Starts @ 1:08 - Fair Use - Starts @ 1:08 …. And the Israel / Iran situation is at 12:08 - Fair Use - Poll: Gas Prices, Economy, Crime Dominate Midterm Issues: Record high gas prices, the economic recession, and soaring crime are the top three issues for voters heading into the November midterm elections, a Rasmussen Reports poll found Tuesday. As the establishment media push climate change and the war in Ukraine as the top issues, voters remain unconvinced. They are more worried about issues that directly impact their lives. Breaking the top ten concerns are also Biden’s energy policies (86 percent), inflation (85 percent), election integrity (80 percent), local school issues (76 percent), election cheating (75 percent), abortion (70 percent), and illegal immigration (69 percent). Meanwhile, the poll found the top issues for the establishment media are climate change (62 percent), the war in Ukraine (60 percent), January 6 (57 percent), coronavirus (57 percent), and LGBTQ issues (42 percent). Pollak: Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Adds Insult to Working-class Injury: President Joe Biden is set to announce student loan forgiveness of $10,000 — and perhaps more — for lower-income debtors on Wednesday, in a move that is unconstitutional, unfair, and dangerous for the stability of our economy and our democracy. There is no doubt that some borrowers would benefit from student loan relief. Some of these debtors can truly be seen as victims of a system that urges young people to attend college when other paths might be better suited to their talents and interests; that jacks up federally-subsidized tuition costs; and that steers students toward highly-ideological majors that provide few marketable skills, but train them as future left-wing voters and activists. However, most borrowers took out student loans quite voluntarily, and there are several strong arguments against relief: 1. Fairness. Rewarding those who are not paying their loans is unfair to people who have worked hard — and sacrificed — to pay off their own student debt. It is also unfair to people who made the choice not to attend college. 2. Inflation. The rest of society will pay higher prices for goods and services, hence subsidizing student loan borrowers indirectly through inflation. 3. Moral Hazard. Bailouts create the expectation of more bailouts in the future. . . 4. No Academic Reform. There is nothing in Biden’s impending proposal that will reform the way colleges and universities charge for higher education. 5. Executive Usurpation. The president lacks the power to make sweeping decisions about federal government spending or debt. 6. Banana Republic. The hallmark of Third World banana republics is that demagogues promise massive redistributions of wealth to ensure that they are reelected. Biden’s impending announcement, so soon before a midterm election Democrats may lose, smacks of cheap left-wing populism. Once a president begins acting as Santa Claus, spending other people’s money without any constraint, there is no end to it, and future presidents — left and right — will do the same to appease the voters. Starts @ 7:18 - Fair Use -
