Steve Forbes: What's Ahead

President Biden recently unveiled his proposed budget for the 2023 fiscal year. What’s stunning is how utterly unrelated it is to the real needs of the domestic economy and how reckless it is for our defense necessities. Steve Forbes on what Biden’s proposed budget ignores and on why it’s a dangerous bust we should watch out for.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is making exasperated pleas for more weapons, particularly tanks and fighter jets. Yet President Biden and NATO are not responding with genuine urgency. Why won’t President Biden let Ukraine win this war? Steve Forbes on the continued Russia-Ukraine conflict and on how a clear-cut Ukrainian victory would be a victory for all who treasure liberty.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The White House announced the administration would be proposing a new minimum tax of 20% on households worth more than $100 million. Investors take note: President Biden’s new minimum tax on billionaires is just another economy-killing tax. Steve Forbes on how no country has ever taxed its way to prosperity and on why enforcing such a tax would be an administrative nightmare.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

At a Business Roundtable meeting this week President Biden said, “There’s going to be a new world order out there, and we’ve got to lead it. We’ve got to unite the rest of the Free World in doing it.” Steve Forbes on the weight of Biden’s words and on what America needs if the President is serious about the U.S. leading positively for a better world. Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The SEC is readying a new climate change disclosure rule that will vastly—and illegally—extend the powers of this agency over the operations of public companies and private entities. Steve Forbes on how the SEC's scheme is a gross and destructive overreach of power and on why investors should beware, as this move will hurt stocks and injure the economy and must be stopped.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

From the start of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the White House has habitually been obsessed with not overly upsetting the Monster of Moscow, Vladimir Putin. And with no immediate end in sight, will the weak-willed Biden Administration start pressuring Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky to cut a deal with Russia? Steve Forbes on how the Biden team's craven attitude could leave Ukraine battered, divided, and vulnerable to Putin's proclamation of a victory. This unnecessary outcome would be a disaster not only for Ukraine but for the Free World.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The crypto world heaved a sigh of relief regarding President Biden’s new executive order on the industry, but those positive feelings are misplaced. Steve Forbes on what this move exposes, on why Biden's cryptocurrency executive order is a wolf in sheep's clothing and on what big political and regulatory battles lie ahead.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

President Biden and his team are going all-out to reach an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program. But their efforts demonstrate stunning foreign policy incoherence, as the new U.S.-Iran nuclear pact is deeply flawed. Steve Forbes on the realities of the potential new nuclear deal, what it would enable Iran to become and why Biden's pursuit of it is dangerous and delusional.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The crisis in Ukraine continues as Russia appears to be readying the use of biological and chemical weapons. At a time when the U.S. could help counter Russia’s assaults on Ukraine, Biden has backed down on agreeing to he transfer of two dozen MiG-29 jet fighters from Poland to Ukraine. Steve Forbes on how Biden kiboshed the deal at the last minute and on why this decision was a bloody blunder.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Federal Reserve policymakers formally meet next week, a meeting that will mark a critical turning point for monetary policy. Steve Forbes on the Fed’s fight against inflation, its proposed rate hikes and how this move poses a danger to the economy and financial markets.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The U.S. announcement banning imports of Russian oil, natural gas and other energy products reveals President Biden’s misunderstanding of achieving energy independence. Steve Forbes on the realities that this move unveils and on how the unscientific obsession with so-called renewables could leave the U.S. in a precarious position.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

When it comes to the horrors unfolding in Ukraine, the U.S., tragically, has blood on its hands. The U.S.’ military response to Russia’s attack isn’t enough, and it’s high time we took the critical steps that would enable Ukraine to defeat the invader. Steve Forbes on how Washington’s response has been “a day late and a dollar short” and on what we should now do in response to Putin’s invasion.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address demonstrates that he hasn’t yet grasped the magnitude of the Russia-Ukraine crisis and how the bloody war in Ukraine is profoundly changing the geopolitical landscape. Can Biden rise to the occasion? Steve Forbes on the needed overhaul of our defense strategy, on why Biden’s response in Ukraine isn’t enough and on what is required to force our President to recognize that we’re in a new world.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Vladimir Putin believes barbaric measures are essential to conquering Ukraine, even if that means committing war crimes in cold blood. Steve Forbes on the horrific disaster of civilian killings plaguing Ukraine and on the possible responses to consider, none without significant risk.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine has triggered shifts, some small, others profoundly important, and this is just the beginning of the changes. Steve Forbes on the heroic resistance of the Ukrainians, on the humanitarian crisis the world cannot ignore and on how Russia’s assault on Ukraine could result in Putin’s overthrow.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

The pandemic lockdowns exposed to parents why so many of our schools are in trouble. Parents were appalled at how the teachers' unions kept schools closed when there was no scientific justification. Are teachers unions blocking better education for children? Steve Forbes on how teachers unions are not about educating kids but about expanding administrative bloat​​ and on why parents are rising up to rescue schools.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Unfortunately, what happens in Ukraine won’t stay in Ukraine. It is part of a huge and ominous trend in the world. Steve Forbes on the Russia-Ukraine crisis and on why the fate of Ukraine matters to us and to the Free World at large.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Desperate Democrats are pushing for a suspension of the federal gasoline tax, sponsoring a bill dubbed the Gas Prices Relief Act, a tax cut that benefits the oil and gas industry. Steve Forbes on the problems with this political maneuver and why it won't ease the pain of inflation, and on how voters won't be fooled by the temporary savings that would only go away after the November elections.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin, who played the key role in killing President Biden’s proposed spending extravaganza, is now supporting higher taxes on businesses and on capital gains. Manchin’s rationale: More taxes will help fight inflation. Steve Forbes on why Machin-like tax hikes will not flight inflation and on why this move will hurt the economy, raise prices and ultimately be bad news for investors.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

When it comes to inflation, the Federal Reserve and the White House are like firefighters who don’t know how to fight fires, which is terrible news for the economy and investors. Has the Federal Reserve lost control of the fight against inflation? Steve Forbes on why the principal inflation fighters are floundering and on how they could end up engineering a recession if they aren’t careful.Steve Forbes shares his What’s Ahead Spotlights each Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.