EconomyNews
Derailment Disaster Highlights Buttigieg’s Incompetence
Sooty plumes of toxic smoke towered stories above the quiet, evacuated village of East Palestine, Ohio, last week as officials tried to contain what might be the… Read More
EconomyNews
‘Hotter Than Expected’ Inflation Report Due to Opening ‘Pandora’s Box,’ Economist Says
An economist is blaming both Republicans and Democrats for their “overspending” after the federal government revised inflation numbers upward for the January 2023 report on… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Woke Finance Is Hurting Americans. Here’s How the Hoosier State Is Trying to Stop It There.
The Indiana General Assembly will continue consideration this week of a commonsense bill that would help protect Indiana’s economy and retirees from the threat of… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
FACT CHECK: Biden Calls Inflation ‘Global Problem’ Caused by ‘Putin’s War’
In his second State of the Union address, President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday night about inflation, which has risen steeply during his presidency. “Inflation has… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Biden Keeps Making Claims About Economy That Just Aren’t True
President Joe Biden has gotten into a revisionist history habit. He has repeatedly claimed that he inherited an economic disaster. It was his policies, he… Read More
EconomyNews
‘Greatest Threat to Our Future Is Our National Debt,’ McCarthy Warns Before State of the Union
One day before President Joe Biden is set to address the nation during his State of the Union speech, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy warned that… Read More
Economy Analysis
Why Your Tax Refund Could Be Smaller This Year
It’s that time of the year once again: tax season. Although the process of filing an income tax return is often arduous, the hope of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Biden Spending Billions on Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Many Americans Will Never Use
It’s winter, with high temperatures well below freezing in Jackson, Wyoming, and barely above freezing in Wyoming’s capital, Cheyenne. Relying only on battery-powered electric vehicles… Read More
EconomyNews
Congress Must Cut Spending to Match Hike in Debt Ceiling ‘Dollar for Dollar,’ Heritage Foundation President Says
Ahead of President Joe Biden’s meeting about the nation’s debt ceiling Wednesday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., it’s clear some negotiation will be required,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Blue State Politicians’ Tax Cartel Attempt Will Fail
Cartels are groups of organizations that collude with each other to drive up prices, crush competition, and ultimately extort huge amounts of money to redistribute… Read More
EconomyCommentary
3 Food Stamp Reforms to Improve Outcomes for the Truly Needy—and Save Taxpayers Billions
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the food stamp program became (and has remained) bloated, in part because of a potentially illegal double-digit benefits increase by the… Read More
Economy Commentary
ESG Is ‘Terrifying,’ ‘Problematic’ Concept in Investing. Author and Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy Explains Why.
Conservatives have been sounding the alarm over the use of environmental, social, and governance policies as they relate to investments, particularly for private and public… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Fed Is Punishing Americans for the Problems It Created. It’s Time to Rein It In.
The Federal Reserve has become borderline schizophrenic and downright destructive toward the American people. First, it created trillions of dollars to feed the government’s out-of-control… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Misguided and Socialist Policies Contribute Mightily to Rash of Layoffs, Bleak Economic Outlook
America may be entering a new phase of economic malaise. While inflation dominated the public consciousness in 2021 and 2022, troubling developments in the labor… Read More
EconomyNews
Hawley’s ‘PELOSI Act’ Would Outlaw Insider Trading for Congress
Lawmakers and their spouses would be prohibited from using privileged information to trade stocks under legislation introduced Tuesday by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. Hawley’s bill… Read More
EconomyNews
Democrats Introduce Bill to Eliminate Federal Debt Limit
Legislation sponsored by House Democrats would eliminate limits on government spending not by raising the debt ceiling, but by repealing it. Introduced by Rep. Bill Foster,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Study Shows Government’s Family Leave Mandates Have Thwarted Women’s Wage Gains
Men and women alike should be able to take time off from work for family and medical needs without the risk of losing their jobs…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Biden Rule Permits Money Managers to Play Politics With Trillions in Retirement Savings
President Joe Biden’s Labor Department recently announced a new rule that will permit money managers to play politics with trillions of dollars of people’s retirement… Read More
EconomyNews
‘December Was the Only Month in Biden’s Presidency When Prices Fell,’ Economist Says
An economist says “consumers are still being crushed” despite the December inflation report released Thursday showing a “slight reduction” in prices. The consumer price index,… Read More
Economy Commentary
Why the Biden Administration Is So Interested in Your Gas Stove
Your stove might become illegal. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering creating regulations, and even a ban, on natural gas stoves over concerns… Read More
EconomyCommentary
‘Wokeness’ at the Fed Could Easily Create Another Banking Crisis
You expect your money to be safe in a bank, but if the Federal Reserve gets its way, that may not be the case soon…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Instead of Fighting Tax-Cutting States, Feds Should Follow Their Example
With Congress continuing its nearly three-year-long inflation-driving spending spree and adding several new federal taxes—not to mention 87,000 new IRS agents—it’s easy to miss a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Torrent of Taxes Sends New Yorkers Fleeing on Southbound Expressway
How the mighty have fallen. The latest Census Bureau data show the Empire State’s population drain continues, as people flee New York in droves. From… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Expansive Welfare Benefits Can Make Being on Dole More Lucrative Than Working
Kids love Santa. They don’t have to work for the stuff on their Christmas lists. He just gives it to them. In many states, gratuitous welfare… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New IRS Requirement Raises Questions About Vow to Expand Audits Only on ‘Rich’
Next month, the U.S. Postal Service will be busier than usual. Not because of late Christmas cards or thank-you letters, but because of the extra… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress Guts Budget Rules and Misses Chance to Cut Spending
Republicans in Congress missed a huge opportunity to begin putting our country’s fiscal house in order. Inflation caused by runaway government spending and money printing… Read More
EconomyCommentary
McConnell Stabs House GOP in the Back, Speeds Democrat Omnibus Boondoggle
As if it were not painful enough for Republicans to watch the vaunted red wave merely ripple across their ankles, they now must endure 2022’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Benefit Cuts of 23%—and 4 Other Things to Know About the Government’s New Social Security Projections
A new Congressional Budget Office report projects an even more dire outlook for Social Security’s future than was previously calculated. Without action to fix the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
18 Absurdities of the McConnell-Schumer Omnibus Spending Bill
Congressional leaders have dropped 6,825 pages of text for their “omnibus” spending bill, plus explanatory materials that include a list of at least 4,000 earmarks,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
12 Woke Earmarks in Omnibus Spending Bill
Congressional leadership released a massive $1.85 trillion “omnibus” spending bill early Tuesday. This 4,155-page bill is filled with woke policies to advance the Left’s extreme… Read More
