Michael Bastasch The Green New Deal could cost up to $93 trillion over a decade, according to a new report by the right-leaning American Action Forum (AAF). That comes to an estimated cost $36,100 to $65,300 per American household per year to meet the Green New Deal’s goals, AAF reported Monday. Those goals include “net-zero” emissions, widespread…
Some New Yorkers are quite upset by the recent raise of the minimum wage in the state to $15, which has resulted in restaurants all over the city raising their prices, according to the New York Post. The minimum wage in the city has been raised from $13 and 13.50 in some places to $15…
Emily Larsen on February 15, 2019 The conservative student organization Turning Point USA posted a meme that claimed that the wealth of all the billionaires in the U.S. could fund the federal government for less than eight months. “If we confiscated 100% of the wealth of every billionaire in America, we’d have enough money to run…
by Mike Maharrey A bill introduced in the West Virginia House would repeal all taxes on gold and silver specie. Passage would pave the way for West Virginians to use gold and silver in everyday transactions, a foundational step for the people to undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money. Del. Pat McGeehan (R-Chester) introduced…
Well, isn’t that the question. I suppose it depends on which metrics or experiences a person values more. Comcast is seemingly plagued by a running poor customer service stereotype. Amazon on the other hand has a better customer service reputation overall. I don’t need sources for either of these claims. You know it and I…
This morning on Ron Paul discussed the current government shutdown situation on CNBC’s Squawk Box and how he disagrees with President Trump’s idea that a massive border wall would halt illegal immigration. “I don’t like walls,” Paul added. “I don’t want to wall people in and wall people out.” “But I don’t want free open…
Tim Pearce New York City hiked its minimum wage for the third time in three years on Jan. 1 and small business owners are struggling to adapt to the steadily increasing labor costs. New York City’s minimum wage rose to $15 an hour for all employers with more than 10 employees at the start of 2019. Small…
I’ll preface this by saying I’m not the guy to be taking financial advice from. But hear me out, because if there’s one thing I know, it’s Japan. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will bring a huge economic boom to Japan’s tourism industry. This is something you can start investing in now. Which industries will make…
Jason Hopkins on January 4, 2019 New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a self-identified Democratic socialist, claimed the U.S. can implement her environmental agenda if the government taxes the very wealthy by as much as 70 percent. In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Ocasio-Cortez explained how her Green New Deal proposal — which consists of fully decarbonizing…
By Kitty Testa 2018 has been a dismal year for free speech. In fact it’s been like a good old-fashioned purge. One of the latest victims is Carl Benjamin, aka Sargon of Akkad, whose Patreon account was terminated earlier this month for ironically using a prohibited word in a video on another channel that was…