How the 2017 Trump tax cuts ballooned The “big, beautiful bill" ||

How the 2017 Trump tax cuts ballooned The “big, beautiful bill" Congressional Republicans really like the 2017 Trump tax cuts. The decision to either extend those cuts or make them permanent before their year-end expiration date was the driving force behind the original, $2.4 trillion price tag of the House-passed megabill. That's why the “big, beautiful bill” costs so much. In the end, the Senate added another $1 trillion to the price tag ||  READ MORE:

Republicans say Trump is withholding 'basic information' about spending ||

 Many business owners are complaining that President Donald Trump's on-again/off-again announcements on tariffs are making it very difficult to for them to plan their budgets and the private sector isn't the only place where complaints about Trump's volatility are being voiced || Read More:

Something dangerous is happening to the U.S. economy ||

 Something dangerous is happening to the U.S. economy and at one point, the threat of tariffs and resulting chaos evaporated US$4 trillion in value in the U.S. stock market.  The rule of law – the idea that legal rules apply to everyone equally, regardless of wealth or political connections − is essential for a thriving economy. Yet globally the respect for the rule of law is slipping, and the U.S. is slipping with it. According to annual rankings from the World Justice Project, the rule of law has declined in more than half of all countries for seven years in a row ||    Read More:

How Donald Trump's economic policies are damaging the US ||

 

United States has enjoyed a high level of trust in the strength, openness and stability of its economy. But this privilege is being eroded by the US president’s tariff agenda. Economic motives aside, it is the way they are being applied – their size and the unpredictability – that is really sapping investor confidence.  Read more:

An Independence Day warning about the US dollar |

The US currency is being diminished in ways that are both cumulative and new, and in a manner that should concern every American patriot.  For decades, the world chose the dollar without thinking about it all that much, and that was not only because of unrivaled American economic strength. Most of the world’s major economic players also trusted the United States’ financial leadership—its rule of law, its institutions, its predictability. 

Nothing will replace the greenback soon, but its erosion is an increasing topic of conversation among global investors.    Read More:

Immigration crackdown ripples through economy |

The sharp fall in immigration this year threatens to slow down economic growth, particularly in the sectors and cities that relied on newcomers to the U.S. in recent years || READ MORE: