Now that we all have made--and broken--our New Year's resolutions, it's time to get real about our finances. Although the US has been recovering from the 2008 recession under Obama, recent studies have shown that...
The United States is in the process of electing a new president to lead us into the future. As part of this process, it is important to look at our past to find information and inspiration as...
Donald Trump ran for President as a populist. He won the primaries because he appealed to the little guys. He appealed to their fears about their income stagnation.
He walked away with the Presidency because he...
The clock is ticking.
There are four weeks left in the congressional calendar, which means when federal lawmakers return to Washington in September, it will be time to be gearing up for November elections.
While it's not...
What if the federal government were the employer of last resort?
In other words, when jobs are scarce or exploitative, the government steps in with guaranteed universal employment.
This is what President Franklin Roosevelt meant when he...
The good news: House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve another $484 billion emergency relief package.
The bad news: Most of that amount--$310 billion--will be put toward replenishing the small business loan Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
That...
Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger (R) decided to delay the pay of state lawmakers until they play ball with Governor Bruce Rauner (R) and resolve the 10-month crisis to pass a budget plan like grownups. It's a creative...
We here in real America should be growing accustomed to wearing masks in public, avoiding crowds, social distancing, and rubbing our hands raw with prodigious amounts of hand sanitizer.
We here in real America have to...
Oxford Economics, a British forecasting firm with offices in the United States, has studied Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's economic policies. They concluded that Trump as president would cost us $1 trillion.
Trump gave a big...
The American business market is cutthroat capitalism, essentially modern piracy. Corporations establish prominence, but are at times, dethroned by other corporations as demand and supply changes.
Recently, Hoover's Incorporated, a business research company and subsidiary of...
Anthony Zurcher, the North America reporter for the BBC recently wrote an article summing up the nightmare scenarios that could ruin Democratic presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton this November.
His reasons were broad, informative, and intelligent. However,...
Obama’s government has shaved $1 trillion off the budget deficit.
Not too long ago, the airwaves were awash with incessant political talk about the huge budget deficit of the United States.
The Tea Party movement clearly believed...
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The Keystone XL Pipeline - you've certainly heard that term before. ?What the hell is it, and why is everyone so wound up about the whole thing? ?I must state due to obligatory...
Yes, ladies: you can finally buy tampons and pads in Chicago without paying extra fees. Chicago (among other places) has had a luxury tax on these items for years. Currently, the sales tax on them...
The nation, and particularly the South, is still paying the human cost of slavery--and probably will be paying it until the end of time. But in at least one state, the cost of using humans...
The Trump Administration has decided LGBTQ people will not be counted in Census data. The U.S. Census Bureau released a report on Tuesday saying they would ask questions related to sexual orientation and gender identity...
Clayton Homes is a low-cost mobile home provider in the US. Recently, they were the focus of an investigation by the Seattle Times and Buzzfeed. The investigation has exposed racially targeted, predatory lending practices. Here's the...
Nicholas Rubin, a 16-year-old self-taught programmer, has made a very interesting plugin for your browser called Greenhouse. You can install this and it will show you where every political candidate's contributions come from. It highlights...
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on Monday that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) will cost $1.35 trillion, which is 20 percent less than what they originally expected. This is nearly 33 percent...
