Print Friendly and PDF

Senate Republicans propose to sell millions of acres of public lands in Trump's tax and spending bill to pay for tax cuts for billionaires

It’s hard to understand why Senate Republicans want to sell off the nation’s important and amazing public lands. However, they’re hyping an effort to sell huge swaths of public lands to private developers. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has released its revised portion of the huge GOP budget... Read more →


Walmart agrees to pay $10 million to settle FTC case that claimed it allowed scammers to misuse its money transfer services to steal from customers

Walmart will pay $10 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it turned a blind eye to scammers who used its in-store money transfer services to take hundreds of millions of dollars from U.S. consumers. The settlement, which requires the approval of U.S. District Judge Manish Shah, was filed... Read more →


Why it’s time to give up anxiety about declining birthrates

It’s happening all over the world. Birthrates are declining and almost all leaders are lamenting the fact. The argument is that with declining birthrates there won’t be enough tax money from fewer younger people to pay for the care of older people. Also, in the United States, consumers spending money... Read more →


MoneyGram to pay $250,000 to settle lawsuit for consumer protection violations

Photo: Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine MoneyGram, an international money transfer provider that serves hundreds of thousands of customers in the United States every year, has agreed to pay $250,000 for failing to follow consumer protection laws and jeopardizing their customers’ money transfers. In April 2022, the... Read more →