Trump and Company Add $1.2 Trillion to National Debt in Fiscal 2019
The U.S. national debt increased by $1.2 trillion in fiscal 2019, which ended Sept. 30. This follows on the heels of a $1.27 trillion increase in the national debt in fiscal 2018. The gross national debt currently comes in at a staggering $22.7 trillion, and climbing....
Donald Trump’s Bizarre Economic Balancing Act
President Donald Trump is trying to advance two conflicting narratives about the U.S. economy. A pair of tweets the president sent out within an hour of each other demonstrate the bizarre balancing act he’s trying to maintain. The Fake News LameStream Media is...
Endgame for the Fed?
by Ron Paul The Federal Reserve, responding to concerns about the economy and the stock market, and perhaps to criticisms by President Trump, recently changed course on interest rates by cutting its “benchmark” rate from 2.25 percent to two percent. President Trump...