Category: Economy
Admins comments on the economy
Clinton and Obama set the stage for an Independent voter revolution
One half of voters are independents. Good bills only have a 30% chance of congressional approval? 80% of Americans want to end corruption.
Mexico’s Solution to the Border Crisis
The day after Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office as Mexico’s president on Dec. 1, his foreign minister flew to Washington to propose a $20 billion development plan to make Central America a place for people to stay rather than flee.
Alexis Tsipras’ Failed Attempt at Democratic Socialism
He sent his finance minister at the time, Giannis Varoufakis, who is now working with Sen. Bernie Sanders to form an international progressive movement, to Berlin and London to hold the Greek position as forcefully as possible. Varoufakis did as he was asked. He made it clear that Syriza was willing to leave the European Union and default on its loans to defend Greek citizens from hardship. His comments rattled foreign exchange markets and weakened the euro against the dollar.
A Home Run by Trump
The Justice Department is not just any arm of government. It is a bulwark of the rule of law on which our domestic tranquility and prosperity depend.
The North Carolina Absentee Ballot Scandal — What Happened and When?
Mark Harris (R) declares victory over Dan McCready (D) late on election night with a 2,000-vote lead and 99 percent of districts reporting.
The U.N. Gives Palestinian Terrorists a Free Pass
The U.N. indicated that Jews’ praying at the Western Wall is more worthy of condemnation than Hamas’s lobbing rockets indiscriminately at Israeli civilians.
How the Founders Protected the Natural Right of Religious Liberty
Scalia said the free-exercise clause bars laws that target religious beliefs & practices, but not laws that indirectly burden religious people or institutions
Federal Judge Opens Discovery Into Clinton Email Usage
Court Excoriates Obama State Department/Justice Department for Possibly Acting in “Bad Faith” and Colluding “to Scuttle Public Scrutiny” of Clinton Private Email Server Court Criticizes Current Justice Department for “Chicanery” District Court Judge Lamberth Orders “Proposed Plan and Schedule for Discovery Within Ten Days”
Yellow Vests Rise Against Neo-Liberal ‘King’ Macron
There were young women who were working seven days a week and despaired of having enough money to feed and clothe their children.
“Persian Gulf of Tonkin” Ingredients All in Place for US War on Iran?
the U.S. government continues to seek to block Iranian oil exports. Rouhani’s comments came a day after the U.S. sent an aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf on Monday in an apparent “show of force,”
Is the new NAFTA the biggest trade deal ever, as Donald Trump said?
Two sides to the coin. Flood the markets and increase trade with no US Profit or lower the volume and increase US manufacturing, jobs and taxable income, New agreement is in favor of US.
The Guardian and Glen Greenwald’s Vilification of Julian Assange
Glenn Greenwald is far from alone in noting that London is possibly the most surveilled city in the world, with CCTV cameras everywhere. The environs of the Ecuadorian embassy are monitored especially heavily, with continuous filming by the UK and Ecuadorian authorities and most likely by the US and other actors with an interest in Assange’s fate.
The Show-Me State Is Showing Us Something
In addressing lobbying abuses, Amendment 1 forbids state legislators from accepting paid lobbyist positions for two years after leaving the legislature. The measure is aimed at limiting the power of “the revolving door” of politics: the phenomenon of politicians becoming lobbyists and lobbyists becoming politicians.
As for campaign finance reform, Amendment 1 limits campaign contributions for state senators and state representatives to $2,500 and $2,000, respectively. Legislators are also now forbidden from accepting any gift from a lobbyist that exceeds five dollars.
The Fed Authorized a Money Laundering Bank
Elizabeth apparently buried the hatchet and supported Hillary’s presidential bid despite the fact that in the 90’s Hillary had stabbed her in the back over bankruptcy legislation.
Banks Stop Americans from Purchasing and Selling Guns-
In fact I think the Chinese might have a greater interest in protecting their investment in this country than the people who are running the country. After all the Chinese own a major portion of Citi Bank Stocks and as you will read below it looks like they own some of our lawmakers.