By: Graham Noble Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren recently told an audience in Jackson, Mississippi that she supports doing away with the Electoral College. At least two other 2020 contenders, Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Robert Francis O’Rourke, have also signaled their potential support for replacing the Electoral College (EC) system with a national popular vote. What is […]
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Trump blames Federal Reserve for slower GDP
Since Vince McMahon is good friends with President Donald Trump, and WrestleMania is right around the corner, the WWE should host a match between Trump and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell in a no holds barred match. This would be the only way Trump could exact his revenge, since it’s impossible to fire the Fed […]
Random Friday: Interest rates, school administrators, John Brennan
News Story of the Day: Will the Federal Reserve slash interest rates soon? The United States central bank already confirmed that it has taken a breather on raising rates and unwinding the $4 trillion balance sheet. So, anything is possible at this point. But the White House is going as far as encouraging the Eccles […]
BANKRUPT: AOC’s Green New Deal to cost $93 trillion – and that’s a conservative estimate
By: Robert Murphy Both fans and foes of the so-called Green New Deal (GND) agree that it is a wildly ambitious set of proposals, which—by design—will involve the federal government spending boatloads of money. In fact, the GND is so expensive that Rep. Ocasio-Cortez has cited the inflationary doctrine of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) to deflect the issue; we […]
The Economist says Ben Shapiro is ‘alt-right,’ then revises it to ‘radical conservative’
The Economist had been a dependable publication for years, serving as a neutral magazine with tremendous business, financial, and economic insight. This changed a few years ago, leaning more towards the left when it came to dissecting policy and reporting the news. It has gotten so bad that the magazine now thinks anyone right of […]