EconomyNews
Obama’s Budget, Explained in 30 Seconds
The Daily Signal recaps the $4.1 trillion budget proposal President Barack Obama sent Congress on Tuesday for fiscal year 2017. Learn about some of the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Q&A: What You Need to Know About Presidential Budget Process
President Barack Obama has released his final budget to Congress, shifting the federal budget process into high gear. Budgeting for the nation is a complicated… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What Obama Got Wrong in 2017 Budget
President Barack Obama released his 2017 Fiscal Year Budget to Congress. Here is what Heritage Foundation researchers had to say about Obama’s budget: Energy Education Health Care… Read More
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Why GOP Chairmen Decided to Snub Obama’s Budget Chief
Budget chairmen in the House and Senate have chosen to dismiss President Obama’s new budget plan before seeing it, saying they would concentrate instead on… Read More
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How a Blue State Came to Love the Right to Work
At the end of a long political road, West Virginia may have arrived at the place conservatives think the Mountain State belongs. The Republican-controlled legislature… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Obama’s Dismal Fiscal Legacy
President Obama is submitting his final budget to Congress this week. Regardless of the contents of this budget, the president’s fiscal legacy is largely already… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Maine Required Childless Adults to Work to Get Food Stamps. Here’s What Happened.
One trillion dollars—that’s how much the government spent last year on means-tested welfare aid, providing cash, food, housing, medical care, and social services to poor… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Government Employees Spent Almost $1 Million in Taxpayer Money at Casinos
The federal government is no stranger to waste—some examples are egregious. From July 2013 through June 2014, over 4,000 transactions, worth just short of $1 million,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What’s Really Keeping Americans From Work
Friday’s labor report confirms that too many hardworking Americans are unable to find the jobs they seek because U.S. job growth remains anemic, and average wages are… Read More
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It Takes 6 Years to Become a Licensed Interior Designer in 4 States. A Bipartisan Coalition Wants to Change That.
A new issue governing requirements job-seekers must satisfy to work in fields ranging from interior design to cosmetology is gaining bipartisan support on Capitol Hill… Read More
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House Panel Probes Whether Obama Administration Misled Americans on Debt Limit
Republican congressmen say the Obama administration misled the American people to believe that the debt limit has to be raised to accommodate more government spending because breaching… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Cartoon: Land of the Free?
Heritage Foundation expert Anthony Kim wrote earlier this week about the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom. Millions of people around the world are emerging from… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Obama’s New Oil Tax Would Hike Gas Prices 22 Cents a Gallon
“Gas prices are too cheap!”—said no one ever. Wait, scratch that: The president himself actually believes that gas prices should be higher. Though those were not… Read More
EconomyCommentary
January Job Growth Shows New Normal in US Economy
American employers created 151,000 net jobs in January, reflecting an economy that is growing, but below its previous trends. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also… Read More
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Congress Needs to Fix Disability Insurance (for Real This Time)
After two decades of ignoring blatant inefficiencies, widespread abuses, and outright fraud, Congress has used Social Security’s retirement program to bail out the Social Security… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Regulation Is Holding Back a Real Housing Recovery
Seven years after its collapse, the U.S. housing market still has not experienced a real recovery. The heavy-handed and misguided federal policy that was supposed… Read More
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The New Budget Showdown: Conservatives Want to Disavow Boehner Deal
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s call for unity is facing a familiar challenge that tripped up Republican leaders before him: the budget and spending. In October,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s Time Congress Passes a Conservative Budget
The 2016 budget season kicked off last week with a particularly bleak forecast. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) warned that the deficit in 2016 will… Read More
EconomyCommentary
DC’s Bikesharing Program’s Big Losses Show Why Government Shouldn’t Fund Bikeshares
Showering federal money on the latest fashionable project is second nature for some members of Congress. The newest example comes with a program that looks… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Proposed Legislation Would Increase Bureaucratic Interference in Housing Market
The Senate may move forward this week on an energy bill that would result in more government meddling and wasting taxpayer dollars on activities better… Read More
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Your Tax Dollars Will Fund the Next Global Bailout
The Financial Times reports that officials “from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are heading to Azerbaijan to discuss a possible $4… Read More
EconomyCommentary
US Ties Lowest Economic Freedom Score Ever
While nations around the world are working hard to enhance economic freedom, America’s score in the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom continues to slip. With… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The US Debt Just Exceeded $19 Trillion. Here’s How We Got Here.
On Monday the U.S. national debt hit a new record: $19,012,827,698,418. This is the first time the national debt has ever exceeded $19 trillion. That’s… Read More
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America Mired Below Top 10 in Economic Freedom
America’s economy remains less free than in past years even as the world’s other economies have grown more free overall, according to the 2016 Index of Economic… Read More
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This Lawmaker Wants Congress to Be More Frugal Even in the Little Things
Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., says he has “saved” taxpayers $2 million over the past five years by not spending all of his office budget. Webster… Read More
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How West Virginia Is Leading the Charge Against Obama’s Environmental ‘Power Grab’
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—The Mountain State has its back against the wall, and time is running out. Leading a coalition of more than two dozen coal states,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
America’s Economic Freedom Has Rapidly Declined Under Obama
Millions of people around the world are emerging from poverty thanks to rising economic freedom. But by sharp contrast, America’s economic freedom has been on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Chicago Regulations Could Mean Jail for Some Airbnb Users
It could be “one strike and you’re out” for Airbnb users in Chicago. In a series of new rules, Chicago officials recently outlined a plan… Read More
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The Government Might Outlaw Free TV Binge-Watching on Your Phone
Wireless data caps, the annoying limits on how much data you can use from your phone, have been a fact of mobile life for several… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Obama’s Regulations to Close Gender Wage Gap Will Hurt Your Pay, Workplace Flexibility
New reporting requirements introduced by the Obama administration today would require companies to report to the federal government what they pay their employees by race,… Read More
