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The economy category has posts on federal spending, debt and deficit, labor laws and policies, the battle between socialism and free market capitalism, and the tenuous relationship between the government, taxpayers, and the businesses that keep Americans employed.

Booming economy is a bad thing?

Our economy is booming, but if you ask Democrats they will tell you that despite 4% unemployment the economy isn’t working for middle America.
That means it needs to be fixed so it only works for left wing politicians.

Midterms chart bad economic future

The 2018 midterms started the House on a mission to prevent our economy from flourishing. A new push to socialize America is gaining strength and shows just how little prominent voices have learned from the catastrophic mistakes made by other countries.

The problem is that the U.S. economy isn’t about economics or numbers. It’s about the fundamental struggle between right and left, between free market capitalism and socialism’s give-away, free for all society.

Left wing economic lunacy

Economics should be all about the numbers, but when politics gets involved the numbers are the least of our worries. Have a look at New York Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez’s ridiculous Green New Deal and then ask yourself how 67 Democrats who back the plan can be so reckless and uninformed as to think that this kind of left wing lunacy is a good idea.

Progressive Income Plans are Foolish and Unethical

Last update June 5, 2020Leave a Comment

Deceiving desperate people is a lot like deceiving kids. They will believe what they want to hear, especially when they are frightened. That’s why it’s so unethical for progressive lawmakers to talk up foolish, pie in the sky guaranteed income plans because they see an opportunity to inject their special brand of socialism into a crisis.

Not Our Fault: Virus Gives Death and Taxes a New Meaning

Last update March 28, 2020Leave a Comment

While I listened to my state’s governor pronounce his stay-at-home order on March 20, 2020 I felt like an unruly kid being punished. We were warned about social distancing. More people are sick. We have to restrict our freedom and close the remaining, non-essential businesses that are still open.

New Tax Plan Targets Families and Wealthy Who Flee U.S.

Last update February 8, 2019Leave a Comment

Thanks to Senator Elizabeth Warren we have another good reason to fear what’s happening in our government. As the Democratic Party accepts a growing number of radicals calling for us to strip America’s wealthiest class so the proceeds can be traded for vote-worthy causes, we have to wonder just how far discriminating against the rich will go if Democrats continue to grow in power.

High Cost to Taxpayers from Shutdown Matters Why?

Last update June 21, 2020Leave a Comment

The Congressional Budget Office sent a bipartisan gift to Capitol Hill with its report on the dollars and cents cost of the partial shutdown. Lawmakers can’t resist the opportunity to seize on anything with a high cost to taxpayers if they don’t support whatever caused the loss.

Working Families Helped by SCOTUS Union Decision. Here’s Why.

Last update July 6, 2018Leave a Comment

The only thing more pathetic than the embarrassing lament from Democrats after the Supreme Court delivered a big kick between the legs of big labor with the Janus decision is the enormity of their falsehood about what SCOTUS did to working families. It’s easy to look up the numbers and see just how wrong the party is on this one, but to make it even easier here are the facts.

Trump Bluffs: Chaos Government Too Simple for Critics

Last update March 9, 2018Leave a Comment

Critics have blamed the president for everything from risking global nuclear annihilation to touching off a losing trade war over steel and aluminum tariffs. What they forget is that when Trump bluffs he usually gets what he wants, whether it’s a concession from Congress or a change in policy from a misbehaving foreign government. A House member from Minnesota recently called his administration incompetent, but the more insightful will one day call Trump’s chaos government simple good business.