U.S. puts China, Japan and Germany on new watch list over foreign exchange practices
BLOOMBERG
APR 30, 2016
WASHINGTON – The U.S. has put nations including China, Japan and Germany on a new currency watch list, saying their foreign exchange practices...
Walgreens Just Got Into the Marijuana Business!
By Jeff Siegel | Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Wealth Daily
Last year, it did $103.4 billion in net sales.
With more than 8,000 stores in all 50 states, it's actually the largest drug retail chain...
In 2015 alone, Illinois state government redistributed more than $12 billion in income and other taxes to local governments. These financial shell games have created a needlessly complex system and make it difficult for local taxpayers to hold their...
Michigan, Minnesota and now Nebraska have reformed civil asset forfeiture – it’s time Illinois followed suit.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/sns-wp-washpost-bc-forfeiture-1-repeat06-20140906-story.html
Nebraska has just become the latest state to end civil asset forfeiture, the practice by which law enforcement can take private property from people...
Protect yourself from this
By Geoffrey Pike | Friday, April 29, 2016
The Federal Reserve just wrapped up its latest meeting this week. As expected, there was no change in its target rate range of 0.25% to 0.5%.
With all of the...
USA President Of McDonald’s Reveals What $15 Minimum Wage REALLY Means
We have all seen the “Fight for $15” minimum wage protests by economically illiterate millennials backed by agenda-driven labor unions and liberal activists.
One of the primary targets of the...
Editors Note:
Staff expects raises each year as well as more money for adding responsibility. Each non-union employee seems to feel they need more because they do more or because they have done a good job for a long time....
Posted on April 26, 2016 by Sam Rolley
Federal regulations tally $4 trillion in costs
A new study out from George Mason University’s Mercatus Center reveals how federal regulations are keeping the economy from reaching its full potential.
The researchers looked at...
Madison Record Reports Apr. 26, 2016, 12:42pm
Illinois school district consolidation provides path to efficiency, lower tax burden
Madison Record Reports Apr. 26, 2016, 12:42pm
Illinois has the most units of local government of any state in the country. Many of its...
The Edgar County Watch Dogs
May 5th at 7:00 pm
AFP Office at 924 N. State Street, Lockport
The Edgar County Watch Dogs will be speaking to us on how to be citizens watch dogs. They will explain how to understand local...
