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Annualized federal debt interest cost surpasses $1T, Bloomberg analysis reveals

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-11-13-annualized-federal-debt-interest-cost-surpasses-1t.html

November 13, 2023 -

According to the analysis released on November 7, the figures are twice the interest costs over the past 19 months and are the equivalent of 15.9 percent of the federal budget for fiscal year 2022. The estimated interest expense is calculated using U.S. Treasury data which states the government's monthly outstanding debt balances and the average interest it pays.

"The worsening metrics may reignite debate about the United States fiscal path amid heavy borrowing from ...

Inflation, cost-of-living crisis crushing Generations Y and Z

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-09-14-inflation-cost-living-crushing-generations-y-z.html

September 14, 2023 -

He noted in an episode of his podcast that the world is getting to the endpoint, citing videos of Generation Y Americans – also known as millennials – that go viral on social media. These millennials being crushed by inflation are taking to social media platforms to bring their issues to the forefront. (Related: INFLATION WOES: Millennials crumble, turn to social media to air frustration over soaring cost of living.)

"People are struggling more than ever, and most ...

Red Sea attacks have DOUBLED the average cost of container shipping

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-01-24-red-sea-attacks-doubled-average-cost-containers.html

January 24, 2024 -

The primary driver behind this unprecedented increase is the ongoing disruption caused by Houthi attacks on cargo vessels navigating the Red Sea. These attacks, stemming from the Israel-Hamas conflict that began in October, have sent shockwaves throughout global supply chains, resulting in delayed shipments and a substantial escalation in transportation costs.

Data provided by London-based Drewry Shipping Consultants highlights the staggering impact on container shipping ...

Biden’s Israel policy could cost him the White House – Scott Ritter

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-01-15-bidens-israel-policy-cost-him-white-house.html

January 15, 2024 -

(Article republished from RT.com)

Pro-Palestinian protesters heckled Biden during a key campaign speech on Monday, demanding that he pressure the Israeli government to declare an immediate ceasefire. With protests still drawing large crowds in New York and Los Angeles, and with some of Biden’s own officials resigning over the president’s “blind support” for Israel, a recent New York Times poll found broad disapproval, particularly among young voters, for Biden’s handling ...

Cost-of-living crisis in Turkey undermines Erdogan re-election bid

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-09-turkey-inflation-crisis-undermines-erdogan-reelection-bid.html

May 09, 2023 -

According to the Jerusalem Post (JPost), millions of Turks have had to deal with runaway inflation for years. Annual inflation has remained in the double-digit counts for almost all of the five years since the 2018 general elections. It began to surge after a currency crisis in late 2021, following a series of interest rate cuts ordered by the unorthodox Erdogan.

Headline inflation dropped to 43.7 percent in April 2023 after peaking at 85.5 percent in October 2022. Food ...

Germany passes impossible “green” heating legislation that will cost economy $1 TRILLION

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-09-13-germany-passes-green-heating-legislation-one-trillion.html

September 13, 2023 -

The scheme, known as the Building Energy Act (GEG), is extremely expensive, estimated to cost the German economy more than $1 trillion over the next two decades.

As politicians celebrated the law's passage, ordinary Germans, many of whom are having trouble making ends meet with skyrocketing inflation and an ever-slowing economy, lamented the mandate. Most Germans are opposed to the new law, according to polling, but it was passed regardless.

Germans says their ...

Compilation: Millennials CRUSHED by inflation freak out over soaring cost of living

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-08-18-millennials-crushed-by-inflation-freak-out.html

August 18, 2023 -

(Article by Jamie White republished from Infowars.com)

Young adults explained on TikTok that the soaring inflation in Canada, the U.S. and elsewhere has created a dire cost of living crisis with no end in sight.

“I have a question: how are we affording life right now?” one TikTok user asked.

The cost of living crisis is astronomical everywhere. It feels like we're just working to barely survive ???

Compilation of videos with people talking about the struggle ...

Nonprofit warn: Brits’ food bank dependency goes beyond cost-of-living crisis

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-23-food-bank-dependency-beyond-cost-of-living-crisis.html

May 23, 2023 -

According to the latest report by non-profit food bank operator Trussell Trust, it gave out nearly three million emergency food parcels across the U.K. between 2022 and 2023. From the 1.35 million parcels reported in 2017 to 2018, this increased by 121 percent to a record 2.99 million.

Wales, North East and the East of England were the top three recipients of food parcels. The East Midlands, meanwhile, received the least number of food packages from Trussell Trust.

ZeroHedge's ...

Smartphones issued to track illegals cost American taxpayers over $360,000 per day

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-15-smartphones-issued-to-illegals-cost-360k-daily.html

May 15, 2023 -

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has already reportedly issued over 300,000 smartphones to noncitizens who migrated to the United States as part of the "Alternatives to Detention Program" (ATD). According to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), mobile phones are meant to track asylum seekers who are awaiting court dates. They are also used for facial recognition, GPS monitoring and voice identification.

The smartphones cost taxpayers $361,218.08 per day, ...

Former Google engineer predicts human IMMORTALITY by 2030 – but at what cost?

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-04-05-former-google-engineer-predicts-human-immortality-by-2030.html

April 05, 2023 -

Ray Kurzweil, author of the book "The Singularity Is Near," made this prediction. He also predicted that in 2029 – a year before this target date of human immortality – artificial intelligence (AI) will be able to pass the Turing test. Devised by British computer scientist Alan Turing, the test seeks to determine if a machine can exhibit intelligent behavior in the same manner as a human being.

Kurzweil argued that the world is rapidly approaching a moment where AI surpasses ...

