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Germans Concerned After 270,000 Syrian Refugees Granted Permission To Bring Family Members

Germans Concerned After 270,000 Syrian Refugees Granted Permission To Bring Family Members

With worries about mass migration having largely faded from Germany's consciousness after a record surge in 2015, and an angry popular reaction, prompted Angela Merkel to curb the inflow of refugees, there is renewed concern in Germany following a report that up to 270,000 Syrians in Germany have the right to bring in their family members, a "revelation" that could refuel the debate about migration less than six months before a national election.

Dear Statists: I Don't Care About You

Authored by Joe Jarvis via TheDailyBell.com,

Dear Statists,

I don’t care about you, and would really appreciate it if you would stop “caring” about me.

Now, you might be thinking, “Of course you don’t care about me, you’re a libertarian!” But that is not what I mean. Actually, I do tend to care about other people; I am empathetic of others and therefore advocate free markets, because the closer the globe comes to a free market, the more people are lifted out of poverty.

"We Have A Serious Problem": For Jamie Dimon, This Is The Most Troubling Chart About The US Economy

"We Have A Serious Problem": For Jamie Dimon, This Is The Most Troubling Chart About The US Economy

As discussed earlier, Jamie Dimon's annual letter this year was a departure from his usual optimistic sermons about the state of nation, dedicating an entire section in the 45 page letter to  describe that "something is wrong" with the US. And of all the items mentions, the following aspect of the US economy is what was most troubling to the JPM CEO. Not surprisingly, it deals with two of the biggest threats facing the US currently: demographics and labor, and shows the at least in one key economic metric, the US is now the worst among the entire universe of developed countries.

Why Obamacare Was Doomed From The Start (In 1 Simple Chart)

Why Obamacare Was Doomed From The Start (In 1 Simple Chart)

Despite Obama's promise of a socialist utopia whereby all of his snowflake, millennial supporters would jump at the opportunity to 'spread their wealth around' for the greater good, his one crowning achievement that attempted to implement that vision, Obamacare, has proven to be a complete failure.  As it turns out, while millennials may be naive, they're not stupid. 

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