Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has often made a big deal of the fact that his campaign is self-funded, although technically it's not. Now we know one of the ways he keeps those funds rolling...
If money talks, the Trump kids' lack of donations to their father’s presidential campaign speaks volumes. Despite the fact that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s children are frequent surrogates for their father, they have not dug...
"Believe me."
That's what President Donald Trump told supporters at a September 27 event in Indiana, referring to how much he stood to lose under the Republican tax plan that ultimately passed the House of Representatives on Thursday...
For two weeks, the New York City Taxi Workers’ Alliance (NYTWA) members have been engaged in a hunger strike outside City Hall demanding Mayor Bill de Blasio grant debt relief for the taxi medallion price...
Republicans are all set to cut a lot of taxes.
Just not yours.
Today President Donald Trump enacted the most drastic changes to the American tax code in three decades.
Last night the Republican Senate took the final...
Severe allergies are nothing to mess around with. They can turn any moment into a life-threatening situation at the drop of a hat. You have to be prepared for the worst. The cost of being prepared,...
This isn't the kind of stuff I typically write for Liberal America, and in fact, I deleted and changed that headline a dozen times before I felt it was OK. I'm not the best person...
Former Democratic presidential candidate--now New York City mayoral candidate--Andrew Yang had a unique signature issue among last year's other presidential contenders.
He wanted to give every American $1,000 from what he called the "Freedom Dividend."
Last year Yang partnered...
Ben Carson, the former presidential candidate, is a soft spoken intellectual. He is by all accounts a brilliant surgeon with gentle hands and a serene demeanor.
Even so, sometimes he sounds like a complete idiot. The man...
Yet another prescription drug vital to quality of life has had its price hiked to an outrageous amount due to pharmaceutical company greed.
One month after California proposed legalizing physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, the...
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump claims he is really so rich and really so good at business. He promises his cult of followers that he will make them "so rich."
At the presidential debate last week,...
If you thought that the Republicans were the party of law and order, think again. Common Dreams and the Washington Post report that Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, ran a Political Action Committee...
Some countries in Europe and a few states here in the U.S. have experimented with universal basic incomes for its citizens. However, could this work across the entire country here?
What Is Universal Basic Income?
First off,...
May 18, 2016, was a big day for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. He signed a deal with the Republican National Committee. This deal gave him access to a top notch fundraising operation that he...
Amid Roy Moore's defeat and Donald Trump's harassing tweets, let's not forget Republicans are still trying to pass a $1.5 trillion tax bill that would create the most significant revision of our tax code in decades.
Alabama...
For months now, there has been rampant speculation about what may be hidden in Donald Trump's tax returns. Trump claims he cannot release then because he's being audited by the IRS. The IRS says any...
While there are still stories of the absolute madness that seems to overtake regular people on the day after Thanksgiving, it is beginning to look like many consumers are starting to shun the craziness.
Proof #1...
$600.
Unless things change, that's all some of us will be getting from the 5,593-page $900 billion relief package Congress passed Monday night.
It is half what the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act delivered in April,...
After a few months of relative quiet, U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos finds herself once again in the headlines for her conflicts of interest with for-profit colleges.
The Obama Administration set in place policies requiring the U.S. Education...
Who knew an Education Secretary would garner so much press?
Normally a low-profile job, Betsy DeVos has elevated her position to unprecedentedly controversial levels.
Upon assuming her role as the nation’s education advocate, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos decided to...
