The S&P 500 has Dumped More Than 9% Since Trump Took Office – With No Signs...
2025 has not been a good year for the stock market as inflation proves to be far more sticky than what it appeared to be 6 months ago. What’s just as concerning is the recent stock market drop which...
View ArticleOne Brave Woman is Standing Up to DOGE Cuts in Congress – and She’s Fighting...
Personnel cuts have been (and are still being) implemented across the Federal government for the last two months. Getting rid of actual government bloat isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but completely...
View ArticleDismantling the Department of Education Could Actually End Up Costing US...
The recent executive order signed by President Trump, authorizing what is essentially a heavy dismantling of the Department of Education, is supposed to be about saving the taxpayers money and...
View ArticleMore Than 15% of All Student Loan Debt is Past Due. The Fed Says Borrowers...
In 2022, faced with major credit issues due to ballooning student loan payments and COVID related economic problems, the Department of Education began a program they dubbed “Fresh Start”. This program...
View ArticleThese 9 Countries Do Not Guarantee Paid Parental Leave – You Guessed It, the...
There are 195 countries (depending on your definition of a country) in the world with 195 different sets of federal-level laws. Of those, only 9 countries do not guarantee paid parental leave for...
View ArticleNew Price Hikes Set to Push the Average Cost of Tariffs for American Families...
An announcement from the White House on March 26 places a 25% tariff on a large number of vehicles while the consumer will likely eat most of the cost. Earlier analysis from the Joint Economic...
View ArticleTrump’s Tariffs Wiped Out in $4.3 Trillion in Investments in the Span of 22...
Fluctuations in the stock market in the first couple of months of a new presidency are relatively common. Obama and Bush Jr. both saw the stock markets fall in their first quarter while Clinton saw a...
View ArticleSenators Aim to Make DOGE Seizure of Personal Information Illegal with New...
There have been no shortage of headlines surrounding DOGE recently. The organization’s aim to trim the fat from the bureaucracy that is the U.S. federal government has been both heavily scrutinized by...
View ArticleRepublican Losses in Local Elections – and Especially in the Wisconsin...
Several states held elections on April 1, mostly on the local/county level, but some had nationwide significance, as was the case for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. While turnout is almost always...
View ArticleThe President’s Tariffs Have Erased Over $8000 from the Average 401k –...
It’s no secret that tariffs are typically considered as bad for an open economy. There are a few times when they can be a useful tool in temporarily supporting a sector, or preventing foreign...
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