Utah | July 16, 2021
Sen. Lee warns ‘reckless government spending is finally catching up with us’
Utah | July 16, 2021
Editor’s note: Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) took to the Senate Floor this week delivering a sobering speech explaining to Americans what is really going on with Washington’s out-of-control spending and the impact it is having on Americans. We are printing his speech in its entirety and hope you will share it with others to help educate them about what is at stake.
For far too long, the federal government’s simply been spending and borrowing far more money than it should. It’s been borrowing and spending money that it doesn’t have. For individuals, for businesses, even for states and local governments this kind of conduct is not just inadvisable.
Sure, people can get away with that for a short period of time but the laws of mathematics very quickly catch up with them and so they they can’t do it. But the federal government is unique in this regard. There’s something about the size of the U.S. economy, coupled with the status of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. It’s a combination of factors that has given the federal government this ability that’s somewhat unique you see because it has access to essentially what amounts to a printing press in Washington, DC that prints out more and more money with reckless abandon. So the federal government just spends more money as if the laws of mathematics did not apply…
(Excerpts from The Daily Torch)
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont | June 2, 2021
Red States Top Those with Lowest Unemployment Rates
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont | June 2, 2021
by Bethany Blankley
Republican-led states and Vermont reported the lowest unemployment rates in April, according to a new report by the U.S. Commerce Department. States led by Democratic governors recorded the highest jobless rates, according to the report.
Unemployment rates were lower in April in 12 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 38 states, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
States with the highest unemployment rates in April were Hawaii (8.5%), California (8.3%), New Mexico and New York (both at 8.2%), and Connecticut (8.1%). All five states with the highest unemployment are run by Democratic trifectas, meaning Democrats control the governor’s office and both houses of the state legislature.
The four states with the lowest jobless rates in April were all run by Republican trifectas: Nebraska, New Hampshire, South Dakota and Utah, with 2.8% each. Vermont, with a Republican governor and a Democratic-controlled state House and Senate, ranked fifth-best with an unemployment rate of 2.9%.
Overall, 31 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. national average of 6.1%. The majority – 26 – are Republican-led states. Of the 19 states and the District of Columbia with jobless rates higher than the national average, 14 are led by Democrats…
(Excerpts from the Tennessee Star)