EconomyCommentary
Why Those Halloween Candy Treats Are So Expensive
Your Halloween candy is costing you more than it should—because of a government program. For decades, the federal sugar program has artificially kept the price… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Your Halloween candy is costing you more than it should—because of a government program. For decades, the federal sugar program has artificially kept the price… Read More
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Mississippi is cornering the market on taxpayer-funded music museums. First there was a state-funded museum dedicated to country legend Tammy Wynette. Now the state is… Read More
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So now, Hillary Clinton is saying: Never mind, I goofed. The former senator, secretary of state and first lady on Friday declared that businesses and corporations don’t… Read More
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Has the nation’s experiment with the Federal Reserve been a success or a failure? Does the Fed’s full history contain fewer symptoms of instability than… Read More
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Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., has introduced a resolution that allegedly would eliminate domestic sugar subsidies after numerous other countries got rid of their subsidies. This… Read More
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It has cost New Mexico taxpayers $218.5 million to construct, and its anchor tenant, headed by a flamboyant billionaire, has yet to get off the… Read More
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We learned last week that new Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen is not so much our nation’s central banker as class warrior in chief. In… Read More
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AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C., used money taken from workers to pay its officers and employees an average of $89,328 during fiscal year 2014. Including… Read More
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That much-mentioned, so-called millennial generation in Virginia is facing an uphill economic climb. The average student loan debt of 18- to 35-year-oldspolled by Christopher Newport… Read More
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Federal regulators have finalized a new risk-retention rule, a process mandated by the 2010 Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Title IX of… Read More