In 2016, experts predicted that the U.K. referendum on exiting the European Union would never pass, and even if it did, the British economy would collapse if the British voted for Brexit.  They were wrong on both counts.  But why would anyone believe that all of a sudden, European countries would stop trading with one of the biggest economies in the world if they weren't part of the European Union?  Their economy has not collapsed. Then there's Paul Krugman.  The Nobel prize-winning economist and others predicted that the stock market and the economy would collapse if Donald Trump was elected president.  He blew it, too.  Instead of collapsing, we are thriving.  Why would anyone with an ounce of common sense, especially an economist, believe that the economy would collapse if we elected someone who wanted smaller government, fewer regulations, and lower taxes, yet would thrive if we elected someone who essentially just wanted the...(Read Full Post)