By: Andrew Moran ‘Tis the season to either feign outrage over the national debt or proclaim that the U.S. government needs to spend more to avoid economic catastrophe. A month after Republicans and Democrats agreed to kick the can down the road, allowing the Treasury Department to swoop in and rescue the administration, Treasury Secretary […]
Archives for November 2021
Your Thanksgiving feast for 10 will cost 14% more this year
Well, it’s official: Your Thanksgiving feast is going to cost a whole lot more this year. According to the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), a Thanksgiving dinner for ten will be $53.31, up 14% from last year’s average of $46.90. The biggest contributor will be the turkey as a 16-pound bird will cost $23.99. Nearly […]
#BREAKING: Joe Biden selects Jerome Powell to lead Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve will stay the same. President Joe Biden tapped Jerome Powell to serve a second term at the Federal Reserve. However, Biden picked Lael Brainard as the vice chair at the U.S. central bank, succeeding Richard Clarida. “As I’ve said before, we can’t just return to where we were before the pandemic, we […]
Sunday night damage control? Jen Psaki tweets support of Kamala Harris
The White House is apparently dealing with drama between President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. CNN published a report on Sunday that stated an anonymous former Harris top aide believes the Biden administration is racist for not defending her like he has Buttigieg. Well, Press Secretary Jen Psaki had […]
Does Biden’s infrastructure bill kill Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies?
By: Keelin Ferris The $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill awaiting a presidential signature is primed to land a serious blow to the crypto industry. Stricter oversight on digital asset trading has been a goal for the Biden administration and Republican leaders in Congress for some time, and thanks to a controversial cryptocurrency tax rule buried in the bill, […]