03.01.2021

$1.9 trillion Covid spending bill passes House, goes back to Senate—but will it help recover the 8.7 million jobs still lost to pandemic?

Is the stimulus starting to see a cycle of diminishing returns? By Robert Romano The U.S. House of Representatives has completed its work on its version of the $1.9 trillion Covid spending bill, passing on a party line 219 to 212 vote on Feb. 27 , and going back to the Senate for consideration. The legislation would provide $1,400 checks to […]

02.04.2021

Sen. Rand Paul’s three-penny plan would balance budget in five years after debt grew $4.4 trillion in 2020

By Robert Romano Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is offering an alternative budget plan that would cut three cents out of every federal dollar spent every year for five years, bringing the budget into balance by 2026, at a time when the U.S. added more than $4.4 trillion to the national debt in 2020 […]

02.03.2021

Crushing West Virginia jobs is an American tragedy

By Frank McCaffrey Vice President Kamala Harris recently gave an interview to a local West Virginia TV station to discuss the Biden administration’s job-killing energy policies. The WSAZ anchor brought up an important issue for her state when talking to the vice president. “People win […]

02.03.2021

Facebook turns 17 but no one is celebrating

How a cute toddler everyone loved grew into a teen bully with trust issues By Catherine Mortensen Seventeen years ago today a Harvard University sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launched The Facebook, a social media website he built in order to connect Harvard students with one another. By […]

02.03.2021

Sen. Rubio amendment would block schools from stimulus funding if they refuse to reopen by April 30

  By Robert Romano In January, President Joe Biden unveiled his proposed $1.9 trillion Covid relief legislation which would issue yet more checks to American households, this time totaling $1,400 per individual and an additional child tax credit for $3,600 for children under 6 and $3,000 for children over 6. It would also give […]

02.01.2021

Is karma finally catching up with Cuomo?

America’s got a bad case of Biden remorse and there are even signs and symptoms of Biden remorse in the Empire State. By Frank McCaffrey It’s no secret New York State leans a certain way politically. And many in the state probably won’t stop backing […]

02.01.2021

Equality vs Equity: Unraveling the allure of socialism

Placing equity over equality when it comes to our economy will not ensure that everyone ends up a millionaire, only that nobody will get the opportunity to rise through the ranks and achieve that success in the future. By Brett Kimball Equality and equity are […]

01.29.2021

Covid recession takes U.S. economy down 3.5 percent in 2020—worse than the Great Recession of 2008-2009

By Robert Romano The U.S. had its first peak at overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2020, and it’s not pretty, dropping 3.5 percent on an inflation-adjusted basis for the entire year following massive losses from the Covid pandemic-led lockdowns. That is even worse than 2008 and […]

01.29.2021

Justice system that caters to elites is in desperate need of reform

Three changes that could restore justice to the ‘forgotten man’ By Richard McCarty Our legal system has failed; it works well for the elite, but it is difficult or impossible for millions of Americans to obtain justice. The high cost of law school educations prevents many people […]

01.28.2021

Biden housing memorandum eyes renewing federal zoning rule Congress already banned

By Robert Romano On Jan. 26, President Joe Biden continued his flurry of executive orders and other actions with a new memorandum, “Redressing Our Nation’s and the Federal Government’s History of Discriminatory Housing Practices and Policies,” which seeks to undo a series of steps taken by former President Donald Trump and former Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson. The […]

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