The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) is an independent agency created by Congress in 1933 during the Great Depression to maintain stability and public confidence in the nation’s financial system. The FDIC insures deposits, examines, and supervises financial institutions for safety, soundness, and consumer protection, makes large and complex financial institutions resolvable, and manages receiverships, Read More
Our nation was founded upon, in the words of the Declaration of Independence, the “self-evident” truth that “all men are created equal.” As such, Americans know that each and every one of us is “endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights,” among which are “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” This notion of Read More
For decades, maximizing shareholder value was the dominant theme for investors but its dominance has given way in recent years to stakeholder capitalism – the idea that a corporation should meet the needs of all its stakeholders, including the community and society as a whole, and not just to its investors. Stakeholder capitalism has allowed Read More
Last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) test scores marked some of the steepest declines ever measured by the test in terms of national average scores in math for both 4th and 8th graders. For 4th grade math, one in four students scored below the NAEP “basic” level, which was a 5 percent decline Read More
Human trafficking is a scourge on our society in which predators prey on vulnerable individuals, particularly women and children, and use force, fraud, or coercion to obtain labor, services, or even commercial sex acts. Human trafficking is modern-day slavery and affects hundreds of thousands of victims in the United States alone. Human trafficking is also Read More
After widespread irregularities in the 2020 presidential election and problems in the 2022 midterms, Americans are rightly concerned about the integrity of our electoral process. According to polling data, only 42 percent of Americans have confidence that our elections truly reflect the will of the people — that’s less than half! A full 61 percent Read More
Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution requires that “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law…” A powerful check on the executive branch, the Framers of the Constitution wanted to ensure the executive could not spend money without congressional authorization. The idea that Congress, as the Read More
While President Joe Biden was speaking to reporters before visiting a new computer chip plant in Arizona, the commander-in-chief made clear that securing the U.S. southern border is not a priority for his administration. When asked why he wouldn’t go to the U.S.-Mexico border – while visiting a border state – Biden said the quiet Read More
After four years of stability on our southern border due to the Trump Administration’s America first policies, the illegal immigration crisis is back with a vengeance—and it’s all Joe Biden’s doing. Since President Biden took office, about 5 million illegal immigrants have crossed our southern border, and 1.5 million of these illegal aliens have been Read More
There is no federal law that mandates how—and more importantly when—state and local officials are required to tabulate results after an election. Therefore, each state has separate processes and procedures on how this is done, which creates a problematic patchwork of different rules and regulations across the country. This is a major reason why we Read More