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California Voters Reject the Billionaire Tax

California voters have rejected the proposed 5% billionaire wealth tax, and perhaps the political establishment is finally beginning to understand that capital does...

Americans Are Sacrificing Their Health to Afford Food

A new study from Pennsylvania State University has confirmed what millions of Americans have been experiencing since the COVID lockdowns. Rising food prices are...

AIPAC Spent $84 Million Influencing American Midterm Elections

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its affiliated political organizations spent $84.1 million attempting to influence the 2026 midterm...

Americans Are Running Out of Money While Washington Celebrates Economic Growth

The American personal savings rate has collapsed to 3.8%, the lowest level in four years. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, the savings rate...

Americans Are More Pessimistic About Their Finances Than During the 2008 Financial Crisis

Americans have never been this pessimistic about their finances: A record 41% of US consumers expect their financial situation to be worse over the next 12 months....

Americans Are Borrowing to Survive

Americans are increasingly financing the basic necessities of life because their paychecks are no longer stretching far enough. Buy-now-pay-later financing has...

Americans Are Losing Faith in the Economy

Americans are becoming more pessimistic, and their expectations for inflation are moving in the wrong direction. The University of Michigan’s preliminary October...

Higher Incomes, Empty Pockets

The Federal Reserve’s latest household survey gives Washington plenty of figures to celebrate, provided nobody reads too far down the page. Between 2022 and 2025,...

Trucking Bankruptcies

At least 16 trucking, delivery, and transportation companies entered bankruptcy proceedings between late August and September 21. These filings extend across...

The Stagflationary Squeeze on Employment

The September jobs report should put an end to the fantasy that the American economy can absorb rising prices indefinitely without eventually hitting employment....