EconomyCommentary
Sorry, Unions: Franchises Are Real Small Businesses, Too
If the Obama Administration has its way, Ronald McDonald may soon have to wipe that grin off his face as he stands beneath the Golden… Read More
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State Governments Are Trying to Block This Man’s Strategy to Sell You a Cheaper Car
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk wants to sell you a car, but your state government might not let him. Why? He wants to deal directly… Read More
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Washington Considers Legislation That Would Let You Only Buy One Cable Channel
WASHINGTON — Concerns about higher consumer prices if cable and satellite customers could unsubscribe from local channels stalled a move on Capitol Hill to create… Read More
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Higher Fast Food Wages Could Leave Some Workers Behind
The protests outside fast-food establishments last week featured calls for a $15 hourly wage. Unemployment is only the most obvious unintended consequence we could expect under such… Read More
Scott Walker Proposes Drug Testing for Those Filing for Unemployment Benefits, Food Stamps
MADISON, Wis. — Three years ago, Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co. Inc. was begging for workers and struggling to hire candidates who could simply pass a drug test…. Read More
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How Obamanomics Harms Obama Voters the Most
Politics is often filled with paradoxes, and here is one that nearly defies explanation. The demographic groups that voted most heavily for Barack Obama in… Read More
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How Many Cheeseburgers Could You Buy With Your Share of the National Debt?
It’s Sept. 2014 and the country is $17.6 trillion in debt. In Jan. 2009, when President Obama was inaugurated, the nation’s debt was $10.6 trillion…. Read More
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Export-Import Bank Got Reprieve With No Assurances Its End Is in Sight
The House’s Republican leadership hasn’t made any promises that an embattled government bank won’t be saved again after an expected nine-month reprieve, a conservative lawmaker… Read More
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Ridiculous: How the Latest Spending Bill Is Just Congress Shirking Its Job (Again)
This week, a rare bipartisan majority in the House approved a $1.1 trillion stopgap spending measure that will keep the government funded through Dec. 11…. Read More
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Labor Leader Earns Big Bucks
As head of MEA-MFT, Montana’s teachers’ union, Eric Feaver’s job is to stand up for the little guy. But on payday, he is not at… Read More
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Greenspan Joins Ranks of Opponents to Export-Import Bank
A longtime head of the Federal Reserve and prominent voice in economics has come out in opposition to a much more controversial government bank that… Read More
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Do Women Really Earn 22 Percent Less Than Men?
The Census Bureau released updated data this week showing that the so-called “gender pay gap” between men and women reached a record low, with women… Read More
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Free-Market Groups Mount Campaign to Stop ‘Government Takeover of the Internet’
Free-market groups are raising concerns about a proposed government regulation that would “break” the Internet. With major tech companies flooding the Internet with messages encouraging… Read More
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Rhetorical Spin vs. Economic Reality
In his campaign-style speech on Labor Day, President Obama proclaimed that “by almost every measure, the American economy and American workers are better off than… Read More
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Politically Connected: Ties Link Embattled Government Bank, Well-Heeled Consultants
Clients of a high-powered Washington consulting firm appear to have benefited from the outfit’s ties to the Export-Import Bank and the Obama administration, which wants… Read More
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Reinflating the Housing Bubble?
Here we go again. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has announced a new low-income housing proposal. The FHFA is in charge of Fannie Mae… Read More
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Improve Manufacturing Competitiveness Through the Free Market
The House is likely to vote soon on the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act, which creates programs and a plan intended to increase manufacturing… Read More
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Feds Have No Idea the Extent of SNAP Fraud, Says Iowa Official
DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is sure the U.S. Department of Agriculture is doing a great job fighting fraud committed by… Read More
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Japan’s Lousy Economy Is a Warning for U.S.
Japan is flush with national pride this week, thanks to Kei Nishikori, the tennis phenom who knocked off seemingly indestructible Novak Djokovic to reach the… Read More
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Why Hispanics Thrive in Texas, But Not in California
The world provides us with countless case studies on the relative merits of free markets and central planning. In Asia and Europe we have seen… Read More
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Reminder: Everything the Government ‘Gives’ Someone Must Be Taken From Taxpayer Dollars
Congress has returned to Washington, but not for long. The looming midterm elections mean that lawmakers are here only for what USA Today calls “a… Read More
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No Matter What Tarullo Says, More Regulation Will Not Make Us Safer
Federal Reserve Governor Daniel Tarullo has announced that the Fed is about to propose new capital requirements for large banks. The New York Times reports… Read More
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This Liberal French Economist Is Wrong About How Many Robots Could Replace Human Employees
In his bestselling treatise “Capital in the Twenty-First Century,” Thomas Piketty’s vision of the future is – implicitly – a robot dystopia where continued investment… Read More
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Why Is the Senate Considering Legislation That Would Discourage Raises?
How would a law that makes employers afraid to give raises benefit women?! Yet many senators appear to believe it would. They have announced their… Read More
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Main House Foe of Export-Import Bank ‘Swallows Hard’ at 9-Month Reprieve
A leading congressional advocate for pulling the plug on the Export-Import Bank today said he “regrets” that a nine-month reauthorization of the federal agency is… Read More
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The Five Most Troubling Things in Congress’ New Spending Bill
Yesterday evening, the House of Representatives released its stopgap spending measure which blindly continues the bloated spending in the January omnibus bill that included special-interest… Read More
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The Government Program Republicans Keep Extending: 5 Export-Import Bank Myths, Debunked
Against the wishes of conservatives, Republican leaders in the U.S. House have proposed extending the life of the Export-Import Bank until June 30, 2015. Using… Read More
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Senate, Obama Renew Push for Broad Internet Sales Tax
Before the August recess, the House easily passed a bill to renew, without limit, a longstanding ban on taxing access to the Internet. Now some… Read More
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At $286K, Members of Congress Earn a Lot for How Little They Accomplish
Congress has just returned from a 5-week recess to a lot of unfinished business—it has yet to send even one of the 12 spending bills… Read More
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San Diego Port to Get $500K From Government for Artwork
Just south of San Diego, the San Ysidro Land Port of Entry is currently undergoing a major renovation to create a “port of the future.”… Read More
