Building A Few Miles Of California Railway Currently Projected To Cost More Than NASA Mars Mission
A project to extend California’s railroad by six miles could end up costing more than NASA’s Mars mission. California’s plan to extend the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) rail system to San Jose and Santa Clara calls for adding six miles of new track, with an expected cost of about $4.4 billion to $12.75 billion. […]
‘Cost of Living in Many Areas Is Very High’
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in an interview with Bloomberg on Monday that in response to polling data on the economy and declining consumer confidence, “the cost of living is very high in many places. And that’s a concern for the American people.” “Doing everything we can to lower the cost of living is President […]
Bank of England Admits Mass Migration Driving Up Cost of Housing
The Bank of England has admitted that mass immigration is a key driver of rising rents in the country, further undermining the neoliberal intelligentsia’s claim that waves of unfettered immigration will bring economic prosperity. Following the Bank of England’s decision to keep interest rates at 5.25%, Hugh Pill, the central bank’s chief economist, rejected the […]
Rick Carlisle’s Knicks whining will cost him
INDIANA – Pacers coach Rick Carlisle was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Friday morning for “questioning the integrity of the league and its officials and criticizing referees.” The fine was announced by Joe Dumars, the league’s executive vice president and director of basketball operations. Carlisle was lighter in the wallet Wednesday night after he […]
Axelrod: Biden ‘pride’ may cost him election
Senior Democratic strategist David Axelrod on Wednesday criticized President Biden’s economic message after a campaign event in Milwaukee, saying the president’s “pride” could lead to a failure in November. Mr. Biden has consistently framed his fight against the economy in the past tense, treating the issue as already won. Most Americans disagree, with polls showing […]
Extending Trump’s tax cuts would cost US trillions of dollars in new forecast
The extension of tax cuts passed as part of former President Trump’s signature 2017 tax law will add trillions of dollars to the nation’s budget deficit over roughly the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says in a new report. I predicted that it was possible. CBO said Wednesday, citing figures from the Joint […]
Joe Biden’s Obamacare for DACA Illegal Aliens to Cost Americans $300 Million Annually
President Joe Biden’s decision to allow illegal aliens to enroll in Obamacare through Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) will cost Americans about $300 million a year. On Friday, the Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a final rule opening Obamacare to DACA illegal aliens. President Obama first created the DACA […]
Missouri Man Allegedly Murders Wife In Hospital Over Depression, Cost Of Providing Care
A male Missourian strangled his hospitalized wife last Friday because he was depressed and could not pay his wife’s medical bills, prosecutors alleged last Saturday. Ronnie Wiggs allegedly “told police he killed the victim, who had come to the hospital for a new port for dialysis,” a statement from the Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office read. […]
Nurses faced with low pay, high cost of living: These cities are worst
(NEXSTAR) – A variety of factors contribute to the national nursing shortage that has affected the United States for the past several years. One of these factors in particular is adequate pay, or lack thereof. In search of better pay, some nurses travel across the country or quit nursing altogether. Uncompetitive pay is causing nurses […]
Maryland officials say Baltimore Key Bridge rebuild could cost $1.9B
Lewis Campion, president and CEO of the Maryland Motor Truck Association, spoke about the recovery and impact on the trucking industry from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. The cost to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge could reach nearly $2 billion. maryland officials It said this week when the state filed insurance claims related […]