Bitcoin keeps going higher and higher…and higher. Will it ever end? Most investors are in agreement that the peer-to-peer decentralized virtual currency is in a big, fat, juicy bubble. It recently topped $10,000, and then climbed to $11,000, and is now trading at around $9,700. Do you want to make heads and tails out of […]
Archives for November 2017
SHRINKFLATION: Infographic examines smaller products, higher prices
The latest trend in the last couple of years has been for companies to reduce the size of their products but to keep the prices the same or higher. Economists aver that this is the first step towards a tsunami of inflation. And marketing experts say that businesses maintain this practice because shoppers fear higher […]
WATCH: Huh? Tipping is rooted in racism, slavery
And this is the problem with many leftist videos on YouTube: what may have sounded astute in Gender Studies or Anti-White Studies in college, doesn’t appear too smart in the real world. Case in point, Fusion released a video that attempts to connect tipping with racism and slavery. It didn’t turn out too well because […]
WARMONGER: Lindsey Graham warns U.S. is ‘headed to war’ with ‘crazy man’ in North Korea
Can we go one week without South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham promising more war? Hasn’t he done enough for the neoconservatives? Speaking in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday, Graham warned that the United States is “head to war” with the “crazy man” in North Korea, unless things change. In other words, […]
How Much Does a Tax Cut Cost?
By: Matthew Bankert People often speak of tax cuts using topsy-turvy lingo like thisquotation from the Committee for a Responsible Budget: “the country currently spends $1.6 trillion per year on tax breaks.” Or, as The Hill claims: “GOP tax plan would cost $2.4 trillion.” Statements like these make it sound like a tax cut is something you have […]