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Federal Reserve Proposed Action Increases Consumer Banking Costs
By Rick Manning Debit cards are ubiquitous in America. Virtually everyone with a bank account has them as a convenience to allow relatively easy access to one’s own money. Obviously, these cards cost the issuer money to…
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Rurals, Young People, and Hispanics Revert Back Toward Trump after Harris Surge in July
By Manzanita Miller After an initial surge of support for Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden exited the race in July, the polls have narrowed significantly. Immediately upon announcing her candidacy seven weeks ago,…
Remembering the Truly Forgotten
"Money and finance are the font and essence of modernity. I honor and praise the memory of the professionals who worked in the World Trade Center." ~Peter C. Earle
Unity in Disunity
"When 'unity' means government policies will substitute for choices we would make for ourselves, it means domination, even though we do not want to be dominated." ~Gary Galles
Morano on Fox & Friends on Harris’s plastic straw ban reversal & collapsing EV sales & offshore wind fiasco
Fox and Friends – Fox News Channel – Broadcast September 7, 2024 Partial transcript: Rachel Campos-Duffy: Vice President Harris is flip-flopping on yet another issue: banning plastic straws. …Now, her team says she doesn’t…
As Democrats fight to keep Kennedy on the ballot, Michigan appears to be in play, exposing college degree and no degree economic divide
By Robert Romano Former presidential candidate Robert Kennedy, Jr. will remain on the ballot in Michigan, says the state’s supreme court, despite the candidate withdrawing from the race and petitioning to be removed. It’s an…
Overhaul for the Uninsured?
"Full reliance on a public budgeting system for providing access to medical care is a certain prescription for millions of disappointed patients." ~James C. Capretta
Kroger Invests $1B in Antitrust Defense
"Consumers would be better served if companies could spend more time on improving their services and less on fending off litigation." ~Noah C. Gould
California’s trillion dollars floating wind fantasy
California has adopted a target of 25,000 MW of floating offshore wind generation capacity. Of course, the cost is never mentioned, so here is a rough estimate to get the ball rolling. The estimate begins with the huge…
Hey Kamala, Where Are Your Spending Cuts?
In 1982 the federal budget deficit rose above $100 billion for the first time (those were the good old days!), and then-President Ronald Reagan agreed to an infamous budget deal with then-House Speaker Tip O'Neill.…
