Rachel Greszler is a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for economic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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No one spends a dollar better than the person who earned it. That adage reveals the crux of massive fraud and improper payments that plague… Read More
Commentary
On Thursday, the House Education and Workforce Committee passed three bills to boost flexibility, wages, and efficiency for workers. These three bills would modernize the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The crux of socialism is that central government planners believe they know better than individual people how to allocate resources across an economy. That is… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
When air traffic control is held hostage by federal budget fights, American travelers lose. The shutdown-induced mess at U.S. airports demonstrates yet another consequence of… Read More
Commentary
Every year, the federal government sends hundreds of billions of dollars to the wrong people—criminals, ineligible recipients, and beneficiaries of bureaucratic errors. In 2024 alone, the federal government admitted… Read More
EconomyCommentary
By 2034, there will be more seniors than children for the first time in our country’s history. Meanwhile, the federal debt has exploded and will… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As an older millennial, my high school and college summers were defined largely by the jobs I held. Not many of today’s teens can say… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In a classic case of central planning, lawmakers in Los Angeles passed a bill in May to bring the minimum wage for hotel and airport… Read More
Social Security turns 90 this year, and as the Social Security Trustees’ 2025 annual report makes clear, the program is on shaky ground. If policymakers… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Air travel in America isn’t great—and that’s putting it lightly. Our nation’s antiquated air traffic control systems cost Americans tens of billions of dollars annually…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Between 2022 and 2024, the U.S. saw a record 43% rise in “sheltered homelessness”—staying in some sort of emergency shelter, as opposed to living on… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
First things first: President Donald Trump’s executive order on collective bargaining does not “strip unionization rights from most federal workers,” as some media outlets have… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Two bills that would cut red tape and make it easier for employers to provide child care and elder care benefits and educational opportunities for… Read More
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Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., introduced companion versions of the No Union Time on the Taxpayers’ Dime Act on April 7…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to improve efficiency, accountability, and transparency in the federal government include minimizing the amount of taxpayer-funded time that federal… Read More
EducationCommentary
Instead of alleviating rising debt burdens, Joe Biden’s student loan debt “forgiveness” has caused recipients to take on additional non-student loan debts, a new economic… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Despite the Biden-Harris administration’s “whole of government” attempt to increase unionization, the percentage of American workers belonging to unions notched down each of the past… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Lame ducks never make for good policy. Having passed a lame-duck vote in the House, HR 82, the so-called Social Security Fairness Act of 2023… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As many Americans shopped for Black Friday deals, the Biden-Harris administration released annual data on improper payments showing that the federal government spent at least… Read More
The ride-sharing industry works because it provides two crucial things: on-demand rides for customers, and flexible employment for drivers. Unfortunately, a ballot measure just approved… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The men and women who’ve defended our nation should not have the veterans benefits they earned threatened by fiscal mismanagement. That’s why Republican lawmakers introduced… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Harris-Walz campaign used Labor Day to advocate for the power of Big Labor, thanking the “organizers, activists, workers, and leaders of the labor movement… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A smaller percentage of Americans are working today than did four years ago. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that payroll employment edged up by… Read More
LawCommentary
“Official time” is an oxymoron that conveniently misleads federal taxpayers. When federal employees are on “official time,” they’re not doing the jobs they were… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Pay no attention to the shocking truth behind the curtain. Hidden in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest jobs report is an unsettling fact that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Suppose that a typical American family that spends about $73,000 per year was budgeting for next year and realized it spent an increasing amount—$4,600 last… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
In just nine years, the oldest Gen Xers will reach Social Security’s normal retirement age of 67. But they will have a rude awakening when… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The Social Security trustees released their annual report on Monday, and the outlook is bleak. Social Security has morphed far beyond its original intent, and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What’s behind the wage gap between men and women? It has narrowed recently. In 2023, women’s median weekly wages of $1,005 equaled 84% of men’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Joe Biden’s latest budget proposes the federal government spend trillions more than it will take in, increasing the already unsustainable federal debt by $17… Read More
