As soon as you turn 18 years of age, you will be given a basic income for the rest of your life just for breathing. That’s the premise behind the latest push to install a basic income guarantee. In the last couple of years, policymakers, anti-poverty activists and socialists have been putting forward a concept […]
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Study ranks states with the highest, lowest tax rates in 2016
It’s tax season. Oh bully! It’s also a prudent time to take a look at what states have the highest and lowest tax rates in the union. WalletHub released a new study to examine just what states are tax-friendly and what states just want to suck its citizens dry. Right now, Alaska has the lowest […]
Will the U.S. prevent Britain from exiting the European Union?
The United States government is asserting its influence into the internal affairs of a country and a region…once again. President Obama is scheduled to visit Great Britain next month to lobby against the United Kingdom from making an exit from the European Union. This is also known as the “Brexit,” which would harm the eurozone […]
Video: Is big government ever big enough?
For the last century or so, the United States government has just kept on getting bigger and bigger. It doesn’t matter if the White House or Congress is controlled by a Republican or a Democrat. The inherent nature of government is to grow, and, of course, to negate freedom. Some of this year’s presidential candidates […]
David Stockman asks valid question: ‘Why does the Federal Reserve get amnesty in GOP debates?’
The Republican and Democratic debates have touched upon a wide range of issues: free trade, the minimum wage, income inequality, ISIS and Syria. But there are two topics that have been pretty much avoided by both parties: a non-interventionist foreign policy and the Federal Reserve. No one expects the Hillary Clintons or the Marco Rubios […]