Best-Run States Are Low-Tax Republican, Worst-Run Are High-Tax Democratic, Study Finds | Investor’s Business Daily

Several states, including Republican states, have decided to raise taxes this year to cover budget shortfalls. But a new study suggests that the states might find themselves in worse financial shape after the money starts rolling in. According to the latest ranking of states by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, the most fiscally … Read more

Whistleblower says staff working with corona victims have to protection like masks or training

A whistleblower is alleging that HHS officials dispatched more than a dozen workers to aid quarantined Americans evacuated from China, without providing proper training or protective gear — a move that potentially exposed them to the coronavirus infection. The complaint from an HHS employee also claims those workers were not consistently tested for the virus, … Read more

Story about Trump defunding NIH and CDC bogus

by Jake Congressional Minority leader Kevin McCarthy discusses how Republicans when they controlled the house created and funded a rapid response pandemic system. It was funded with 20 billion. Trump has held a dozen bipartisan meetings every step of the way with democrats and included them on everything that is happening. Starts at 10:30   … Read more

Fastest correction in S&P history, Junk bond yields are rising more rapidly than Treasury yields are falling…

Fastest correction in S&P history: correction we have seen in stock market over past 6 trading sessions is fastest 10% decline in S&P500 from a record high, DB says. Speed of the decline over the past week even beats Black Monday episode in Oct1987, where the peak was in Aug1987. pic.twitter.com/Y1SLjnaHkk — Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) … Read more

The issue with a possible stimulus is that it works on the demand side, not the supply side. The virus outbreak causes both a supply shock and a demand shock…

The issue with a possible stimulus is that it works on the demand side, not the supply side. The virus outbreak causes both a supply shock and a demand shock (people staying away from cinemas, theaters etc) but the supply side (people working from home, not flying, avoiding 1/2 https://t.co/CAIAdKGH2e — Bert Hofman(郝福满) (@berthofmanecon) February … Read more

Khan Academy has basic explanations on taxes in the U.S. This should help you with understanding tax brackets, deductions, and other related information.

by The14thScorpion   A reminder that this resource exists. There are some simple explanations of tax law in the U.S. over at Khan Academy. Here are a couple links: Introduction to Tax Brackets Introduction to Deductions A link to all lessons in the Tax Portal And since retirement accounts tie into deductions: Link to the … Read more

Bloomberg says “I bought” 20 Democrats in Congress

by cydude At this week’s Democrat debate in Charleston, South Carolina, the alpha male candidate Michael Bloomberg bragged about using 100 million dollars to buy 21 Democrat Congressmen. Speaking of his role in the 2018 midterm elections, Bloomberg said, “all of the new Democrats that came in, put Nancy Pelosi in charge, and gave Congress the … Read more

All Schools In Japan Closed Until Early April, W.H.O Now “Advising” About Tokyo 2020 Olympics

(Silver Doctors Editors) So far, the Olympics are game on, although now the the World Health Organization is stepping in. From MSNBC: The World Health Organization said Thursday it is advising the organizers of the Tokyo Olympics and that no decision has been made to cancel the major sporting event in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak. … Read more

CoV-19 is NOTHING LIKE THE FLU!

by Wildthing3 There has never been a country pushed into a recession because of a flu 43 firmed cases of coronavirus in Iran and 9 deaths, that’s a death rate of 20% The RO value for the flu is between 1.4 and 1.6%, the RO value for coronaviris is between 3 and 7%. Coronavirus has the … Read more