10 Vegetables to eat if you’re on a low-carb diet

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-08-31-10-vegetables-to-eat-low-carb-diet.html

August 31, 2023 -

The idea behind low-carb diets is simple: Carbohydrates are one of the three energy-giving nutrients your body needs. As your body's preferred energy source, carbohydrates are broken down as needed or converted into fats and stored in your muscles and liver for later use. When you decrease the amount of carbohydrates you consume, you force your body to use alternative sources of energy, such as protein and stored-up fats. This is what contributes to weight loss and some of the ...

PHARMACEUTICAL FRAUD: Big Pharma’s corporate lawlessness cost Americans over $40B in 2019 alone

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-19-big-pharma-corporate-lawlessness-cost-americans-40b-2019.html

May 19, 2023 -

The report, released on May 16 by the American Economic Liberties Project (AELP) and the Initiative for Medicines, Access and Knowledge (I-MAK), zeroed in on the pharmaceutical giants' antitrust law violations. According to AELP and I-MAK, these are the main reasons why drug prices in America are skyrocketing at record-high levels compared to those of other rich nations.

"American families are paying far too much for prescription drugs, in large part due to rampant corporate ...

Cost of shipping cargo across the seas in freefall due to lower demand

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-05-02-cost-shipping-cargo-in-freefall-lower-demand.html

May 02, 2023 -

Container rates have sunk since peaking in August last year, with long-term ocean freight rates falling by as much as 24 percent. (Related: Global shipping to split into Western and Eastern blocs soon.)

According to the Freightos Baltic Daily Index, one of the main indexes for gauging the cost of transporting freight  containers across the Atlantic, the average rate for shipping cargo from Europe to the American East Coast was hovering a little above $3,000 per forty-foot ...

Google tightens belt, implements cost-cutting measures like removing snack bars and staplers

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-04-07-google-tightens-belt-imposes-cost-cutting-measures.html

April 07, 2023 -

Google CFO Ruth Porat broke the news in a March 31 email sent to all employees of the Mountain View, California-based technology firm. Her email said the cost-cutting measures aimed to "deliver durable savings through improved velocity and efficiency."

The measures Porat cited in her email included the removal of some snack bars or "microkitchens" and the closure of cafeterias on days with modest traffic.

Internal documents viewed by CNBC expounded on the measures ...

Report: Birmingham, Alabama has highest cost of crime per capita in the entire country

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-12-29-report-birmingham-alabama-highest-ccpc-in-us.html

December 29, 2023 -

Researchers from the site used crime data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to look at crime rates in 302 large cities and 1,010 small cities and towns across the country. They also looked at both violent crime and property crime and used research by the University of Miami and the University of Colorado Denver to determine the cost of crime in each area.

The researchers found that Birmingham had the highest CCPC among the more than 300 cities they examined ...

EVs on the verge of becoming UNINSURABLE due to HIGH COST of battery repairs

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-11-08-evs-becoming-uninsurable-high-cost-battery-repairs.html

November 08, 2023 -

Jonathan Hewett, CEO of the motor insurer-funded automotive research firm Thatcham Research, issued this warning. According to him, the lack of "insight and understanding" about the cost of repairing damaged EV batteries leads to increased insurance premiums. In some cases, it has even led insurance providers to refuse whole vehicle coverage for EVs.

While EV owners are burdened with insurance costs, with some quotes exceeding £100 ($122.90) per week and reports of ...

TRUE cost of owning an EV equates to $17.33/gal of gas, study reveals

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-11-07-ev-costs-17-dollar-per-gal-of-gas.html

November 07, 2023 -

The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) conducted the research, which indicated that EVs do not stand alone in comparison with other vehicles because of the "wide array of direct subsidies, regulatory credits and subsidized infrastructure that contribute to the economic viability of EVs." According to the paper, "adding the costs of the subsidies to the true cost of fueling an EV would equate to an EV owner paying $17.33 per gallon of gasoline. And these estimates do not ...

Salt fermentation: How to turn your garden vegetables into super healthy probiotic foods

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-04-18-turn-garden-vegetables-into-healthy-probiotic-foods.html

April 18, 2023 -

When you make salt-brined pickles or turn cabbages and radishes into kimchi, the salt you use can limit the growth of unwanted microorganisms, protecting your produce from spoilage. At the same time, fermentation allows probiotic microorganisms, such as Lactobacilli acidophilus, to flourish.

Once the fermentation process is done, you can repack fermented vegetables into clean jars and store them in your refrigerator for at least four to five months. Fermented vegetables ...

Biden defies Supreme Court on student debt cancellation, absurdly claims there’s no cost to taxpayers

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-02-11-biden-defies-supreme-court-student-debt-cancellation.html

2 months ago -

At a recent campaign stop in Las Vegas, Biden told his followers that his debt relief plan will continue, regardless of the SCOTUS ruling, and that his workaround plans will not burden U.S. taxpayers.

"I promised we'd help eliminate accumulated student debt that millions of Americans carried during the economic pandemic and beyond," Biden said.

"The Supreme Court of the United States blocked me, but they didn't stop me," he added, explaining that he "found another ...

Mass immigration to Germany will cost taxpayers up to €19.2 trillion, warns top academic expert

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-02-09-mass-immigration-to-germany-will-cost-taxpayers.html

2 months ago -

(Article by John Cody republished from RMX.news)

Often referred to as the “pension pope,” Prof. Raffelhüschen’s study blows a hole in the narrative promoted by pro-migration parties and business leaders, who claim that mass immigration will save Germany’s public finances and the job market.

“Immigration as it has been happening so far is costing us €5.8 trillion overall economically,” writes the professor in a new study.

However, unlike some other economists ...


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