While one of the longest economic recoveries in U.S. history is still taking place, the current economic expansion has been disappointingly dull. Keynesians in the Obama administration claimed that 2%…
How Tax Reform Will Benefit Consumers
Don’t believe everything you hear or read. Naysayers are saying that proposed tax reform would help corporate America and the very wealthy, while ignoring those who really need tax relief.…
Tax Reform Will Boost the Economy, Consumer Income
We’ve frequently blamed the low growth of the U.S. economy on the tax code and excessive regulation, which have both been targets of the Trump Administration. The current U.S. tax…
When Planning for Retirement, Taxes Matter
It’s not just what your investments earn that’s important – it’s what you keep. So how can you minimize taxes while saving for retirement? There are plenty of options, depending…
Fed Report Shows Income Inequality Increasing
The Federal Reserve Board, which has done more than anyone in history to increase income inequality, has just issued a new report on income inequality. That the inequality gap is…
Little Enterprise, But Plenty of Free
America’s free enterprise system was built on enterprise. Now, all that’s left is “free.” Not free, as in the freedom to work hard and prosper, but “free,” as in free…
Happy Dependence Day
On the fourth of July, we celebrate our freedom from tyranny. Yet King George would be envious of the control the U.S. government, and state and local governments hold over…
Wages Will Increase When Productivity Does
There are three things we can say about income with a degree of certainty: You’re earning less than you did before the financial crisis. You are overdue for a raise.…
Democrats Offer Socialism vs. Near Socialism
Being America, we can choose whoever we want to be President of the United States. So how did we end up with this group? We have a self-proclaimed socialist and…
Eroding Economic Freedom Means Slower Economic Growth
Being “the land of the free” apparently doesn’t apply to the American economy anymore. Being a capitalist society with free markets, complemented by the Bill of Rights and the U.S.…