I believe police officers’ actions will never change until they are held personally accountable. Lawsuits, settlements, judgements don’t require the individual cop to pay a price. I believe any judgement or settlement should always require the officer to pay 10% out of pocket. Depending on the circumstances, loss of their law enforcement certification. submitted by /u/Mysterious_Truck_742 [link] [comments]
President Donald Trump’s tariffs vaporized $6 trillion in value from the stock market in just two days of trading last week—and the bloodbath continued on Monday morning. Here’s the bad news: That’s not the end of the bad news. As ugly as the stock market losses have been, the big hit from Trump’s tariffs probably haven’t even arrived yet. As always, the stock market is not the economy—it’s an aggregated indicator of what investors think the economy will […]
That ruckus you hear in the capital markets is the sickening howl of the Fugazy Economy meeting its extinction. Fugazy means fake, unreal, dishonest, misaligned to what societies need to thrive. Fugazy means mis-using the time-value of things that purport to be wealth to multiply fake wealth in the hands of a few at the expense of the many. The pernicious effects of that system are visible all across the ruined landscape of our country, a nation of […]
Hello everyone, I hope this isn’t viewed as self-promotion, as I genuinely have nothing to gain from it. I’ve developed a free iOS app designed specifically to protect your video evidence in situations where you might fear someone could grab, confiscate, or destroy your phone. It gathers no personal information or user data. Here’s how it works: • Press one button to start recording. • While recording, your video is automatically split into 60-second chunks and uploaded directly […]
Tad DeHaven In the comics, the supervillain Bizarro is the opposite of Superman in every way — and in the bizarro world of President Trump, tariffs are a magic bullet to revitalize the economy, lower consumer prices and protect American jobs. , But the real-world economic reality is the opposite: Tariffs raise costs for American families and hurt more workers than they help. Rather than tamp down inflation or boost growth, the broad tariffs Trump plans to impose […]
President Donald Trump claims that the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 grants him the power to deport certain Venezuelan-born aliens without due process based on the mere allegation of membership in a criminal street gang. But the text of the Alien Enemies Act does not allow the president to do anything of the sort. “Whenever there shall be a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion shall […]
Michael Chapman Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) (Image: LefontQ on Wikimedia Commons.) To understand the folly of protectionism, including the use of tariffs, there is perhaps no greater teacher than Frederic Bastiat (1801–1850), a classical liberal economist who fought for economic freedom in 19th-century France. His famous satirical missive, the “Candlemaker’s Petition,” published below, reveals the illogic and self-destructive nature of protectionism and humorously refutes the claims of those who would erect barriers to free exchange. Its message has influenced […]
Writes Kevin Duffy: Hi Lew, About a month ago, Howard Lutnick said on CNBC: “Tariffs do not, do not, do not create inflation! Money printing creates inflation. China has the highest tariffs in the world. They don’t have inflation.” Last year China had a trade-weighted average tariff rate of just 3%. (See here from trade experts at the Cato Institute) How do we explain this? A. Lutnick is right and the Cato trade experts are wrong. B. This is hyperbole meant […]
With James J. Puplava, CFP®, CTS™, CES™, CIS™, CFS™, CAS™, CSS™, FPWM™ and Cris Sheridan Mar 31, 2025 – Taxes eat into your investment returns. On today’s Lifetime Planning episode of the Financial Sense Newshour, we discuss how AGI and taxable income determine your tax bracket, impacting how your investments are taxed…
