2023 Budget Deficit Already Bigger Than Last Year’s

This is an unsustainable trajectory, especially in a high-interest rate environment.

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Republicans Miss the Point on Mortgage Fee Hike

The Constitution nowhere authorizes the federal government to have anything to do with housing. This means no FHFA, no FHA, no Fannie Mae, no Freddie Mac, no Ginnie Mae, no HUD, no Federal Home Loan Banks, and no VA and USDA mortgages.

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Federal Tax Receipts Are Tanking But Federal Spending Isn’t

A surplus sounds like good news, but digging into the data reveals that federal revenues are falling even as spending continues unabated.

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A Positive and Hopeful Sign in the Banking Crisis

I consider the withdrawal or transfer of those deposits in the face of all those assurances of the “soundness and resiliency” of the banking system to be a very positive and hopeful sign. It indicates that perhaps a large number of Americans are no longer sheeplings that place their blind trust in the fox.

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CBDC: Can States Stop a Central Bank Digital Currency?

The only thing that can actually keep them in check and stop this dystopian nightmare is opposition and resistance. Can states help get the job done? Too early to tell, but the time to push back is right now. Florida, New Hampshire, Missouri, and Texas with ideas and first steps.

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