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“Mastercard praised Congress for the mid-summer passage of gun control following the announcement that major credit card companies are caving to Democrat wishes and recategorizing gun and ammo purchase monikers.”
“The National Taxpayers Union Foundation estimates that debt cancelation could cost between $386 billion and $405 billion in net costs to taxpayers. That works out to an average per taxpayer of $2,503.22.”
“Surveying 500 small business owners, and using ‘The Small Business Intelligence Quotient (SBIQ), an index tracking overall small business sentiment about the economy,’ the pro-small business organization said in press release that ‘only 30 percent of respondents rate the condition of the U.S. economy as good or excellent.’”
“Bob Chapek, the CEO of Disney, responded to the political brouhaha which prompted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to strip the company of its self-governing, autonomous status in retaliation for its opposition to a controversial law governing the teaching of sex education to youngsters.”
“According to a report from Axios, Goldman Sachs announced late last month that no employee, except those working in New York City, will be subject to a vaccine mandate as a precondition of their continued or future employment. That policy went into effect earlier this week.”
Guaranteed income programs spreading across US - Blaze Media
“Guaranteed income has long been proposed as a solution for Americans’ financial woes. The idea has increasingly been placed into practice; guaranteed income programs have been started in 48 cities nationwide since 2020, according to Mayors for a Guaranteed Income (MGI), a network supporting such programs.”
“About 56% of respondents said they are feeling the sting of price increases, up from 49% in January and 45% in November. The latest figure includes 12% of Americans who described the pain as ‘severe,’ and 44% who called it ‘moderate.’”
How quiet quitters are costing companies money — and harming the morale of existing employees - Fox Business
“When employees stop putting forth significant effort toward their jobs and just do the bare minimum of work to get by, they are ‘quiet quitting’ — a term that has gained quite a bit of traction recently.”
RedBalloon in the News
Student Loan 'Forgiveness' - American Radio Journal
“This week on American Radio Journal: Lowman Henry talks with Andrew Crapuchettes of RedBallon.work about the death of big city downtowns; Scott Parkinson from the Club for Growth has the Real Story on Primary election results in Florida and Oklahoma; Eric Boehm of Reason magazine details Joe Biden’s student loan 'forgiveness' executive order; And, Jonathan Williams from the American Legislative Exchange Council has an American Radio Journal commentary on why the Inflation Reduction Act is economy malpractice.”
The Daily Red Alert is a collection of stories that relate to the issues of freedom in the workplace, business, and the US economy.
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