EconomyCommentary
The Heritage Foundation’s Bryan Riley wrote this week about how sugar policies were behind Oreo’s move: The manufacturer of Oreo cookies recently announced plans to… Read More
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Arricka Nowland is no stranger to fees. Fees to renew her certification as an American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter in the state of Maine, fees… Read More
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There were only two drunk driving arrests last New Year’s Eve in San Francisco, the lowest it’s been since 2009, according to crime statistics from… Read More
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A recent Rasmussen poll revealed that a strong majority (71 percent) of Americans believe that middle-class Americans pay a larger share of their income in… Read More
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The Department of Labor recently proposed seven rules imposing new obligations on firms selling securities to retirement plans and individual retirement account (IRA) investors. If… Read More
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The Tax Foundation, a non-partisan research organization, recently unveiled a study indicating the value of $100 in all 50 states. The value of $100 is… Read More
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Taxpayers won a key battle with government workers unions this summer when one of Rhode Island’s top politicians withdrew two measures that would have… Read More
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What is the property tax rate in your state? A new map from the Tax Foundation has the answer. The Tax Foundation, a non-partisan research think-tank… Read More
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The manufacturer of Oreo cookies recently announced plans to move production of Oreos from Chicago to Mexico, resulting in a loss of 600 U.S. jobs…. Read More
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When Nasrin Kholghy opened the letter from the city of Glendale, Colo., in April, it transported her back to another country in another time. The… Read More
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.—In a battle of political wills in Rhode Island, local voters so far have held their ground against efforts by union leaders and state… Read More
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Why do I write so much about the myth that financial market deregulation caused the financial crisis? Because that false narrative has spread so far… Read More
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The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers’ final water rule under the Clean Water Act seeks to regulate almost every type of… Read More
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The fastest growing category in many state budgets? It’s not education. It’s not infrastructure. It’s welfare spending. Costing more than $1 trillion per year, the… Read More
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Companies should be held responsible for damage they cause to the environment. But what if it’s the government that has caused the damage? Recently the… Read More
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Days after a federal agency accidentally released millions of gallons of contaminated mine water into a major waterway, neighboring local businesses are speaking out about… Read More
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When a family want to spend more money on a house, a car, education, or anything else they want to buy, the first question they… Read More
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Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis., has approved legislation that will use public funds to finance a new stadium for the Milwaukee Bucks basketball team. Wisconsin governor… Read More
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Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina says she won’t tackle entitlement reform until the federal government can get its act together. “The government has to get its… Read More
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the Export-Import Bank should be finally laid to rest. “I believe it’s time for it to go,” Christie explained to… Read More
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A judge has ruled that the city of St. Louis can use tax dollars to fund a billion-dollar NFL stadium, invalidating a city ordinance that… Read More
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As Americans set out to the beach this summer with their favorite novels in hand, federal officials are being asked to sue the nation’s largest… Read More
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If something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Unfortunately, many journalists did not remember that when covering a new report claiming that… Read More
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Until recently, most of our attention on drone wars has been about the debate over us going after bad guys with armed flying robots. Indeed, America’s… Read More
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On the surface, recent jobs numbers represent solid economic growth, yet polls show that Americans continue to worry about economic conditions. Further analysis helps explain… Read More
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Nearly seven years into federal conservatorship, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, quintessential institutions of cronyism, look to remain a permanent fixture of the housing finance… Read More
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Scandinavian countries appear to many to be exceptional social democratic success stories because they are able to maintain economic prosperity while balancing financial equality and… Read More
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The Puerto Rican government failed this week to make a $58 million payment of principal and interest on a specific outstanding debt that lacks strong… Read More
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The Los Angeles city council will vote this week on exempting collectively bargained wages from its new $15 an hour minimum wage law. That’s correct… Read More
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The Social Security Administration hasn’t had a great summer. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently reported that the Social Security Administration (SSA) paid $46.8… Read More
