Category: Economy

A wee bit of truth to water down the tariff hysteria

Posted on April 14, 2025April 14, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Never mind the damage that Biden and Obama and the Bushes did to our national economy. What Trump is doing with these tariffs is — we’re told by our marxist

Debt has ALWAYS been the ruin of great powers. Is the U.S. next?

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Brant Clifton

THAT is the question posed by preeminent historian Niall Ferguson in a recent thought-provoking Wall Street Journal column: […] What I call Ferguson’s Law states that any great power that

Don’t like attempts to save the country? Then, (1) smear Elon and (2) lie to your readers.

Posted on February 23, 2025 by Brant Clifton

Our country has so much debt that it outweighs the value of our national economy. If we don’t do anything, the good ol’ US of A and its economy will

See Thom holler. Hear Thom holler. (Holler, Thom. HOLLER.)

Posted on November 21, 2024 by Brant Clifton

Those of us concerned about the cognitive state of our current president should also take a good hard look at what’s happening along those same lines with North Carolina’s senior

North Carolina has SIXTH HIGHEST beer tax in America.

Posted on July 2, 2024 by Brant Clifton

At least that’s what The Tax Foundation tells us: Beer. For many Americans, the thought of beer conjures warm memories—summer grilling, a cheers with old friends, or a cold drink

NC-05: Can Mayberry knock off The Mean Old Lady?

Posted on February 21, 2024February 21, 2024 by Brant Clifton

The drive-by, alleged “mainstream” media is failing voters worse this year than ever before. They are failing to inform voters about the choices on upcoming ballots. They are pronouncing certain

ANOTHER Cooper-Berger-Moore budget boondoggle STILL lurking out there

Posted on August 13, 2023 by Brant Clifton

The backroom wheeling-and-dealing on the state budget continues, as a lot of state business faces uncertainty and most legislators are left twiddling thumbs. We’ve told you about the disgraceful casino

State budget, protections for kids in limbo while Berger, Moore & co. twist arms, browbeat for casino votes

Posted on August 10, 2023August 10, 2023 by Brant Clifton

It doesn’t matter that important state government work is being held up. It doesn’t matter that state-funded medical facilities are pushing the transgender agenda unfettered. The thugs who call the

White Men Need Not Apply: Charlotte-based firm hit with lawsuit

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Brant Clifton

Finally, someone is swinging back against all of this DEI and CRT nonsense: A former employee of a large food service corporation is suing the company in federal court after

Medicaid Expansion: Windfall for hospitals. Higher costs for consumers. (We told you so.)

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Brant Clifton

“Conservative revolutionaries” Tim Moore and Phil Berger. their fiscally-generous lobbyist pals, and our cowardly “representatives” shoved Medicaid expansion down our throats earlier this year. We were told by those folks