Bay Area restaurant blames politicians for inflated prices: ‘Please don’t hate us’
Bay Area restaurants are asking politicians to raise prices to survive amid persistent inflation. As economic headwinds hit San Francisco's restaurateurs, it's become commonplace for businesses to post signs begging customers to forgive their price hikes, but one pizza shop is taking that appeal to another level. I pulled it up. “Murder!” reads a sign […]
Independent Health settles $98M fraud case over inflated Medicare claims – WGRZ.com
WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. — An independent health association will pay nearly $100 million for alleged fraud against the government. U.S. prosecutors have announced that the company is suspected of violating the False Claims Act by knowingly submitting or causing Medicare to submit invalid diagnosis codes. Subsequently, Medicare Advantage Plus customers' payments increased and were impacted. Medicare […]
Hamas Inflated Gaza Death Figures; Included Natural Deaths, Cancer Patients
The Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas inflated the death toll from the Gaza war by including natural deaths and cancer patients in the data, and the world's media dutifully reported the exaggerated totals to smear Israel. This is the conclusion of a new report by the UK-based Henry Jackson Society. The association is named after Sen. […]
Colleges inflated tuition costs for students of divorced parents
Dozens of elite universities, including Harvard University, Columbia University and New York University, are suspected of colluding in a price-fixing scheme to raise tuition costs for students with divorced or separated parents, according to a federal lawsuit. A proposed class action lawsuit filed by Boston University students and Cornell University alumni targets the nonprofit College […]
UK Trans Population Likely Inflated Due to Poor English Skills of Migrants
The UK government likely overestimated the number of people who identify as transgender in the country due to immigrant groups’ lack of understanding of English. In the most recent census, carried out in 2021, around 262,000 people in England and Wales – roughly 0.5% of the population – answered “no” to the question of whether […]
Walz Inflated Background, Claimed Harvard Was Behind China Classes
Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) was recently found to have exaggerated his background and made it appear as if Harvard University was behind an educational program he attended in China. a Report from Washington Free Beacon The investigation found that Waltz falsely claimed to have been “selected by the Nebraska […]
Republicans hit Biden for inflated cost of Easter holiday
Ahead of Easter, Republicans are highlighting how much inflation has driven up the cost of the holiday since President Joe Biden entered office. Inflation began to spiral upward shortly after Biden entered the White House in January 2021, with annual price growth peaking at about 9%. While price growth has fallen, inflation is still running […]
Landlords who housed Harry Winston, Versace sue NYC over inflated property taxes after big-name retailers moved out
Four major retail landlords are suing the city to reduce their property taxes, saying they are unfairly based on pre-pandemic rents. According to the lawsuit, The Real Deal reportedthe owners of a prime commercial condominium on Fifth Avenue and East 59th Street, say their property taxes are “grossly overstated” because they are based on 2022 […]
RNC sues Michigan for ‘inaccurate,’ ‘inflated’ voter rolls
The Republican National Committee filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, alleging that Michigan’s voter rolls are “inflated” and “inaccurate,” according to officials. press release Published by the Commission. of complaint He noted that the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 requires all states to “maintain clean and accurate voter registration […]
Government Hiring Inflated Jobs Report, Increases Inflation Danger
Market decides to ignore employment numbers a dream March interest rate cut We survived the December employment statistics. of The Department of Labor announced that employers added 216,000 jobs. Jobs added in December by 170,000 people, much faster than Wall Street had expected. The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7%, contrary to expectations that it […]