How will the #GreenNewDeal/‘Soak the Rich’ tax policies affect the poorest Americans?

via @OccupyWisdom : Let’s see how the New Deal / ‘Soak the Rich’ tax policy of the 1930-1940s affected the poorest Americans: Baseline – 1929 Poorest paid 1.5% on 0 – $4,000 (median income $1,400 p/y). 2/ 1932 Depression/New Deal FDR raises income taxes (basically tripled) on poorest Americans from 1.5% to 4%. 1940 Taxes on poorest … Read more

You want to see some fun with 2018 news? Here we go! 2nd time best January means great for stocks for rest of the year! (Maybe it is maybe it’s not)

You want to see some fun with 2018 news? Here we go! 2nd time best January means great for stocks for rest of the year! (Maybe it is maybe it's not) pic.twitter.com/Yx1u8sjbnH — GregTheAnalyst (@Analyst_G) February 10, 2019 #China ut oh>>Two Large Chinese Borrowers Miss Bond Payments, Sources Sayhttps://t.co/HzA7i4GxGd pic.twitter.com/4Le7mNPSQV — Tracy Shuchart (𝒞𝒽𝒾 ) … Read more

Fund Manager — Weak Hands May Be Signaling a “Major Market Decline”

via Marketwatch: Investors, knocked around by the latest stretch of volatility VIX, +0.06%  , are wiggling out of their risky margin positions in a big way. Margin debt, the most current figures show, fell $90 billion in the fourth quarter, marking the fastest pace since the financial crisis. Now, at $554.3 billion, it’s at its lowest level in more … Read more

Washington voters said yes to tough new gun law; at least 13 county sheriffs say no to enforcing it

via seattletimes: In November, Washington voters spoke overwhelmingly, passing with nearly 60 percent of the vote a sweeping array of new gun regulations. But, it turns out, voters might not have had the last word. In at least 13 mostly rural counties across Washington, from the Pacific Coast to the eastern wheat fields, county sheriffs … Read more

NYC accused man accused of stabbing pregnant girlfriend gets a pass on baby’s murder because of new abortion law

by DCG A very dangerous and slippery slope in New York now thanks to Governor Cuomo. From NY Post: New York City Catholics and abortion opponents voiced outrage Saturday over the lack of justice for an unborn child who was killed in Queens. Queens District Attorney Richard Brown recently charged Anthony Hobson with murder for allegedly killing … Read more

IMF Cuts 2019 Global Growth Forecasts Again: “We Have No Idea,” Says Lagarde

via mishtalk: byMish 16 hrs–edited For the fourth time since October, the IMF revised its global growth forecast lower. The Wall Street Journal reports IMF Lowers 2019 Global Growth Forecast. The global economy is starting the year on weaker footing, according to new quarterly forecasts from the International Monetary Fund. The global economy is starting the year … Read more

Just a heads up for this weeks propaganda machine and sensationalized media. There’s going to be a lot of talk about this murder in NY and the new abortion law.

by Playaguy   From u/Reality-2020 Whenever the right says “illegals bring crime” the left says “immigrants commit fewer crimes than American-born citizens,” answering a question no one asked. Here’s the right answer. The crime rate of illegal immigrants compared to legal American residents sourced from ICE and FBI data. Comparison of 2017 legal resident and illegal … Read more

Analyst claims Amazon gets a subsidy from the US taxpayer for each package it sends out via the United States Postal Service

by Playaguy The U.S. Postal Service and Amazon have a special relationship. In 2013, for instance, the USPS agreed to offer Sunday delivery of Amazon packages. But shipping industry watcher and money manager Josh Sandbulte thinks there’s an ugly underside to the USPS-Amazon collaboration. Sandbulte, writing in the Wall Street Journal last week, argued that … Read more

All Crashed Out

by John Ward Is the coming Labour split much more than a threatened Sextit? Are there any surprises up to but not including one in the Mail on Sunday’s revelations about Husband Comrade Corbyn? When will Theresa May stop looking for a way through Brussels obduracy? At what point will politicobots finally stop saying “Crashing out”? … Read more

Is the Yellow Vests Movement Actually Voicing the Root Problems of Society?

by JanssenReportHost Today on the Janssen Report: yellow vests a short-lived violent whim of small scattered groups or a structural upheaval of revolutionary proportions? Although the final judgement on the impact of this ‘movement’ can only be done after the fact, it seems fair to say that there’s a growing sense of injustice about the way … Read more

Banker fraud extravaganza: CumEx Files reveal 55 billion euros worth of dividend tax fraud

by JanssenReportHost A cross-border collaboration of investigative journalists has revealed a major tax fraud scheme by bankers and lawyers. Although dubbed ‘the heist of the century’ because of the vastness of the scam impacting multiple countries, this story has received little attention in the mainstream media across Europe. The fraud supposedly comprises 55 billion euros worth … Read more

America Wants Legal Immigrants

Virtually everyone knows America has a big illegal immigration problem. But we also have a legal immigration problem: Current U.S. immigration policy is not serving the best interests of America. Is there a way to protect American citizens and still welcome newcomers to our shores? Reihan Salam offers an insightful solution.    

The case for Russia collusion … against the Democrats

Now that both the House and Senate investigative committees have cleared Donald Trump of Democrat-inspired allegations of Russian collusion, it is worth revisiting one anecdote that escaped significant attention during the hysteria but continues to have U.S. security implications. As secretary of State, Hillary Clinton worked with Russian leaders, including Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and then-President Dmitri Medvedev, to … Read more

Horrified Nation Suddenly Realizes Ocasio-Cortez Will Probably Be President In Six Years

Via The Babylon Bee U.S.—A sense of dread, terror, and certain doom overcame the nation Friday as Americans suddenly realized that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will probably win the presidency once she’s eligible in 2024. “Oh—oh no,” one man said while driving home from work Friday evening, pulling off the road to regain his composure. “With her … Read more

Twitter’s Wings Have Been Clipped

by Jim Quinn You will find more infographics at Statista Despite beating expectations on both the top and bottom line in its fourth quarter earnings report on Thursday morning, Twitter’s share price fell nearly 10 percent during the day. The reason for the harsh market reaction was the same old problem that the company has been … Read more

Should We Really Not Worry About The Fed’s Balance Sheet?

by Lance Roberts Bill Dudley, who is now a senior research scholar at Princeton University’s Center for Economic Policy Studies and previously served as president of the New York Fed and was vice-chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, recently penned an interesting piece from Bloomberg stating: “Financial types have long had a preoccupation: What will the Federal … Read more