Politics

 (1) Isn’t it weird that in America, our flag and our culture offend so many people, but our benefits don’t?    (2) How can the federal government ask U.S. citizens to pay back student loans when illegal aliens are receiving a free education?    (3) Only in America are legal citizens labeled “racists” and “Nazis,”…

By Tom Quiner “Americans use 500 million drinking straws every day.” Says who? Says ten year old Milo Cress, that’s who. Young Milo became convinced that drinking straws pollute our oceans. He put together a campaign called “we go strawless.” As John Stossel points out, the media, environmentalists, and leftist politicians all embraced his 500…

Economists break earners into five quintiles.

In a study produced by the Cato Institute’s John F. Early, the former assistant commissioner for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, something strange happened to the 5th quintile (the poorest Americans) during the Obama years.

They had virtually the same spending power as the 3rd and 4th quintiles. In other words, those who weren’t working had just about as money for discretionary spending as those who were working and paying taxes a few notches up the economic chain thanks to our lavish social safety net.