For the third consecutive month, the official U.S. inflation rate rose 0.2%. This translates into 0.6% inflation since the beginning of 2015, without even accounting for cost increases in food and fuel. If you feel like you’re losing much more than 0.2% of your spending power each month, please Like(…)
If Congress reauthorizes Export-Import Bank funding, it would make U.S. taxpayers liable for $2 billion in an international version of corporate welfare. If you don’t want your tax dollars to be used to assist foreign companies, please Like & Share this post to let Congress know how you feel.
The U.S. Treasury Department has reported that the government has spent $1.86 trillion so far in fiscal year 2015. This is a 7% year-to-date increase. Additionally, the annual budget deficit is 6% higher today than it was on the same date in 2014. If you think government spending needs to(…)
The U.S. federal government could save $12 billion of taxpayer funds over the next 5 years by eliminating certain farming subsidies whose only purpose is to inflate prices for American consumers. If you’re tired with the government spending your money in an effort to overcharge you down the road, please(…)
The Congressional Budget Office (CFO) has found that the highly controversial Export-Import Bank recorded a $2 billion taxpayer loss last year… even though it was originally expected to post a $14 billion profit. If you’re fed up with wasteful government spending and failing government programs, please Like & Share this(…)
Economists Andrew Levin of the International Monetary Fund and David Branchflower of Dartmouth College have found that up to 3.3 million capable U.S. citizens are purposely being left out of the U.S. Department of Labor’s unemployment calculations, and that the current unemployment rate in the United States could be as(…)
If the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) committed to eliminating just 50% of improper Medicare payments each year, taxpayers could save $24 billion by 2020. If you think asking a taxpayer-funded agency to eliminate half of its wasteful spending over five years is more than fair, please Like(…)
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) are proposing expanding Social Security – a government retirement program that is over $876 billion in debt – to care for the 30 million or so baby boomers who haven’t saved any money for retirement. If you think it’s time to(…)
For every 100 individuals who have received Obamacare subsidy payouts from the government, 95 received too much money. This revelation by the Kaiser Foundation undercuts President Obama’s recent assertion that Obamacare is working better than expected. If you think a 95% error rate is unacceptable for a nationwide government program(…)
The U.S. economy has averaged 2.2% annual growth in terms of GDP for the last five years, and according to the Commerce Department the economy slowed in the final months of 2014. The latest GDP numbers available are strikingly similar to the GDPs of Afghanistan, El Salvador and Ukraine. If(…)
