by John Klar | Jan 1, 2024 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
A meme recently raised eyebrows by comparing the cost of groceries purchased for twenty dollars in 1990’s Home Alone movie by child actor Macaulay Culkin with what that basket of goods would cost today. US food inflation has spiked in recent years, exacerbated by the...
by Andrew Moran | Dec 15, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
The fiscal year just started, and the US government is already running a massive budget deficit. In November, the federal shortfall was a larger-than-expected $314 billion, fueled by a 17% increase in spending. In only the first two months of FY 2024, the gap totals...
by James Fite | Nov 4, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
New Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) is off to a strong start, bringing to vote and passing a bill that grants nearly $14.5 billion in aid to Israel on Thursday, November 2. By both tying the aid to the $80 billion granted to the IRS by the Inflation Reduction...
by Andrew Moran | Oct 27, 2023 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
Who knew that Bidenomics was the magic cure the US economy needed all along? According to the latest third-quarter GDP figures released Thursday, October 26, all that was needed to accelerate the United States economy and move on from the coronavirus pandemic to...
by James Fite | Oct 7, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
Where are the single-subject appropriations bills we were promised? That’s the question headlining a September 7 video posted to Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) House.gov media page, foreshadowing both the last-minute budget battle, the 45-day continuing resolution (CR)...