So what about Sweden, huh? on The Spectator Australia | It’s amazing how often Sweden still crops up in conversations. It didn’t impose tough lockdown, kept…
It’s been a rough past few weeks for ‘America’s doctor.’ The COVID-19 pandemic - Dr. Anthony Fauci’s raison d etre - is winding down, the whole country is perusing his FOIA’d emails, and some are even discussing whether his possible role in the gain of function research that may have started this whole mess in the first place could warrant criminal charges. Of course, given the sorry state of affairs in America today, it’s highly unlikely anything like that would ever happen, especially under a Biden administration ‘Justice’ Department.
It’s also unlikely that anything short of an on-camera puppy-slaying would cause Fauci’s near-cult-like status to suffer a blow among certain, shall we say, liberal segments of the population. No, despite the predictions of some on the right, don’t expect the Avenatti treatment for the Patron Saint of Wuhan, only continued veneration. Just like myths about the efficacy of masks and lockdowns, the left simply has too much inv
OpenSchoolsCA forms a nonprofit to attack safe school opening. Its members have significant ties to charter schools. They and similar groups are highlighted by the media in their attempt to use the pandemic to further restructure social relations and privatize public education.
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the 2021 National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 4, 2021. | YouTube/NewsNation Now
Not all Democrats have guzzled the modern monetary mania that the national debt, currently at $68,400 per citizen or $183,000 per taxpayer, doesnât matter. To pacify them, President Biden proposes raising taxes to pay for some of his binge spending.Â
He wants to raise the top marginal income tax rate to 39.6% from 37% and nearly double taxes on capital gains to 39.6% for people earning more than $1 million. President Trump had reduced corporate tax rate from 35% to 21% and Biden wants to raise it to 28%. Finally, Biden wants to raise gasoline taxes, the most regressive of all taxes.Â
The recent spike in inflation rocked financial markets. After more than a decade of modest price increases, April's 4.2% figure caught many commenters and policymakers by surprise.