Finance

February 13th, 2025
Following the extraordinary joint press conference by President Trump and Elon Musk from the Oval Office, the press went on the offensive against Musk’s claims of transparency and finding billions of dollars in fraudulent or erroneous payments by the US Treasury.
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February 12th, 2025
The problem with banning the penny in isolation is that it would increase demand for nickels, which cost 13.78 cents to produce. Source: Abolish the Nickel, Too | National Review
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February 12th, 2025
Few things symbolize our national dysfunction as much as this accursed coin, which we mint by the millions because it’s too worthless to spend.
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February 11th, 2025
Once again, the party shows it has learned nothing from November 5.
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February 11th, 2025
By: Gerard Baker – wsj.com – February 10, 2025 Whose idea was it to have Chuck Schumer lead a protest outside the Treasury? You couldn’t invent a scene that better explains our current politics than the one last week outside the Treasury in Washington. Some genius in the Democratic Party evidently thought it a good idea to put some of...
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February 10th, 2025
Hysteria has erupted here and abroad over President Donald Trump’s threats to level trade tariffs against particular countries. Both American and foreign critics blasted them variously as either counterproductive and suicidal or unfair, imperialistic, and xenophobic. Certainly, tariffs are widely hated by doctrinaire economists. They complain that tariffs burden consumers with higher prices to protect weak domestic industries that, shielded...
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February 10th, 2025
By: Joni Ernst – wsj.com – February 9, 2025 It dodges congressional questions about money that went to sex traffickers and the Wuhan virus lab. In moments of crisis, America can be counted on for leadership. Our nation’s compassionate giving has saved millions of lives around the world that were at risk from starvation or disease. All Americans should be...
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February 7th, 2025
The Department of Government Efficiency has started making moves. The D.C. media are furious about his attempts to cut government agencies. But I take Elon Musk’s side…
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February 7th, 2025
The Congressional Budget Office projects the federal deficit will continue to rise, reaching $2.7 trillion by 2035, due to legislation passed by Joe Biden and Democrats. The new para-government age…
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February 7th, 2025
President Trump’s obsession with the U.S. trade deficit is misplaced, as trade balances don’t matter and tariffs are a tax increase on U.S. businesses, which could lead to higher prices…
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