Thursday, March 29, 2018

Trump promises $1.5 trillion for infrastructure

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/03/29/trump-promised-1-5-trillion-in-infrastructure-spending-hes-1-percent-of-the-way-there/

Sorry state of Amtrak

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2014/07/10/the-sorry-state-of-amtraks-on-time-performance-mapped/

Future of High Speed Rail in U.S.

www.wdel.com/news/in-the-race-to-high-speed-rail-where-does-the/article_daa80b8c-9b33-11e7-9efc-23e2ba7be286.html

New Korean Trade Deal

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-28/trump-scores-his-first-revised-trade-deal-with-south-korea

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Background Checks for guns/NICS

https://www.thetrace.org/2015/07/background-checks-nics-guns-dylann-roof-charleston-church-shooting/

What's in the federal spending bill?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/03/24/whats-included-and-whats-not-in-the-1-3-trillion-omnibus-bill/#2b85a4ccff4c

Friday, March 23, 2018

Private Equity Firms winners in new spending bill, Could help fund small business

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-22/apollo-to-ares-among-surprise-winners-in-congress-spending-bill

How to mine "Litecoin"

https://www.coindesk.com/information/how-to-mine-litecoin/

Spending Bill to fund rebuilding military, give military pay raises

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/military-budget-in-massive-spending-bill-would-usher-in-pay-raises-new-ships-and-planes-1.518207

What is an Omnibus Spending Bill?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnibus_spending_bill

Basically, it's a bill that groups together smaller appropriations bills to allow for one vote.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

What is Litecoin and how do you "mine" it?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2018/02/08/what-is-litecoin/#2842236d33f7

Last Month Cryptocurrency Performance

http://www.digitalcurrencygrid.com/2018/03/04/1-month-cryptocurrency-performance-leaders-litecoin/

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Investment alternatives to cryptocurrencies

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/forget-cryptocurrencies-apos-better-off-113300961.html

How to invest in infrastructure as US rebuilds

https://www.thestreet.com/story/13584120/1/how-to-invest-in-infrastructure-as-u-s-rebuilds-roads-and-bridges.html

Latest on Puerto Rico recovery

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/puerto-rico-hurricane-recovery/

ISIS defeated in Syria but still threat elsewhere

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/isis-speading-to-new-regions-us-warns-its-law-enforcement-partners-1818385

U.S. Debt compared to rest of world

https://www.economicshelp.org/blog/774/economics/list-of-national-debt-by-country/

Monday, March 12, 2018

Pros and Cons of NAFTA

https://www.thebalance.com/nafta-pros-and-cons-3970481

Basics of Tariffs and Trade Barriers

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/08/tariff-trade-barrier-basics.asp

NRA sues Florida over raising age to purchase rifles

Age of Majority is left up to the states to determine.  At this time the AOM for Florida is 18.  Therefore, unless they change that in the Florida Constitution, raising the age for rifle purchase could be considered unconstitutional.  Unlike alcohol, the right to bear arms is guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

https://definitions.uslegal.com/a/age-of-majority/
https://minors.uslegal.com/age-of-majority/florida-age-of-majority-law/s

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Congress still useless on DACA and guns

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/03/08/no-resolution-on-daca-or-guns-but-congress-naming-lots-post-offices.html

Latest on FCC's net neutrality repeal

https://www.forbes.com/sites/washingtonbytes/2018/03/06/the-fccs-net-neutrality-repeal-the-end-of-the-internet-or-a-path-to-a-legislative-compromise/

Puerto Rico Electric Grid Snaps

https://www.yahoo.com/news/puerto-rico-power-grid-snaps-nearly-1-million-200226016.html

Congress has plan on Infrastructure

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-08/ryan-says-congress-to-break-up-trump-s-infrastructure-proposals

How US steelmakers have survived

http://dolarr.com/how-american-steelmakers-have-survived-without-trumps-help/

Sunday, March 4, 2018

How to Invest in Cryptocurrency

https://thedroidguy.com/2018/03/buy-qtum-qtum-cryptocurrency-coin-3-simple-steps-1080764

Comparison: Roth vs. Traditional IRA

https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/roth-or-traditional-ira-account

U.S. Trade deficit explained

https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-trade-deficit-causes-effects-trade-partners-3306276

Corporations mainly using tax bread to buy back shares

http://businessexplorers.org/2018/03/02/companies-projected-to-use-tax-cut-for-record-share-buybacks-jpmorgan/

Friday, March 2, 2018

Mainland Mayors partner to help Puerto Rico

http://www.governing.com/gov-mayor-exchange-puerto-rico-maria-recovery-lc.html

Review of Puerto Rico's new fiscal plan

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/02/puerto-ricos-new-fiscal-plan-misses-the-mark-commentary.html

Steel Tariffs: Who wins, who loses?

http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/16/investing/steel-aluminum-tariff-stocks-ford-alcoa/index.html