By Juliegrace Brufke GOP lawmakers said the nation’s welfare system is keeping Americans trapped in poverty during the Ways and Means Committee hearing on the welfare system in 10 years Tuesday. “The current system is a disjointed maze of more than 80 different programs that have been layered on top of one another with little regard for…
Connor D. Wolf Hundreds of thousands of food stamp recipients are expected to lose their benefits in April with work requirements going back into effect in 22 states. The food stamp program has included work requirements since 1996, but were waived for many in response to the great recession. Able-bodied adults without children are…
Blake Neff Wisconsin’s new right-to-work law, one of the signature achievements of Gov. Scott Walker, has been thrown out by a state judge who says the law violates the state constitution. Judge William Foust said in his ruling the right-to-work law, which prohibits unions from collecting dues from non-members, is an illegal “taking” of…
According to a new report from Business Pundit, acclaimed businessman and investor Jim Rogers is “100% sure” of an impending second recession within the year. “It’s been seven years, eight years since we had the last recession in the US, and normally, historically we have them every four to seven years for whatever reason—at least…
USA Today is reporting that Amy Adams feels a little out-of-step with her fellow actress Jennifer Lawrence, who co-starred alongside Adams in the acclaimed film American Hustle back in 2013. You might recall then that Lawrence had made a big stink following a link of insider studio information regarding the discovery that she and Adams…
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, David Cay Johnston, has been covering 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump for “decades,” according to a recently resurfaced report, and now has enough evidence to pose a question to the billionaire mogul-turned-politician: How close is he to the Mob? The Federalist reported last year: Trump was building his eponymous empire of…
Legal marijuana businesses make a lot of money, as you can imagine. But thanks to federal law there is tons of legal cannabis cash out there at risk of enticing robbery attempts or worse. Because cannabis is illegal under The Federal Controlled Substances Act, most banks and credit unions are shying away from taking money…
Michael Bastasch For those who claim there’s no money in global warming, a new report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) shows the private sector and governments spent $391 billion in 2014 on “low-carbon and climate-resilient growth.” Governments — mostly in Western Europe, East Asia and the U.S. — spent $148 billion backing green energy and leveraging…
Why I Wear a Bitcoin Lapel Pin “What’s that?” This is how it starts. With a squint of curiosity at my jacket lapel, these two words express not only a simple inquiry but an opportunity to share some ideas I know will change the world. I, like a freshly pressed vinyl album longing to be…
From Bankable Insight By Charles Seeburger Whether it’s Black Market or Legal, Weed is a Serious Cash Crop From the legal markets thriving in states like Colorado and Washington, to the underground trade that generates billions of Mexican cartels, the economics of weed are crazy. Ganja. Smoke. Dro. Chronic. Spliffage. The names are as varied…