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Adam Carolla’s 2018 Commencement Address, ‘Don’t Make Things Worse’

Post author By Falcon
Post date June 7, 2018

Adam Carolla, comedian, social critic and host of the wildly popular Adam Carolla podcast, delivers the short 5-minute 2018 commencement address for PragerU. He offers some sage advice and makes a heart-felt request — as only Adam can.

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CNBC: Trump’s economy suddenly looks like it’s unstoppable

Post author By Falcon
Post date June 3, 2018

Click here: “May’s rebound in jobs together with yesterday’s report of solid income growth and the rise in consumer confidence points to the economy functioning very well,” the National Retail Federation’s chief economist, Jack Kleinhenz, said in a statement. “Solid fundamentals in the job market are encouraging for retail spending, as employment gains generate additional income for consumers and consequently increase spending.”

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Tens of Thousands Flee Illinois over Taxes

Post author By Falcon
Post date May 23, 2018

Will citizens now flee Burlington over high property taxes too?

Click here: Illinois is losing more citizens every year than nearly every other state. The biggest reason is because the state is simply taxing them out of their homes. Even the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board says it no longer makes any sense to live in Illinois. A Chicago couple who moved out of state said the move gave them back an amazing 25 percent of their income that would no longer be lost to property taxes. So, how is the Illinois state’s legislature reacting to the tens of thousands of constituents leaving every year over high taxes? Well, legislators are proposing a massive tax hike, naturally.

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Dispelling Claims by Farm Subsidy Proponents

Post author By Falcon
Post date May 16, 2018

Click here: Agricultural special interests try to make it sound as though touching even one farm subsidy—regardless of how unreasonable the subsidy is—will be the end of agriculture as we know it. Using scare tactics, they will assert wild claims without any support, or they will cherry-pick data to provide a misleading picture. For example, they often point to declines from record or near-record highs. The following provides answers to some common claims made by the special interests.

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Walt Disney: American Dreamer

Post author By Falcon
Post date May 10, 2018

Walt Disney was the twentieth century’s prime example of American ingenuity. How did he do it? In this video, Glenn Beck, best-selling author and host of The Glenn Beck Program, explains in a short 5-minute video how Disney became a household name, and how he proved that in America, the only limit to your ambition is your own imagination.