Because sometimes things just need to be said….
Trump says Republicans will send every American adult $5,000 if they win the House and Senate in November. I did the math so he didn’t have to. The U.S. has roughly 270 million adults. Multiply that by $5,000 and you get about $1.35 trillion. The plan is supposedly paid for with tariffs, which is where …
Warren Buffett’s secretary has paid a higher tax rate than Warren Buffett for years now, and somehow that’s still true in 2026. It’s not because the tax code has a soft spot for old men who like Cherry Coke — it’s because the way the ultra-rich actually get paid barely resembles a paycheck, and the …
Congress released this year’s Congressional Pig Book in May, and the top line is $23.7 billion spread across 8,392 earmarks, the fourth-highest total since anyone started keeping score in 1991. That’s already a lot of money. But the number that actually made me stop scrolling wasn’t the total. It was the door. Senator Chuck Schumer …