Economy
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‘Cheap Labor’ Is the Most Expensive Labor of All
(John Tamny, RealClear Wire) The left-leaning imagine against all reason that businesses are out to exploit workers with low wages. The right-leaning disagree with the left rhetorically, all the while making the left’s case for them. For evidence of this, consider the minimum wage. Lefties pursue legislative force to push the wage floor ever higher,…
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Nikki Haley Says Senate Is A ‘Privileged Nursing Home’ After McConnell Freeze
(Headline USA) GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley mocked the U.S. Senate as “the most privileged nursing home in the country” after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., froze during a press conference. The McConnell episode was the second in the past several weeks in which he has unexpectedly shut down in the midst of a conversation…
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U.S. GDP Worse Than Originally Published
(By Casey Harper, The Center Square) Newly revised Gross Domestic Product data shows that the U.S. economy grew by 2.1% in the second quarter of 2023, lower than previously reported by the federal agency. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis released the revised GDP numbers Wednesday, which are lower than the advance figure of 2.4%.…
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Food Prices Expected to Rise Through 2024
(By Casey Harper, The Center Square) Recently released federal pricing analysis from the U.S. Department of Agriculture projects that food prices will continue to rise through 2024. The USDA pointed to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index released earlier this month, which showed consumer prices overall rose 3.2% in the previous twelve…
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Another Dem. Governor Wants to Give American Jobs to Illegals
(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Illinois Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker became the second sanctuary city enthusiast in as many weeks to push policies that could see illegal aliens snatching up jobs that otherwise might have gone to American workers. Faced with an onslaught of illegal immigrants similar to what southern border states suffer on a regular…
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N.Y. Gov. Hochul Helping Illegal Aliens Steal American Jobs
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Already overwhelmed by the backlash to a flood of illegal aliens besieging New York, the state’s sanctuary city-embracing governor announced a work program that critics contend will siphon jobs from New Yorkers. Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the program in a letter to President Joe Biden, and made an official request…
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Most Voters Dissatisfied with Public Schools
(Brendan Clarey, The Center Square) At the Republican primary debate last week, presidential hopefuls disparaged the state of education in the nation, with some candidates advocating for the abolition of the U.S. Department of Education and the promotion of school choice options. It’s an issue that seems sure to reappear as voters signal strong concerns…
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Ramaswamy Deemed Big Winner in 1st GOP Debate
(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Early reaction to the first GOP debate Wednesday indicated that Vivek Ramaswamy was the night’s big winner with an aggressive and dominating performances that drew comparisons to the absent former President Donald Trump. That may have been the objective for the entrepreneur and political neophyte, who was first to shoot up…
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Ad Firm Behind Bud Light Fiasco Fires 13 Staffers as Execs Take Opulent France Trip
(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) California marketing firm Captiv8, best known for the infamous Dylan Mulvaney campaign for Bud Light, fired several employees after many of them took a lavish vacation to the French Riviera. The now-fired executives flew to the Cannes-Lions festival in June via a private airline called La Compangnie, which boasted a “bespoke…
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Nations Agree to Release 60M Barrels of Oil Amid Russian War
(Associated Press) All 31 member countries of the International Energy Agency have agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves — half of that from the United States — “to send a strong message to oil markets” that there will be “no shortfall in supplies” after Russia invaded Ukraine, the group…
