Categories
Burlington Financial Iowa News Political West Burlington

Record 10th Straight Year Without 3% Growth in GDP

Click here: The United States has now gone a record 10 straight years without 3 percent growth in real Gross Domestic Product, according to data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Categories
Burlington Financial Health Iowa Local News Political West Burlington

Poll: Only 15 percent have benefited from ObamaCare

Click here: Only 15 percent of people say they have personally benefited from ObamaCare

barackobama-52-110661297802769ftv

Categories
Burlington Financial Iowa Local News Political Technology West Burlington

“Silicon Prairie,” Tech Entrepreneurs Flock to Midwest

Click here: Low pay tourism is out, America’s new entrepreneurial frontier is hi-tech companies moving to Midwest States like Nebraska and Iowa.
publicdomainpictures.net
publicdomainpictures.net
Categories
Burlington Financial Iowa Local News Political West Burlington

45% of Americans pay no federal income tax

Click here: 45.3 percent of American households — roughly 77.5 million — pay no federal individual income tax.
Categories
Burlington Education Financial Iowa Local News Political West Burlington

What is Crony Capitalism?

This election season there’s a lot of talk about corruption, about politicians being “bought and sold”, and about “crony capitalism”. What do those terms mean? Why should we care? Is there a way to reduce corruption and restore our trust in government? Author Jay Cost, staff writer at The Weekly Standard, answers these questions and proposes a solution that every society could benefit from.

Categories
Burlington Financial Iowa Local News Security Technology West Burlington

Hacker: ‘Entire banking system is fundamentally flawed – you’re giving access to your cash’

Click here: Hacker warns that security at our banks is woefully inadequate
publicdomainpictures.net
publicdomainpictures.net
Categories
Education Financial Iowa Local News West Burlington

WB Police Donate for Playground

Photo by Dan Hockett West Burlington Police Union kicks off the fundraiser for West Burlington Elementary School Playground equipment. Left to right: DARE Instructor – Ringo Covert, CWA Vice President – Grant Hillyer, WB School Board Vice President – Andy Crowner, CWA President – Kevin Glendening.
Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington Police Union kicks off the fundraiser for West Burlington Elementary School Playground equipment at Monday night’s School Board meeting. Left to right: DARE Instructor – Ringo Covert, CWA Vice President – Grant Hillyer, WB School Board Vice President – Andy Crowner, CWA President – Kevin Glendening.
Categories
Burlington Financial Iowa Local News Political West Burlington

Bernie’s Socialist America would look like Socialist Venezuela

Click here: Socialist Venezuela suffers severe shortages of oil, diapers, staple products and now electricity.
Categories
Burlington Financial Iowa News Political West Burlington

Global central banks running ‘out of ammo’ to save economy

Click here: Global central banks are running ‘out of ammo’
Categories
Burlington Financial Iowa News Political West Burlington

Ominous Selloff in European banks

Click here: “The current environment for European banks is very, very bad. Over a full business cycle, I think it’s very questionable whether banks on average are able to cover their cost of equity. And as a result that makes it an unattractive investment for long-term investors.” said Peter Garnry, head of equity strategy at Saxo Bank.