A key function of propaganda has always been to demoralize the opposition. From the perspective of the propagandists, it is important to always give the impression that their side is the side of the majority, and the most popular.

President Biden and his supporters claim that he took an economy that was “flat on its back” in 2021 and made it “the envy of the world”. How did Biden accomplish this? He supposedly rebuilt the economy “from the middle out and the bottom up”.

With $1.2 billion in commercial real estate property loans coming due by the end of 2025, property owners are scrambling for sources of refinance.

Uncle Sam has stopped lending a helping hand and now repo men are back in business. Repos for the first half of 2024 are up 23% from a year ago. Higher-for-longer interest rates mean new car loans average 7.3% and used car loans average 11.5% putting stress on consumer pocketbooks. However, Claire Ballentine wrote in Bloomberg of something all too familiar.