Conservatives, libertarians and liberals should be worried about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The TPP has been one of the key issues of the 2016 presidential election. Republican nominee Donald Trump has lambasted the international trade agreement, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has flip flopped several times on the matter, Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson has also […]
Archives for September 2016
Ron Paul: Wells Fargo or the Federal Reserve – Who’s the Bigger Fraud?
By: Ron Paul The Wells Fargo bank account scandal took center stage in the news last week and in all likelihood will continue to make headlines for many weeks to come. What Wells Fargo employees did in opening bank accounts without customers’ authorization was obviously wrong, but in true Washington fashion the scandal is being […]
5 random things for Friday (state government taxes up 4.8%, males better than females at math, Gary Johnson gets mad)
News Story of the Day: do you think that you’re paying more taxes at the state level? Well, you are right. According to new data from the United States Census Bureau, state government taxes totaled $916.5 billion last year. This is up 4.8 percent from the previous year. Income taxes were responsible for much of […]
French, South Korean central banks pushing negative interest rates
The international push to a world of negative interest rates persists. The latest culprits, or at least eventual culprits, are South Korea and France. Francois Villeroy de Galhau, the head of the Bank of France and member of the European Central Bank (ECB)’s governing council, argued that, even though there are limits to the policy, […]
38% of Canadians fear an interest rate hike would ‘move them towards bankruptcy’
A considerable number of Canadians fear an increase to interest rates would “move them towards bankruptcy,” a new survey says. Thanks to historically low interest rates, government taking nearly half of their income and a rising cost of living, a majority of Canadians are now just a couple of hundred dollars away from being unable […]