Steve Forbes: What's Ahead

Congress passed a blowout spending bill of almost $2 trillion and will soon be looking at tax increases that will hit everyone, especially lower-income earners. Steve Forbes discusses one tax in particular that will leave your gas and electricity bills sky-high, as well as where the bulk of the revenue from such a tax usually ends up. 

Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

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The wealth tax idea is back—watch out! Senator Elizabeth Warren just unveiled her latest version of a wealth tax. Its appeal is superficial, and it has serious flaws. Steve Forbes looks at the four major drawbacks of implementing a wealth tax, which would ultimately do more harm than good.

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After a year of deaths and lockdowns people are ready to resume prepandemic normalcy. Covid-19 vaccines are working, consumer savings are at record levels and a new round of stimulus checks are on their way, but what happens when all this pandemic emergency money is spent? Is our economy headed for trouble? Steve Forbes on the economic slowdown that lies ahead and on how the Biden administration is mistakenly pushing policies that will deliver ever harsher blows to the economy.

Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 

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Contrary to news media hype, short selling stocks is a very small part of the investing world, and while it is often scapegoated when things go bad, the practice has a legitimate place in the investing universe. Congress should stand aside. Steve Forbes on how short selling works, what role it plays in our economy and how banning the practice would be a BIG mistake.

Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

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The integrity of future elections in this country is under assault. Congressional Democrats are determined to pass a new bill, "For the People Act of 2021." Steve Forbes on the provisions the country is up against if this legislation is passed and on how this new bill could contaminate and corrupt future elections in America.

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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have skyrocketed, commodities are rising sharply and stock indexes set records day after day, but what about the price of gold? Steve Forbes on what critics are overlooking when it comes to the yellow metal and where gold prices are headed in 2021.

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President Biden is eager for the U.S. to reenter the seriously flawed 2015 nuclear deal with Iran that the Trump administration pulled out of in 2018. For the sake of Mideast peace and countering terrorism, the Biden administration should immediately reverse course. Steve Forbes on the flaws in the deal and on why Biden’s nuclear talks with Iran will put Middle East peace at risk.

Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

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Eighty percent of our energy comes from fossil fuels, which the Biden administration wants to phase out by 2025. Can the world economy as we know it survive without fossil fuels? Steve Forbes on the economic realities of converting to renewables, the required resources we often overlook and what it would take to replace fossil fuels.

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Warning: While Bitcoin may be dominating the headlines, we could be headed for a cryptocurrency war! Steve Forbes on the battle brewing that will rock the worlds of politics, economics and finance as governments prepare to fiercely fight any challenge to their monopoly on making money. Will governments crush cryptocurrencies? A gigantic financial and political clash is coming.

Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

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Washington is mulling over a new proposal that would require a negative Covid-19 test for all domestic airline travelers, but will such a rule make air travel safer? Steve Forbes on the possible impacts of mandating such a test and on why such an ill-conceived practice should be grounded. 

Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

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