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How Billionaires Benefit from Government Shutdowns

How Billionaires Benefit from Government Shutdowns

| Oct 15, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyMost people are surprised to learn government shutdowns, and the ensuing fingerpointing, haven’t always been a mainstay of American politics. To understand how we got to this point, we must first examine who benefits from shutdowns. For decades, conservatives in...
Elon Musk Should Pay the Same Social Security Taxes You Do

Elon Musk Should Pay the Same Social Security Taxes You Do

| Oct 2, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy life goals have never included making a lot of money… and I’ve certainly succeeded in that regard. Yet I do consider myself rich. Not Wall Street rich, but rich in the modest sense of being middle-class and able to make ends meet. It’s not my good looks that puts...
AI Is a Dangerous Billionaire Boondoggle

AI Is a Dangerous Billionaire Boondoggle

| Sep 24, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedThere’s a reason people say “Don’t Mess with Texas.” Texans know you can’t take BS to the bank. So when I heard Fermi America, an energy startup run by former Texas governor Rick Perry, wants to open a nuclear-powered AI data center they call “Project Matador” down...
The “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Subsidize the Billionaire Private Jet Class

The “Big Beautiful Bill” Will Subsidize the Billionaire Private Jet Class

| Jul 3, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe big Trump-GOP budget that recently passed Congress will slash trillions in taxes for billionaires and centi-millionaires while devastating services like Medicaid. Among those tax breaks for the ultra rich is a giveaway to the private jet lobby, which will force...
The Only Winners in This Trade War Will Be Trump and His Fellow Billionaires

The Only Winners in This Trade War Will Be Trump and His Fellow Billionaires

| Apr 30, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Biden left behind an economy that was pretty healthy, conventionally speaking. Unemployment was low and wages were rising, but stubbornly high costs of living opened a door for Donald Trump’s political comeback. Yet Trump’s tariffs could soon cost Americans...
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