Author: Tiana Lowe Doescher
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The government cannot save Intel. The best thing it can do is get out of the way in the semiconductor industry.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump’s haters have spent a decade accusing him of being a fascist. Yet, his plan to unilaterally extract a 10% equity stake in moribund chipmaker Intel is now about as close to that…
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Trump can control the Fed, but he can’t control interest rates
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You…
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Property taxes are actually the least bad tax — except for one
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has pivoted from a bonkers approach to foreign affairs to backward fiscal policy in her continued attempt to achieve relevance despite her attacks on President Donald Trump‘s administration. “We need…
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Why I trust EJ Antoni to improve the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When President Donald Trump announced his nomination of E.J. Antoni to replace Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Erika McEntarfer, economists on the Left and Right criticized the pick. Reasons for opprobrium over the choice, which…
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He attacked me on a busy DC street. The police told me to make a citizen’s arrest.
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The grand irony of the day I was sexually assaulted in the District of Columbia is that my skirt really was rather short, not that you could actually see it. It was November 2019, and…
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Trump made the right call ousting Bureau of Labor Statistics leader, but for the wrong reason
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save After six months of haranguing the Federal Reserve to slash the federal funds rate despite a persistently strong economy, President Donald Trump finally got a data point proving his case that the labor market is…
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In bringing business back home, the Trump agenda law is already paying off
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Although President Donald Trump did not sign his sweeping agenda proposal into law until July 4, the White House maintains that the tax, spending, and immigration legislation is already paying policy dividends. Treasury Secretary Scott…
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Don’t do it, Don! Investors make clear why Trump shouldn’t try to fire Fed Chairman Jerome Powell
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Donald Trump’s patience with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell had reportedly run out over the central bank head’s ignoring White House demands to lower interest rates. The New York Times reported the morning of…
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You can’t live without the American healthcare system
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Over on X, a podcast host named Abby Libby wrote that she only had to pay $6,000 to deliver her second son at just 33 weeks of gestation. Three months on, the mother and baby…
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Millions of deaths by a thousand tax cuts? Not quite
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save If you haven’t already been killed by the great net neutrality repeal of 2017 or the Title X gag rule of 2019, you’re in luck. For the umpteenth time in the past decade, Democrats are…