News of the Day: The Federal Reserve is taking a page out of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) and quarantining cash over coronavirus fears. The U.S. central bank announced that it is putting aside some cash it has recently received from Asia for seven to ten days as a precautionary measure. The PBoC recently […]
Archives for March 2020
Capitalism, not the government, will cure the coronavirus
By: Andrew Moran China continues to be battered and beaten daily by the coronavirus, but it looks like the rest of the world is in store for a bad case of Covid-19, too. Despite warnings from international institutions and governments imposing travel restrictions, the private sector is the one doing the dirty work, hoping to both […]
FAIL: CNN gets Trump-Coronavirus fact-check wrong
The Counterfeit News Network thinks it got President Donald Trump again. Instead the fact-checkers failed. Here is what happened: President Trump appeared on Fox News Channel’s Sean Hannity to talk about the coronavirus, his administration’s plans, and the 2020 election. This is what he had to say about Covid-19: “Because a lot of people will […]
How the IRS has been used as a political tool for years
By: Jose Nino The US purports to be the land of free speech, but you can always expect politicians to carve out exceptions. Just look at how government agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service can slither their way into the political affairs of individuals and organizations. Americans generally associate the Internal Revenue Service with the […]
Walter Block plans to support Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election
The great Walter Block plans to support President Donald Trump’s re-election bid this year. This will certainlty split libertarians, but the pragmatic ones will say it be better for President Trump to win in November than any of the crazy Democrats. Robert Wenzel will likely make the case that another Trump term will inevitably increase […]