EconomyCommentary
Last week, two important reports were released, shining a light on one of the major challenges facing America—excessive government spending that is causing the poor… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“It is utterly embarrassing that ‘pay people enough to live’ is a stance that’s even up for debate,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently tweeted. “Override the… Read More
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America’s economic freedom ranking has fallen to an all-time low, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2021 Index of Economic Freedom. The United States fell three… Read More
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Did you know America is going bankrupt? Most people don’t. Maybe the saddest part about our country’s state of affairs is that all our vitriol… Read More
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Charles Payne of the Fox Business Network sat down with Jack Spencer, vice president of the Institute for Economic Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, to… Read More
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The latest employment report shows gradual but welcome improvements, with 379,000 jobs added to the economy and the unemployment rate edging down to 6.2%. … Read More
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Though the Senate parliamentarian rejected their efforts to include a $15-an-hour minimum wage in President Joe Biden’s so-called COVID-19 relief bill, Senate Democrats are scrambling… Read More
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On the campaign trail, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden promised to kill the Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport 830,000 barrels of crude oil each day… Read More
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The year 2020 was extraordinary for the global economy, with slowing growth and economic turmoil caused and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which engulfed the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Politicians have too much power over our lives. Many used the pandemic as another excuse to take more. Early on, politicians declared that they would… Read More
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a new version of her wealth tax this week, and despite the Massachusetts Democrat’s messaging that the scheme would only impose… Read More
EconomyCommentary
First, the Democrats’ $15 federal hourly minimum wage mandate was ruled out by the Senate’s parliamentarian because it didn’t conform to the rules of the… Read More
EconomyNews
Democrats aren’t allowed to attach a provision increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour to their coronavirus relief package, a top Senate official… Read More
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The American food system is a global leader when it comes to productivity, resiliency, and innovation. It provides an abundance of safe and affordable food… Read More
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Republicans should stop referring to the Democrats’ newest ideological wish list as a COVID-19 “relief bill” or “rescue bill,” or any of the other euphemistic… Read More
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Sure, you know that being an Uber driver is great for someone who wants to make their own hours. But did you know that many… Read More
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President Joe Biden has challenged those who oppose the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bill disingenuously dubbed “COVID relief,” or the more deceitful “American Rescue Plan.” “What would they… Read More
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Katherine Tai will testify on Thursday before the Senate Finance Committee, as she seeks to become the U.S. trade representative in the Biden administration. If… Read More
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House Democrats’ deeply flawed “stimulus” bill includes a provision that would increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour, a policy change that would be… Read More
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Later this week, the House of Representatives is expected to consider a massive legislative package that is being sold as another relief measure for the… Read More
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Speaking on the 73rd Independence Day of Sri Lanka on Feb. 4, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa observed: “The foundation of our citizen-centric economic policy is that… Read More
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For Congress, it is customary to misuse must-pass legislation as the vehicle for policies that would otherwise fail on their own. But to hide behind… Read More
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As someone who grew up in poverty and worked much of her career to help others out of it, I know the importance of having… Read More
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Increasing taxes on investment is always a bad idea. Increasing taxes on investment during an economic crisis is economic malpractice. And yet a new bill… Read More
Economy Analysis
Three actions by the Biden administration could put nearly 10 million American jobs at risk, says Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the Job Creators… Read More
EconomyNews
Some lawmakers’ push to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour is “truly maddening,” small business owner Stuart Hornsby says. Hornsby owns a… Read More
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Restaurant owners and tipped employees alike are expressing concerns over a proposal to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour, with one going… Read More
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The Congressional Budget Office released the newest version of its “Budget and Economic Outlook” on Thursday, and the fiscal outlook over the next decade is… Read More
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A recent Reuters headline read, “Yellen, Rice tout economics as key to fixing American inequality.” According to Susan Rice, President Joe Biden’s new domestic policy… Read More
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Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., recently wrote an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal on House Democrats’ efforts to require the International Monetary Fund to issue… Read More
