Shortly after announcing new tariffs on imports of solar products and washing machines (SEE: Donald Trump slaps tariffs on solar products, washing machines), Wall Street now expects President Donald Trump to slap tariffs on another popular import. Aluminum, warns Goldman Sachs. And this would be a big deal. Since aluminum is used in everything from […]
Archives for January 2018
FIBBER: Fed Nominee Marvin Goodfriend Lied to the Senate on Taxing Cash
By: Tho Bishop The government shutdown wasn’t long enough to delay the nomination hearing for an economist who could be considered to be one of the “worst Fed nominees of all time.” While most of the headlines generated from Marvin Goodfriend’s testimony before the Senate today focused on the grilling he received from Senate Dems, there is one curious […]
Donald Trump slaps tariffs on solar products, washing machines
If 2017 was any indication, the United States economy will be in store for a lot of tariffs, levies, and duties on imports in the coming years. President Donald Trump approved tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber and Boeing airplanes, while also affecting China’s aluminium foil and steel. Now the president is going after imports of […]
Steven Mnuchin champions benefits of weaker U.S. dollar in Davos
A weak dollar or a strong dollar? That seems to have been the debate inside the Trump administration for the past year. President Donald Trump has tergiversated on the issue, and so has Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. But now it seems the White House will gradually end the strong-dollar policy of the last 30 years. […]
WATCH: Ron Paul warned of FBI corruption years ago
The FBI is one of the most corrupt and most powerful federal bodies in the United States today. The organization has been corrupt since its inception, being used as a tool by those in power to spy on American citizens dubbed as enemies of the state. If the FISA memo is released, and many Republicans […]