It is clear that too many U.S. students are taking on tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt to earn unnecessary and useless degrees. And yet, they want a bailout among taxpayers who might never attain that same level of education. Is it time for the market to dictate what degrees students should […]
Archives for July 2021
Got long COVID? You may soon be eligible for disability payments
By: Andrew Moran How many Americans are suffering from so-called long COVID? According to a recent FAIR Health study, it is estimated that about one-quarter of symptomatic and asymptomatic coronavirus patients reported new health problems following their initial diagnosis, including high blood pressure, fatigue, breathing difficulties, and pain. Whether this is permanent or not is uncertain, but the […]
Fed’s James Bullard wants to start tapering QE this fall
Cue the taper talk? Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard told reporters following a virtual speech that he wants to begin tapering the ultra-aggressive $120-billion-a-month quantitative easing program this fall and finish it by the end of March. Bullard thinks this is necessary now that inflation is starting to heat up in […]
WATCH: Dr. Fauci spreads misinformation for 18 months
Has Dr. Anthony Fauci been right about anything during the coronavirus pandemic? It is hard to find anything he has been correct. And yet, Americans are still supposed to listen to him otherwise they are supposedly anti-science or anti-vaccine. Here is a montage of his putrid track record since the beginning of the COVID-19 public […]
What AOC gets wrong about inflation (as usual)
By: Andrew Moran The top fear among businesses, consumers, and investors? Inflation. The U.S. annual inflation rate has topped 5%, producer prices have exceeded 7%, the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) index jumped nearly 4%, and Wall Street and Main Street surveys have revealed increased expectations for higher living costs over the next year for fuel and […]