Now that the Federal Reserve is on a path of monetary tightening—a blend of raising interest rates and reducing the $9 trillion balance sheet—the nation’s fiscal situation is coming under a microscope. The U.S. government’s debt recently topped $30 trillion, increasing the country’s debt-to-GDP ratio to nearly 130 percent. U.S. government debt is now about…
Fed’s Rate Hikes Will Add to US Government, Consumer Debt Levels, Experts Warn
How America Became La La Land
Commentary America these last 14 months resembles a dystopia. It is becoming partly the world of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, and partly the poet Homer’s land of the Lotus-Eaters. Nothing seems to be working. And no one in control seems to care. The once secure border of 2020 vanished. Two-million people have crossed the southern…
Congressman Norman: Tackling the Unfunded Liabilities Ticking Timebomb
We sat down and spoke with Congressman Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and we discussed the balancing act that America has found itself in: how do we be punitive towards Putin’s government without pushing Russia closer into China’s orbit, while at the same time dealing with the skyrocketing national debt that, if you include unfunded liabilities, sits…
How to Strengthen America Domestically to Counter Growing China and Russia Aggression
We sat down with Congressman Billy Long and discussed the looming danger that the massive national debt is posing to this nation—as well as whether or not there is any political will within the Republican Party to address the national debt if they were to take back Congress. Stay tuned for our newsletter so you…
Deeper and Deeper in Debt
Commentary In his State of the Union address, President Biden claimed he would, be “the only president to ever cut the deficit by more than $1 trillion in a single year.” While this is technically true, he ignores the fact that the reduction in the deficit will be due to the decreased expenditures associated with COVID-19…
And That’s Why They Call It ‘the Swamp’
Commentary With $30 trillion of debt—which has grown by $5 trillion in just the last two years, with another $2 trillion of red ink expected to get spilled this year—you might have expected Congress at least to pretend it will temper its reckless spending proclivities. But you would be sadly mistaken. Congress has just finalized…
Biden’s Fake Prosperity: There Is No Strong Recovery
Commentary “Initial estimate of fourth-quarter 2021 annualized real gross domestic product (GDP) showed that the bulk of recent economic growth and ‘recovery,’ in second-half 2021, reflected no more than a continued, accelerating pace of buildup in unsold inventories, resulting from extraordinarily weak demand. … Of the stronger than expected headline fourth-quarter 2021 real annualized GDP…
Facts Matter (March 9): Docs Show Government Paid 100+ Media Outlets to Advertise Vaccines, Coinciding With Positive Stories
The Florida Department of Public Health officially updated their guidance and became the first state in the entire nation to recommend against having healthy children get the COVID-19 vaccine. Meanwhile, according to new documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, it turns out that hundreds of news organizations throughout America have been paid…
Eight GOP Senators Demand CBO Inflation Report Before Voting on New Spending Bill
March 3, 2022
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Eight conservative Republican senators are throwing up a potential roadblock as Congress races toward a March 11 deadline to pass a new omnibus spending bill or face the prospect of a government shutdown. “Last month, our nation hit a grave milestone, surpassing $30 trillion in federal debt. This steadily rising debt has been fueled by…
The State of the Union Is… Broke
Commentary To quote a screaming John McEnroe: You cannot be serious! Last week, the Biden administration requested another $30 billion for COVID relief programs. Yes, I know that these days, $30 billion is a rounding error in the $6 trillion federal budget. But isn’t that precisely the problem? But, as Joe would say: Come on, man!…
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