Not-So-Fun Tax Facts
Each year, American taxpayers lose anywhere from 20 to 50 percent of their income to the federal and state government in taxes, with...
Economic Commentary
Govt to Sell Its GM Stock Before It Declines Further
When the federal government took over General Motors in July of 2009, it was...
CEI Targets Regulations in Annual Report
The Competitive Enterprise Institute released a report today entitled Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual...
Lies, Damned Lies, and (Unemployment) Statistics
There are different ways of calculating unemployment. The data provided by the Bureau of...
Soros: U.S. Dollar No Longer World Reserve Currency
It was President Richard M. Nixon, a favorite of the neoconservative establishment, who announced...
Is It Really the Economy, Stupid?
You might be an "economite" if you … prefer city lights to starry skies...
George Soros’ Doublespeak
Leftist billionaire George Soros (picture, left) has openly advocated for the destruction of American...
First, Shariah-Compliant Financing, Then, Shariah Law
Is there a Shariah threat to America? Some believe so and on Friday’s episode...
Investors in U.S. Debt at Tipping Point?
When Terence Jeffrey, writing for CNSNews.com, noted that true federal spending for the fiscal...
IMF Economists: Huge U.S. Tax Hikes Needed
Economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned of U.S. government finances in disarray...
WTO Rules Against Boeing, U.S. Government
With the turmoil in the Middle East and the catastrophe in Japan, it is...
A Harvard Professor’s Goofs, Gaffes, and Blind Spots
Harvard Professor Gregory Mankiw (picture, left), in writing a hypothetical speech in the New...
Census Bureau Says Detroit Lost Quarter of Its Population Between 2000 and 2010
It used to be one of the great cities of a great nation, a...
Beck Interviews Griffin, Exposes Fed
Politically astute viewers of the Glenn Beck program know that he is sounding more...
Housing Decline: Only Halfway Home
When Reuters and CNBC.com announced the awful housing numbers from February, most observers were...
Federal Red Ink Forever
When the Congressional Budget Office’s preliminary analysis of the Obama Administration’s 2012 budget was...
Trillion-dollar Tax Holiday Sought by Multinationals
Claiming that granting a “tax holiday” for her company (and other large multinationals) would...
The Causes of Rising Food Prices
Food prices are rising quickly around the world. Part of the problem is weather....
Forget Nuclear Meltdowns —Think Bond Market Meltdowns
While the mainstream media have jumped at the opportunity to report on possible nuclear...
Study: Gov’t. Payouts Are a Third of U.S. “Income”
If it sometimes feels like almost everyone is on the government dole except you,...
