The Coming Minimum Wage Catastrophe

By Matthew Vadum The Left’s destructive push for a $15 an hour minimum wage threatens to make the American fast-food worker extinct while driving up the price of burgers and other dietary staples relied on by low-income consumers. It’s actually a highly effective job-creation program—for those who manufacture robots and the touch-screen point-of-sale terminals that […]

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A Crisis In American Housing

Via DoctorHousingBubble.com, Americans are realizing something is wrong with the system.  You can see it this year with the rise of outsiders in both political parties.  People realize the system is rigged.  Instead of some folks that kowtow and simply move forward like subservient lemmings, millions are mobilizing and taking action.  Many are voting with […]

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Leftism Has Destroyed Venezuela, no toilet paper and now lousy phone service

After years of progressive leftism in Venezuela it is self imploding. With some of the largest proven oil reserves in the world and they’re still broke. I wonder how South Korea manages to provide everyone with food, clothing, and shelter, not to mention both toilet paper AND cutting-edge cell phone service, seeing as their only natural […]

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Retail Sales in U.S. Decline After January Revised Down

U.S. retail sales dropped in February and the prior month’s gain was revised to a decline, calling into question the narrative that bigger gains in consumer spending would propel economic growth at the start of 2016. The 0.1 percent decline in purchases followed a revised 0.4 percent January decrease, Commerce Department figures showed Tuesday. Sales […]

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