“Bill Clinton Used The Military To Build Physical Barriers On Border” Republican Exposes Democrats

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IDAc8_nMQc “Bill Clinton Used The Military To Build Physical Barriers On Border” Republican Exposes Democrats today during congress hearing and government hearing on border security hearing republican tells democrats that trump is doing exactly what other presidents have done this is latest news and breaking news and news today and today news this is politics … Read more

WANT TO HELP POOR PEOPLE AND SOAK THE RICH?

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Change the tax treatment of fringe benefits. “One indefensible policy involves superior tax treatment for employee fringe benefits, such as health insurance and retirement benefits, which operates to harm lower income people. It is well known that our tax system treats people who have to purchase their own health insurance differently than it treats people who … Read more

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING?

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Overload: A City That Opened Its Doors To Asylum Seekers Has Come To Regret It.   Maine’s largest city, population about 67,000, is now struggling with an influx of asylum seekers, to the point where a local official is alerting shelters in other parts of the country to discourage people from heading here. “The word … Read more

THIS IS CNN

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● Shot: “Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum suffered a political and legal setback on Friday after the Florida Commission on Ethics found probable cause he accepted gifts during out-of-town excursions with lobbyists and vendors and didn’t report them. The Ethics Commission voted to find probable cause on five separate allegations involving trips Gillum took to New York … Read more

Forex Traders’ #1 2019 Worry: Lack of Liquidity

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via Reuters: Liquidity, or the ability to buy and sell currencies whenever needed with minimal market impact, is seen by currency traders as the biggest challenge for 2019, according to an annual client survey by JP Morgan published on Tuesday. The views of the biggest 200 institutional trader clients, mostly focused on the $5.1 trillion a … Read more

US Falls Out of Top 20 Least-Corrupt Countries List for First Time Since 2011

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via Reuters: The United States slid four points lower on a global corruption index in 2018, dropping out of the top 20 countries for the first time since 2011, watchdog Transparency International said in a report that cited growing threats to democracy worldwide. The group said its latest report on business leaders’ perceptions of corruption put … Read more

Gold’s Safe Money Appeal to Thrust the Metal Into a Bull Market

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From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest news involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: Gold looks like safe money amid rising inflation, gold’s technical picture is looking better by the minute, and Brexit fears have triggered an Irish gold rush. Gold looks like safe money amid rising inflation With … Read more

Trade, China

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by WARREN MOSLER Imports up, exports down: China’s December industrial profits fall for 2nd straight month (Reuters) Profits notched up by China’s industrial firms declined 1.9 percent from a year earlier to 680.8 billion yuan ($100.9 billion) in December. For the full-year of 2018, industrial profits increased 10.3 percent on an annual basis to 6.64 … Read more

Even Sweden abandoned its wealth tax

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by Simon Black There are over 21 months to go until the 2020 US presidential election. And every day more and more socialist candidates throw their hat in the ring. They all want to be the one to take down Donald Trump. But how do you set yourself apart in such a crowded, and outspoken, field? … Read more