Trade war bailout: $12 billion in emergency aid for farmers hurt by tariffs
"The aid will be facilitated by the Commodity Credit Corp, an agency set up during the Great Depression, and will not require congressional approval."
Trump says ‘tariffs are the greatest!’ as Harley-Davidson offshores operations
"The company has said the tariffs will add $30 million to $45 million to its expenses for the rest of the year, costs which Harley-Davidson has said it will absorb as it plans to move operations overseas."
New Yorkers Trying to Flee Find Moving Isn’t So Easy
"The states’ methods can be aggressive: Issuing subpoenas to pore through credit card statements, bank transactions or phone records to track a taxpayer’s location, and sending auditors to interview doormen or confirm doctors’ appointments."
Two giant US pension funds admit there’s a BIG problem
"People depending on a pension not only likely won’t get the money owed to them in the future… but they’ll also get stuck paying more into the system today. It’s a true lose/lose."
Bottom 60 percent paying for the US boom by substituting debt for savings
"A Reuters analysis of U.S. household data shows that the bottom 60 percent of income-earners have accounted for most of the rise in spending over the past two years even as the their finances worsened - a break with a decades-old trend where the top 40 percent had primarily fueled consumption growth."
6 companies that are the most reliant on government contracts
"What might be surprising is just how dependent some companies are on government spending for their existence."
Perpetual U.S. Wars, Explained In 140 Seconds
"In 1935, USMC Major General Smedley Butler warned the world that 'War is a racket. It always has been...'"
Bill Bonner: The Fed Can’t Stop What’s Coming
"Donald Trump is the last person who wants to see interest rates go up. Not only does his personal business empire depend on low rates… so does his political empire."
Trump FISA Warrant Released; Proves Comey Lied about DNC-Funded Dossier
"The FISA court was not advised that the Steele dossier was funded by the DNC."
“The Swamp”: Fearless Reps Expose the Corruption on Capitol Hill
"The Swamp videos make it very obvious that, although there are 435 members of the House of Representatives, the key decisions are made by a handful of very powerful leaders bent on controlling the country and that the betrayal is bipartisan."