It’s been a rough week for GOP nominee Donald Trump. From his criticisms of a Gold Star family who lost their son in Iraq to his falling poll numbers, Trump has had one of the worst weeks of any candidate in modern memory. And now we have a Trump ally, former Speaker of the House […]
Donald Trump just loves to say how rich he is, and no doubt there’s some truth to that statement. No one thinks Trump is just scraping by from month to month. But he also claims he’s worth at least $10 billion, maybe more. Is that true? Since he won’t release his tax returns, it can […]
We’ve all heard our elders tell us about “the good old days,” and how much simpler life was back in the day. No doubt some of that is true. But was it good that there was a time in this country when children were forced to work and people were barely paid enough to buy […]
Ever since the Brexit vote in Great Britain last week, Donald Trump has been saying that the results of the referendum prove he’s on the right side of history and that it’s a harbinger of great things to come for him in November. Trump even said that Americans will be able to reject “the global elite” […]
In the key battleground state of Ohio today, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton portrayed Donald Trump as a threat to the national economic health of the United States. Clinton tied her criticism of Trump to his record as a businessman, telling her audience: “You might think that because he has spent his life as a […]
If there’s one thing that has come through loud and clear so far in the GOP race for the 2016 nomination, it’s the absurd slogan of Donald Trump which he continually repeats and has plastered on cheap, made in China baseball caps he often wears so the wind won’t blow the dead hamster off his […]
Perhaps you’ve seen the commercials that run from time to time on television regarding a rather obscure subject to most of us: the Conflict of Interest rule. Simply put, this new rule requires that investment advisers act in the best interest of their clients instead of their own. Makes sense, doesn’t it, but the insurance […]
And now, a bit of history: How many of you know who Arthur Laffer is? Anyone…anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Where is Ferris Bueller? Arthur Laffer is the hack economist (and I use the term “hack” for good reason) who theorized–on a napkin no less–that you can drastically cut taxes and yet see tax revenues increase while […]