False Economic Positives Could Mean Danger

False Economic Positives Could Mean Danger August 20, 2018 |Daniel A. White If you listen to the media, it’s easy to think there is still room for economic growth and that any talk of recession is premature. After all, while interest rates are rising, they’re still...

Too Many Not Feeling the Economic Growth Trend

August 6, 2018 |Daniel A. White The economy seems to be doing well. The market is up, unemployment is down, and our tax burdens are shrinking. Sounds great, right? Yes, but – and there’s always a “but” – many Americans are not benefiting from the economic...

Higher Taxes, Lower Populations

June 25, 2018 |Daniel A. White Americans are leaving high-tax states in droves. Over the past decade, 5 million Americans have relocated from high-tax states to low- or no-tax states. And it’s not weather or jobs – it’s taxes. None of the ten highest tax...

Where Our Tax Dollars Go

June 18, 2018 |Daniel A. White During the 2017 fiscal year, the U.S. took in $3.3 trillion in taxes and fees, while spending $4 trillion, resulting in a deficit of $666 billion. That deficit equates to about $33,000 per U.S. household, which is almost a record....

Debt Consuming Us

June 11, 2018 |Daniel A. White Our national debt is simply out of control. No other words do the situation justice. The country borrowed $488 billion in the first quarter of 2018, which broke the previous quarterly record of $483 billion set in the first...