The poorly planned departure from Afghanistan has inspired U.S. veterans to try to save the people Joe Biden has abandoned. Last week, James Freeman in the WSJ reported on the brave volunteers of “Task Force Pineapple,” who are seeking to protect America’s friends from Taliban brutality. Saving Afghans Abandoned by the U.S. Government Also from […]
SNAP: Biden Expands Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by Most Ever
As America’s prestige and credibility are crashing down around it. In response, Joe Biden is shoring up his voter base by expanding food stamps more than ever before. Agricultural Secretary Tom Vilsack explains that it’s a bid to head off political instability (i.e. people voting Republican) Phil Shiver reports in The Blaze: The Biden administration […]
Biden’s Progressive Budget Proposal Vastly Expands Government
In The Hill, Democrat political advisor Doug Schoen raises a warning flag over the budget bill being forced on the Biden administration and voters by radical progressives in Congress and the Senate. Schoen says passage of the $3.5 trillion bill could put Congress and the Senate at risk for Democrats in 2022. He writes (abridged) […]
Freidman: Inflation Is a Monetary Phenom
“Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.” (Milton Friedman) M2 Not Important? Growth in the money supply, specifically M2, “doesn’t really have important implications.” (Fed Chairman Jerome Powell 23 Feb testimony to Congress) June’s inflation index jumped 5.4% from a year ago, the highest reading since August 2008, which surprised the experts, writes the […]
Master Class: How to Suck Air out of the Economy
It’s not easy to watch the economy being strangled. In the WSJ, Andy Kessler refers to Ibram X. Kendi’s book. “How to Be an Antiracist,” apparently “all the rage now.” Just as Joe Biden assures the public in a speech on Monday that a massive influx of government spending will help fend off inflation, Mr. […]
Biden Pulling a Bait and Switch
Politicians renege on promises frequently, but what, asks the WSJ in an editorial, should voters make of a deal in which one side is pulling a bait and switch? That was the astonishing news Thursday as President Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed a bipartisan Senate infrastructure deal even as they said the price of their support […]
MELTDOWN: Biden Desperately Tries to Hold Blue Cities
Residents of America’s big blue cities have quickly done a U-turn on the “Defund the Police” movement. New Yorkers look as though they are prepared to elect a new mayor who is a former police captain and has promised a tougher stance on crime than the current radical Gracie Mansion inhabitant, Mayor Bill de Blasio. […]
Biden Not Sure if He’s For or Against the Infrastructure Bill
Shortly after making a big deal out of a bipartisan agreement on an infrastructure bill, Joe Biden suggested he wouldn’t sign it unless he also received another bill with more of what he wanted in it. After Republicans understandably balked at the idea, Biden was forced into a hasty clarification. The WSJ explains: Senate Republicans […]
Why Higher Labor Costs Are Bad News for Consumers
What’s in a name? Call it what you will, it still smells like inflation. The good news for workers? They are being paid more to join the U.S. labor force. The not-so-good news? Higher labor costs will come out of workers’ elevated paychecks. What will it take to persuade potential workers to join the U.S. […]
Not Allowing Americans to Help Themselves
As Joe Biden looks to release the “biggest-ever” federal budget, it is a good time for Americans to reflect upon the implications of the fiscal and regulatory tentacles of today’s federal government,” cautions Wayne Crews of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. A Spending Surge Like No Other Mr. Crews assigns blame to both parties. Crews notes that it […]