clocked in at 10.4%, with supermarket...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 12, 2022 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
Congress is giving the American taxpayers a warning. It is once again not going to do its job. The United States is currently operating under a Continuing Resolution (CR), a stopgap funding bill passed in September because Congress could not pass an appropriations...
by Tim Donner | Nov 2, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
It is truly remarkable how tone-deaf and out of touch with reality Democrats have become since they barely clung to the slimmest of majorities in Congress two years ago. They lost 15 seats in the House of Representatives and finished with a tie in the Senate. But they...
by Andrew Moran | Sep 19, 2022 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads, Opinion
President Joe Biden recently told a White House crowd celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, “We spend, but we pay.” However, the numbers surrounding the budget deficit contradict this notion, suggesting the statement is as nonsensical as...
by Andrew Moran | Aug 7, 2022 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Good Reads
The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 has been billed as legislation to reduce the federal deficit, trim rampant inflation, and grow the economy through green energy investments. This is the marketing scheme that convinced Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema...