Social Security’s impending bankruptcy doesn’t resonate with voters, yet
I am not a constitutional lawyer, but I see nearly zero chance that funding Social Security out of the general fund would be allowed for any significant length of time. It is at best a fool’s errand to hold out hope that Congress will be able to float the program’s imbalances out of the general […]
Wisconsin Judge Stops Elections Commission From ‘Fomenting Election Fraud’
The litigation is the latest in a long line of complaints against a dysfunctional elections commission and its embattled administrator. A Marinette County judge on Friday slapped a temporary restraining order on the Wisconsin Elections Commission in a lawsuit alleging the election regulator puts Badger State voters in the untenable position of committing election fraud or […]
Our National Debt Crisis – Let’s Begin by Throwing Big Bird Off The Cliff
The initial sparring and positioning over the debt limit have begun and not surprisingly, the Democrats are pulling out their past winning arguments that have kept any of the huge entitlement programs off limit to any kind of reform. The past arguments can be summarized as “pushing Granny off the cliff”, a theme derived from […]
It’s Time to Start Thinking About Trump 2.0
The former president is polling as well as he ever has; there’s no reason to be caught flat-footed by victory again. It’s extremely early, but the former President Donald Trump is polling well enough to contemplate what his administration would look like in a second term. The answer is definitely different from what it was […]
Are We Back To The Everything Bubble?
The term everything bubble was coined when seemingly all investments started to rise in unison, apparently in response to massive liquidity injected into the economy by both the Federal Reserve (monetary policy) and massive Federal deficit spending (fiscal policy). Many also believed that the force pushing all asset prices up at the same time was […]
They Really Believe You’ll Be Happy
As the World Economic Forum (WEF) hosts [hosted] its annual conference of political officials, corporate bigwigs, and leaders of the professional Left-dominated nongovernmental organization world, the organization has come into focus. We brought some of the scrutiny, examining recent writings of WEF leader Klaus Schwab and critics of his “Great Reset.” But when scrutinizing Schwab […]
A Little More Poison
Taking “the hair of the dog that bit you” means curing a hangover with another drink in the morning. Nobody follows that principle as public policy, but current government practice regarding gambling and drug use subscribes to the same logic. For instance, there haven’t been too many Puritans around in a long time who objected […]
MMT Is Dead. It Must Now Be Buried for Good
In the late 1960s Milton Friedman clarified his famous quip by stating that “In one sense, we are all Keynesians now; in another, nobody is any longer a Keynesian.” In the first part, we are all Keynesians because the government’s out of control spending has forced us to be. In the latter sense, we are […]
Study Shows Government’s Family Leave Mandates Have Thwarted Women’s Wage Gains
Men and women alike should be able to take time off from work for family and medical needs without the risk of losing their jobs. Unfortunately, when policymakers turn something that should be voluntarily offered by employers into a rigid legal mandate, unintended consequences ensue. In the case of family and medical leave laws in […]
Americans Say Economy is in Trouble
Americans think the U.S. economy is in trouble, according to a new poll. Released by CBS News and YouGov, the poll found that 64% of those surveyed said the national economy is doing “fairly bad” or “very bad.” The survey found 56% disapprove of the job Joe Biden is doing as president. Those two figures […]