Originally posted on January 30, 2019. The Heritage Foundation just released the 2019 Index for Economic Freedom. And there is good news, reports Bright editors: Tax Cuts, Jobs Acts, Strong Deregulatory Agenda Under President Trump, the U.S. rose six spots over the past year, from the 18th most free economy in the world, to the 12th. […]
Can Trump Save America from Mega-Monopolies?
Originally posted January 28, 2019. In The American Conservative, Jonathan Tepper makes the case that America’s industries have become highly concentrated and monopolistic. He goes on to point out President Trump’s campaign promises to fight such extraordinarily powerful industries, and explains how the Republican Party before the 1980s was a powerful check on monopoly power […]
Trump Administration Seeks Trade Fairness, Not Withdrawal from World Markets
Originally posted October 23, 2018. In a winding piece in The New York Times, while hammering away at President Trump and the right-wing of politics in general, Quinn Slobodian manages to arrive at one salient point, that Donald Trump and his administration are not actually interested in 1930s style self-sufficiency, but instead are aiming to […]
Trump’s Pro-Business American Revolution
Originally posted on June 15, 2018. Eight years of a Marxist influenced administration did untold damage to America’s economic engine. Businesses were reluctant to invest and bogged down by never ending regulation. In the final two years of the Obama presidency, the economy looked to be headed into the tank. Industrial production was contracting, business […]
Trump Economy: Consumer Sentiment Highest in 15 Years!
The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index has hit its highest level in 15 years!
Government Revenue Rising Thanks to Trump Economy
The strong Trump economy, accelerated by his administration’s tax reform is outweighing the drag from tariffs on China, explains James Freeman in The Wall Street Journal. He writes (abridged): Stocks are taking a beating today as consumers in both China and the U.S. face higher prices on a broad range of products. Thank goodness the […]
Americans Won’t Vote for a Return to the Sleepy Joe Economy
Real GDP growth so far in the Trump era has averaged 2.77% per quarter, while during the Obama/Biden era it averaged a sleepy 1.9%. Originally posted on Your Survival Guy.
“The U.S. Economy is Remarkably Resilient When Government Doesn’t Get in the Way”
“The U.S. economy is remarkably resilient when government doesn’t get in the way.” These are the words of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board in describing the strong economic growth of the first quarter. The 3.2% real GDP growth surprised the financial community which had been preparing itself for far less. The board asks, “what […]
The One Man President Trump Should Appoint to the Fed
In the words of former Congressman Ron Paul, it is long past time to End the Fed. In the meantime, President Trump can assure Americans that the nation’s central bank is led ably by individuals who want the best for the country. I am enthusiastic about President Trump’s nomination of Stephen Moore to the Board of […]
America – the Best Time Ever to Look for a Job
According to the latest employment report from the National Federation of Independent Business, due out later today, U.S. businesses in March continued aggressively hiring, reports James Freeman in the WSJ. From NFIB Chief Economist William Dunkelberg: Job creation was solid in March with a net addition of 0.50 workers per firm (including those making no […]
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