The United States government ran a $27.52 billion budget deficit in December, President Barack Obama’s final full month in the Oval Office. According to a new government report, the monthly budget deficit is close to double of what it was in December of last year. Moving forward, experts are anticipating a widening gap between government […]
Archives for January 2017
Infographic: A look at bitcoin’s 126% resurgence in 2016
Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer decentralized digital currency, was the top performing currency in all of 2016. Despite cratering a few years ago from its all-time high and plunging 10 percent this week because of a Chinese probe, bitcoin continues to be one of the best performing currencies in the world today. An infographic from the Visual […]
Where’s the evidence of Russian hacking? We’re still waiting (video)
The Russian government hacked the United States election. That is now an accepted conclusion by the mainstream media and casual news viewers because a high-level official, who lied about spying on the American people, said so. But where is the proof? Well, we’re still waiting for it. YouTube user – 1791L – has put together […]
Paul Krugman says ‘deficits matter again’ now that Trump is president
Paul Krugman before the 2016 election: budget deficits don’t matter. Paul Krugman after the 2016 election: deficits matter again. For years, the Keynesian economist has purported the idea that budget deficits don’t really matter, the exploding national debt isn’t really a big deal and that any kind of government stimulus is better than no stimulus. […]
Donald Trump’s inauguration to cost you $130 million
The Donald Trump inauguration on January 20 will come with a “yuge” bill for United States taxpayers, says a new report from the Washington Post. In order to have official parties and dinners, a concert, a parade, personnel and the swearing-in ceremony, the inauguration will come with a price-tag of approximately $200 million. Reportedly, about […]