When it comes to government incompetence, the first thing that anyone should do is follow the money. Nothing epitomizes government ineffectiveness, ineptitude and wasteful nature than public spending by our esteemed elected officials. Remember, when a representative at the federal, state or level spends your tax money on something as frivolous as a video game […]
Archives for March 2013
Miami Mayor on Marlins Park: ‘The residents of Miami were raped’ by MLB franchise
Miami Mayor Tomas Regaldo accused the Miami Marlins baseball franchise of stealing money from the taxpayers in order to fund their state-of-the-art stadium, which has numerous luxuries, such as aquariums behind the home plate and a retractable roof. According to the financing agreement, the team will pay for $160 million of the $634 million park, […]
Poll finds fewer Americans expecting tax refunds this year
Are you expecting a tax refund this year? Or are you are not holding your breath? A new survey by American Express found that 59 percent of respondents said they expect a refund this year, down from 64 percent from the same time a year ago. The same poll discovered that 19 percent say they […]
Study finds Americans migrating to states with more economic, social freedoms
The George Mason University’s Mercatus Center released the latest findings from its “Freedom in 50 States” study and it found that Americans are heading to more conservative states than liberal states because of a variety of different economic and social freedoms. Study authors had utilized a number of criteria when it came to economic and […]
Peter Schiff: ‘The dollar is going to collapse if Bernanke doesn’t reverse course’
Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, lambasted the Federal Reserve on Monday and said that the United States dollar is going to collapse unless Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke stops stimulating the economy and inflating the money supply. “The dollar is going to collapse if [Fed Chairman] Ben Bernanke doesn’t reverse course,” Schiff said in […]