Tag: Consumers
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Commission Injustice: How Washington Turned a Blind Eye to Real Estate Monopolies
by Contributor (Apr. 14, 2025) — For generations, Americans have been led to believe that real estate operates on the principles of free enterprise—that competition among agents ensures fairness, affordability, and transparency. But behind the welcoming smiles and home tour sign-ins lies an industry built on entrenched commission norms, legal evasions, and a franchise-driven model…
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An Important First Step Toward Cleaner Food: Food Manufacturers Meet Consumer Power in the New FDA’s Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool
by Popular Rationalism Staff, ©2025 (Mar. 21, 2025) — In a move that could transform American food culture, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have launched the Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool (CCT Tool)—a public, searchable database cataloging chemical contaminants found in foods across the U.S. market.…
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Biden’s War on Consumers
by Jeff Crouere, Ringside Politics, ©2023 (Jul. 23, 2023) — Under President Joe Biden, costs have skyrocketed for Americans in almost every conceivable way. With both inflation and interest rates at elevated levels, real wages are down, and credit card debt has increased significantly. Americans are paying much more for groceries, gasoline, and monthly bills…
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My Thoughts On the Failure of SVB
by Don Fredrick, The Complete Obama Timeline, ©2023 (Mar. 14, 2023) — The failure of SVB had nothing to do with the partial rollback of some Dodd-Frank provisions. Stop believing the nonsense from media toadies who are blaming Trump for the bank’s failure. Even Barney Frank (the Frank in Dodd-Frank) said, “I don’t think that…
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Plastic is NOT a Threat
by Tom DeWeese, American Policy Center, ©2022 (Jan. 20, 2022) — I am fed up to my burning ears with the carte blanche castigation of plastic. Plastic is one of the greatest inventions ever, not only for modern society, but also for the environment. If plastic seems to now pose an environmental threat, it’s not…