‘Cockroaches’: The Entire US Economy Is About to Go SNAP, Crackle…Pop
And as the government consumes more and more of our money? It ain’t the Elites that are crowded out of the pool. It is you and me.
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Insulating America from Government Shutdowns
So, while this isn’t the biggest immediate issue to resolve, it is indeed the biggest longterm issue: what can be done to reduce the harm of future shutdowns?
The Trade War and the Mass Media
China declared new export controls on rare earths, which by some accounts are so extreme as to not only ban exports of the goods from China, but also to ban the manufacture or export of related goods from any other country.
Lions, Tigers, And Bears: Oh, My! Our Employees We Elected To Run Our Country Once Again Fail To Pass A Budget On Time (Yawn) And Begin The Charades, Reindeer Games And Finger Pointing (Again)
The Fiscal Year (2026) Begins With The Shocking (It’s Shocking I tell You) Ecoutez Et Repetez Of The Perennial Washington DC Political Follies The players may change from time to time, but the game remains the same no matter who gets in office. This faux outrage and gamesmanship has been going on since you know …
3% growth? Not bad, Donald, not bad
The GDP fell by 0.5% in the first quarter which featured the last 20 days of Biden auto penning government policy and pardons. But we learned on Wednesday that the GDP rose 3% in the second quarter, the first full quarter with our favorite president back. The growth pushed Americans into the world’s first $30 trillion economy.
Measuring the Effectiveness of Lessons and Punishments
Did we hit Iran hard enough before we stopped? This is always the question, anytime you engage in diplomacy, warfare, or a combination of the two. When it becomes necessary to do something, the question is “How much?”
President Trump Extends the Tariff Deadline – One More Time
The Trump Administration has extended the international tariff negotiation deadline by another three weeks – giving countries until August 1 instead of July 9 to come to a deal.
Lessons from the Del Monte Bankruptcy
Depressing news from the business world: Del Monte Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, with all divisions potentially up for sale. The Del Monte brand has been around for over 135 years.
To Save the USA – We MUST Stop Being 70+% Consumption Economy
The United States is currently a 70+% consumption economy. Meaning for every $10 of economic activity? $7+ dollars of it is someone buying something.
A Sanctions Regime as a Foreign Policy Tool
When a head of state – such as the President of the United States, for example – wants to encourage certain behaviors in a foreign government, the toolbox is limited.
Retail Bias in the Headlines
More people read the headline than read the story itself; it’s sometimes quite effective for a biased news source to write a relatively fair story if they can put their spin into the title.
Free Speech, Free Trade, and the English-Speaking Worldview
Vice President Vance has informed British PM Keir Starmer that fixing Great Britain’s outrageous constraints on free speech will be a requirement to achieve a trade agreement between the U.S.A. and the U.K.
President Trump and the Fight to Save American Retail
If you think bringing American manufacturing jobs back is a steep climb, it’s nothing compared to one of the key efforts this year: saving America’s retail sector.
Manufacturing, Onshoring, and the Trouble with Timing
American manufacturing has been declining for half a century. It hasn’t disappeared, of course; manufacturing is still a big part of the American economy. But it’s not what it was, and that’s a problem.
The Flight 93 Trade War
The Globalist trade status quo has been AWFUL for the United States. For many, MANY decades. DC has happily served as the world’s butcher.
Beware the Taxman
Historically, April 15 has not been a good day. On April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln died after being shot in the head the previous evening. On April 15, 1912, 1500 people died when the Titanic sank
When Does an Energy Source Really Work?
When you do the math – the real math, the “big picture” math – you find that wind and solar energy cost about seven times as much as traditional sources like gas, coal, oil and nuclear power plants.
The Fabric of Society Suffers Another Blow
Joann’s bankruptcy is both a casualty of a cultural shortcoming and a contributing cause of that shortcoming’s growth. It is a vicious circle.
USA is refuge for manufacturing; Red China, England and Europe are making America the safe place for factories
Tim Cook, the head of Apple, met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago in mid-December and paid $1 million to attend the inauguration.
The Reindustrialization of America – and Its Most Stubborn Opposition
President Trump’s campaign to bring back serious manufacturing – light, heavy and in-between – has never been popular with the Left. I wonder why.