EconomyCommentary
Cowardly to the Core: Apple’s App Store Bows to China’s War on Faith
It was reported last week that a Bible app and a Quran app had been removed from Apple’s App Store in China amid pressure from the Chinese… Read More
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Biden’s Inept Economic Policies Indirectly Causing Strikes, Unionizing Efforts
President Joe Biden’s pro-union, anti-business economic policies are not faring well. Economic mismanagement has turned the labor market into mayhem with consequences far worse than what… Read More
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24/7 Operations Might Not Be Enough to Solve Supply Chain Crisis
The Biden administration announced last Wednesday that the Port of Los Angeles will now operate 24 hours a day. That’s belated good news, but how… Read More
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Blame Government, Not COVID-19, for Supply Chain Collapse
Having made a mess of Afghanistan, the Biden administration now turns its trademark incompetence to something closer to home; namely, the supply chains that put… Read More
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Biden White House Will Pay for Playing Inflation Games
White House chief of staff Ron Klain recently endorsed the idea that inflation and supply-chain struggles Americans are facing are “high-class problems.” I’m in no… Read More
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Hallmark of Economist Thomas Sowell’s Scholarship: Questioning Orthodox Thinking
The following is excerpted from Jason Riley’s book “Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell,” about the iconoclastic economist. The book is available here. Though he’s better… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Economic Freedom Is the Path to Healthy Environments, Social Progress, and Good Governance—Not Woke Corporatism
The left is trying to refashion how policymakers and private-sector leaders understand their roles by insisting that their actions must have an “environmental, social, and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Biden’s Vaccine Mandates Needlessly Polarize, Impede Private Sector Labor Market
The Biden administration is impeding the private sector through its federal vaccine mandates. The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday forwarded… Read More
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Vaccine Mandates Aren’t Biden’s Only Job-Killing Scheme
Despite $9 trillion in fiscal and monetary stimulus from the federal government, America has an employment problem. The Labor Department estimates that 10.4 million jobs… Read More
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US Should Be Booming. Why Are We Stagnating?
This week, the Biden administration received just the latest slap in the face from cruel reality: An economic report showing just 194,000 jobs added in… Read More
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Democrats’ Destructive Spending Spree Would Turn America Into a European Social Welfare State
Capitol Hill staffers are working around the clock to hammer into some twisted shape a spending bill that warring factions of the Democratic Party will… Read More
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More Bad Policies and Government Spending Will Worsen Labor Shortage
The September employment report released on Oct. 8 showed a modest employment gain, with 194,000 new jobs added, and a drop in unemployment from 5.2%… Read More
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Why Cronyism Is Antithetical to Capitalism and Free Enterprise
It makes no sense to say “crony capitalism.” Yet, it has become common jargon, often used when policymakers load up legislation such as the Democrats’… Read More
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Biden’s Taxes Hit Americans at the Top and Bottom
President Joe Biden claims the massive new government entitlements in his “Build Back Better” plan will be paid for by “corporations and those at the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Don’t Be Tricked Into Allowing Big Tech to Weaponize ‘Misinformation’
Tuesday’s Senate hearing with Facebook “whistleblower” Frances Haugen was part of a slick, well-produced rollout of a former Facebook employee, complete with a prerecorded and… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Biden’s Absurd ‘Zero Cost’ Claim: $3.5 Trillion Is Real Money and It’s Coming Out of Your Pocket
Talk about a ludicrous advertising pitch! Speaking of the record-breaking tax-and-spend package currently being pushed through Congress, President Joe Biden last Friday said, “It is zero price tag on the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Fact Check: Would Biden’s Spending Bill Hike Taxes on Those Making Less Than $400,000?
President Joe Biden repeatedly has promised that his massive tax increases won’t hit people earning less than $400,000. Biden even put his family honor on… Read More
Economy Analysis
Rep. McClintock ‘Terrified’ for Economy as Democrats Push Massive Spending Bills
America’s national debt has topped $28.4 trillion, but Democrats want to raise the debt limit and keep on spending. For months, Democrats have been pushing… Read More
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Biden’s Proposal to Allow IRS to Track Your Bank Transactions Is Dangerous for All Americans
President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are trying to force financial institutions to report their customers’ account balances to the Internal Revenue Service, thereby invading… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Puerto Rico’s Minimum Wage Hike Will Only Increase Its Already High Jobless Rate
Puerto Rico’s governor, Pedro Pierluisi, signed a bill on Sept. 21 to increase the island’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.50 in 2022,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Bill Is a ‘Socialist Wish List’
Editor’s note: Tim Doescher, host of “Heritage Explains” podcast, talks with Tommy Binion, vice president of government relations at The Heritage Foundation, about the massive… Read More
EconomyCommentary
No, Government Spending Isn’t ‘Zero Cost’
This week, President Joe Biden made the incredible statement—sycophantically repeated by the press—that his $3.5 trillion budget bill, which includes major spending initiatives on everything… Read More
EconomyNews
Sen. Cynthia Lummis Grills Treasury Secretary Yellen About Privacy Fears Over ‘Unconscionable’ IRS Bank Proposal
Editor’s note: During a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing Tuesday, Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., grilled Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on a Biden administration proposal to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What Is Wrong With Corporate Wokeism on Political Causes
Everywhere you look, leftist members of big investment companies like BlackRock Inc. and “woke” CEOs at companies like Delta Air Lines Inc. prattle on about… Read More
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5 Things You Need to Know About Paid Family Leave Program in Progressives’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Package
We all want to have the ability to take leave from work when major or even minor life circumstances necessitate it. Having access to paid… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Lack of American Trade Leadership Would Leave US-Australia-UK Partnership Incomplete
The recently unveiled U.S.-Australia-U.K. trilateral security partnership is intended to deepen the security ties between the three longtime allies. The new partnership has been marketed… Read More
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4 Ways to Understand Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill
House Democrats have unveiled pieces of the $3.5 trillion spending bill over the past several weeks. Most legislation focuses on specific issues, which makes it… Read More
EconomyCommentary
‘Pay Your Fair Share’ Taxation Isn’t About Actual Fairness
President Joe Biden this week attempted to inject life into his ailing presidency by dragging out of the closet the hoariest of political cliches: “fairness”… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Real Story of the California Recall
Forget what you hear most pundits saying about last week’s recall election that failed to unseat California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The real story is the… Read More
EconomyNews
Democrats ‘Want People to Be Dependent on Government,’ Georgia Governor Says
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp says his state remains strong economically because he opened it up for business more quickly than most other states. “They are… Read More
