The U.S. economy is so big that all of the individual states are comparable to entire countries...
As Visual Capitalist's Jeff Desjardins notes, not surprisingly – big states like California, New York, and Texas are very similar in size to other formidable economies like France, South Korea, and Canada.
Perhaps even more interesting, however, is that even small states are similar to the size of countries.
Congress are set to launch an official probe into claims that billionaire George Soros spent millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to meddle in U.S. and foreign elections and spread propaganda for various left-wing organizations. Republican senators have asked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to formerly investigate Soros, as citizens around the world begin rejecting the billionaire’s undue influence in politics.
The ironically named Rear Admiral Bruce Loveless (so many potential one-liners here but we'll let you create your own), along with 8 other senior Navy officials, including four retired captains and a retired marine colonel, have been arrested today in the so-called 'Fat Leonard' bribery scandal and charged with bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery, honest services fraud, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators.
In the widely anticipated budget proposal to be released by President Trump on Thursday, the White House will call for spending cuts of 28% for the State Department and 31% for the Environmental Protection Agency, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing congressional staff who are familiar with the plan. The budget plan for fiscal 2018 will also propose a big reduction in the State Department's Food for Peace program and elimination of a Transportation Department program that subsidizes flights to rural U.S. airports.
Authored by Shaun Bradley via TheAntiMedia.org,
As the vulture pundits in the mainstream media pick apart hollow political scandals, the essential bankruptcy of the federal government looms just ahead. The national debt is creeping toward 20 trillion dollars, and the United State’s largest problem is once again staring the world in the face.