(Akiit.com) Just because “our guy” won, Economics 101 hasn’t been repealed. Donald Trump is still a populist, not a fiscal conservative or a states’ rights federalist. Trump’s waffling on minimum wage is as disturbing as him saying, as he did on “60 Minutes,” that we should keep “the strongest assets” ...
(Akiit.com) Once news of the surprising election results recently broke, many investors were wondering what their next moves should be. A lot of analysts and financial experts were predicting a big slump in stocks after the election of Donald Trump but were surprised that following a brief decline they actually rebounded. ...
(Akiit.com) Some are calling it the “Trump Effect“; a scenario that has been predicted to cause a huge shift in the stock world. The market was initially trapped in the midst of two large opposing forces; Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump. But these two seem to be closing the ...
(Akiit.com) I am pleading with the African-American community to go to the polls in order to defeat Trump and save this country from internal chaos and international disgrace. To my amazement, newscasts report that Trump could squeak into becoming president due to the lack of interest in voting by African-Americans. Know ...
(Akiit.com) This election season has lasted far longer than any I can remember. Even for professional politicians, the constant emotional theater of controversy, fear and anger during the election has grown quite wearying. Undoubtedly, many Americans feel the same way – weary of the constant fighting and media natter and ...
(Akiit.com) For every argument the media make against Donald Trump, Hillary’s worse. 1) Eleven years ago, Donald Trump said on a secretly recorded tape that celebrities can do anything – even grab a woman’s p–sy. Hillary, born-again Victorian virgin, campaigns with Beyonce, who performs a duet with the words “curvalicious, ...
(Akiit.com) When did caring about the Constitution, morality and making sure future generations of Americans have it as good as we do become “radicalism” in America? When did believing that we should have a border and that people shouldn’t be able to cross it illegally become “racism?” When did expecting ...
(Akiit.com) As a former “Never Trump-er,” I have been interested in others who have converted, however reluctantly, if not into Trump supporters, then pragmatic accepters of Trump against Hillary Clinton. Call us ever-Trump-ers. Another such convert is Joel C. Rosenberg, the mystery writer who once worked for the late Rep. ...
(Akiit.com) The most common phrase we hear from Americans about the upcoming election is, “I’ll be glad when this is over.” We all expect it to end Tuesday night. It may not. Since the FBI Director James Comey dropped a bombshell about a renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email scandal, ...
(Akiit.com) The post WWII era to the present is revealing. After WWII the United States ruled the world’s economy. Its dominant reign existed mainly because the war decimated European economies. America was the land of the free and the home of the brave. Jobs were plentiful. The federal government helped ...
(Akiit.com) This presidential cycle has arguably brought out the very worst in our nation. Insults are hurled and people’s character is assassinated as we witness a cascade of name-calling, personal threats, intimidation, bullying, outright lying and sneering false sanctimony —and that was just during the latest presidential debate. It’s a ...
(Akiit.com) The early voting returns show two unsurprising things. One is that black voters are turning out in smaller numbers in some areas than they did in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections. The other is that the relatively lighter turnout is in marked contrast to the near record turnout ...