Mollie Hemingway: Trump Fight Against ‘Disgraceful’ Pork-Stuffed COVID Bill Illustrates Strength Of Conservative Populism
‘I think what the president is showing here is that he still is the president, that he’s more in line with that populist sentiment throughout the country.’
Chris Bedford: Congress’s COVID Relief Bill Is A Wasteful Embarrassment
Federalist Senior Editor Chris Bedford railed against the coronavirus relief package passed by Congress this week, threatened with veto by the president.
A ‘Disgrace’: Trump Threatens Veto Of Pork-Stuffed Blue-State Bailout ‘COVID’ Bill
President Trump threatened to veto the latest bipartisan coronavirus relief package Tuesday night, railing against legislation he branded a ‘disgrace.’
Nancy Pelosi Let Millions Suffer To Win An Election
Pelosi didn’t care about the American people, all she cared about was winning.
No, Shutting Down Another Stimulus Won’t Cost Trump The Election
What makes Trump look worse before the election: trying to get a deal with no success, or pointing out that the other side doesn’t want a deal for political reasons and pulling out of talks?
After Democrats Refuse To Negotiate, Trump Cuts Off Bailout Talks Until After Election
‘Nancy Pelosi is asking for $2.4 Trillion Dollars to bailout poorly run, high crime, Democrat States, money that is in no way related to COVID-19,’ Trump said.
Democratic Congresswoman Spotted In Airport After Pledging Not To Go Home Without Deal On Stimulus
Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin pledged on CNN not to go home without a deal in Congress to pass another round of coronavirus stimulus.
Your Future Earnings Are Quickly Becoming Other People’s Money
Every stimulus grabs control from shoppers and hands control to government people. You will pay again later by getting less for the lower-value dollars as Social Security checks.
WSJ Analysis Shows Why Congress Shouldn’t Keep Subsidizing Extra Unemployment
The enormous, debt-funded unemployment benefits beefed up just several months ago de-incentivized work and created undue hurdles for businesses to bring back employees.
Report Finds Beefed Up Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Rife With Fraud
A new study from the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) found Congress’ beefed up unemployment insurance corrupted claims and killed jobs.
Why Republicans Get No Points For Opposing Democrats’ $3 Trillion Coronavirus Bill
Conservatives should demand more than the soft bigotry of low expectations that Republican lawmakers’ miserable track record on spending has led them to expect.
Democrats’ New $3 Trillion Coronavirus Spending Wishlist Is Another Embarassing Farce
Pelosi’s caucus is looking to keep the special interest gravy train flowing, while chucking the average American another deficit-funded check like red meat to a dog they’re trying to get off their trail.
Pelosi Sees Coronavirus As An Opportunity To Extract More For Progressive Programs
“I see everything as an opportunity. The bigger the challenge, the bigger the opportunity,” Pelosi said on MSNBC Monday night.
New Unemployment Claims Top 30 Million As Pandemic Panic Pushes People Out Of Work
New data from the Department of Labor Thursday reveals more than 3.8 million people filed for unemployment bringing the six week total to 30 million.
A Tale Of Two Interviews: Bill Maher Presses Nancy Pelosi, Jake Tapper Lets Her Rant
As part of her weekend media tour, Nancy Pelosi did one interview with a comedian, and one with a journalist, but the results were surprisingly twisted.
Universities Need Creative Destruction, Not Bailouts
Bloated universities should reform or perish. One can only hope British conservatives can show the same resolve as their American counterparts in blocking any bailouts.
The Federal Stimulus Is Helping Individuals, But It’s Killing My Small Business
While it looks like everyone is taking seriously the average worker’s needs, no one at the decision-making level has thought of the small business owner.
Why Bigger Government Is A Worse Threat To Civil Liberties Than Lockdowns
The real threat of government expansion is not lockdown, but the introduction of well-intentioned, but dangerously-designed emergency relief programs.
The Senate’s Plan To Save Small Businesses Is Already Failing, And Mnuchin Just Made It Worse
The details are out of Treasury now, and it looks like it isn’t going to work for a large number of small business owners after all.