Poverty
Yaron Brook: Selfishness, Immigration, War, Love, Liberty and Ayn Rand
Government makes most things worse. Lyndon Johnson launched a War on Poverty; Richard Nixon a War on Drugs. Both had good intentions, but their “wars” do more harm than good. I believed the War on Poverty would lift people out of poverty. At the time I was a naive Princeton student who believed my professors when they said, “It’s wrong that in this rich country, people are poor, so government…
Stewart Continues Anti-Capitalism Crusade, Asks If It Requires Poverty
For the second Monday in a row, Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart used his time as host of The Daily Show to launch an attack against capitalism. While Stewart managed to keep his hand in one piece this time, he wondered to Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond if capitalism requires poor people to function while Desmond urged the country to return to the economic policies of the 1960s.…
KJP Deflects When GRILLED by Fox’s Heinrich, Lawrence on the Economy
On Thursday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was lucky to have softballs from liberal journalists discounting the mass, unfettered immigration puts on small towns, schools, and social services like in Springfield, Ohio as, leaving those aside, she was hit with searing questions on the economy and government spending by Fox’s Jacqui Heinrich and Edward Lawrence.
PBS: US 'Safety Net' Not Generous Enough: 60% Americans Have Been Poor
The PBS NewsHour launched a new series Monday, “America’s Safety Net,” taking a long-term historical view of welfare programs (spoiler: there’s not nearly enough of it). Yes, the taxpayer-supported show is advocating for more taxpayer funding of the so-called safety net. Anchor Geoff Bennett kicked off the series with an overview beginning in 1935 with Franklin Roosevelt signing the…
BIDEN FLOP: Nets Ignore Poverty Rate Increasing First Time Since 2010
It takes a hefty amount of chutzpah for the ABC, CBS and NBC evening news shows to continue covering up bad news that repeatedly makes Bidenomics look like the disaster it’s been for the U.S. economy.
‘Inequality Ahoy!’ Did Krugman Forget He’s Richer than Justice Thomas?
Insufferable New York Times economics columnist Paul Krugman apparently didn’t think his strategy through before he tried to caricature Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as some kind of elitist.
NYT, NPR Bemoan ‘Going Hungry in America’ After COVID Emergency Ends
Hunger in America: It’s an old piece of liberal mythology, but with the Biden White House finally ending the COVID pandemic emergency, it’s become a hot topic again, with journalists sounding the alarm over reducing the pandemic-driven increases in federal food assistance back to pre-pandemic levels, calling up the spectre of starvation in the richest country on earth. The New York Times…
ABC's 'This Week' Panel Attacks Manchin 'He Represents Plutocrats'
It’s now been a week since Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) went on Fox News Sunday and tanked President Biden’s Build Back Better bill, drawing audible sighs from the mostly liberal panel on ABC’s This Week. A week later and they still have not gotten over it. They spent the latter half of the so-called “Powerhouse Roundtable” railing against Manchin for not going along with their…
Reid RAGES at ‘Maserati Joe’ Manchin Axing BBB Since He Hates ‘Poors’
MSNBC’s ReidOut host Joy Reid was in rare form on Tuesday following a day off as, after she argued Fox News hosts want their “fans” to “die,” she spent two segments decrying Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) as “Maserati Joe” for “showing open contempt for” his constituents based on the fact that he “killed” the Build Back Better agenda, “the most transformative legislation of the 21st…
NBC: GOP/Manchin Are Starving Children by Tanking Build Back Better
Two days after Senator Joe Manchin went on Fox News Sunday and essentially doomed the Biden Administration’s Build Back Better bill from passing the Senate and being signed into law, the leftist media have melted down. This is true of the nightly broadcasts as well. On Tuesday night, NBC Nightly News dedicated an entire segment to fear-mongering about how America’s children will go without…
Latino Nets Push California Move to Become Abortion Sanctuary
This week, the national Hispanic networks made a point to let their (mostly conservative) audiences know just how fantastic the prospect of California becoming the nation's abortion sanctuary would be, especially as poor Latinas in, say, Texas, wouldn't have the money to pay for a 26-week abortion they can't get in their state.
Lessons from Venezuela
Democrats say President Joe Biden won "a strong mandate." His government can do all sorts of good things! I don't believe he has a mandate, but thanks to the selfishness of former President Donald Trump, Democrats control Congress, and that may give them power to shove their worst ideas down our throats. Those include: No. 1: Hate speech laws, No. 2: Expanding the Supreme Court, No. 3: Gun…
CNN Touts Abortion as Vital for Underage Girls, No Reason to Regret
On Saturday night, CNN weekend Pamela Brown host devoted a segment to promoting abortion as an important option for underage girls as she spoke with a young woman who had an abortion at age 17, and does not regret doing it. The pro-abortion activist even claimed that it "saved my life" by making it easier to go to college.
I Accept Nancy Pelosi's Challenge
Responding to Democrats in her party who are troubled by the massive $3.5 trillion spending bill that would forever transform America into a debtor nation, Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked a question: “Where would you cut?” Her question carries with it a conceit held by many contemporary politicians that every government program is sacred and must not be touched. Even suggesting that a decrease in…
