EconomyCommentary
Why People Keep Falling for Socialism, Despite the Evidence
Poverty is no mystery, and it’s easily avoidable. The poverty line that the Census Bureau used in 2016 for a single person was an income… Read More
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EPA: Key Air Pollutants Drop 73 Percent Since 1970
Americans who value clean air and robust economic growth do not need to make an either-or choice, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s new annual… Read More
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7 Steps Next Director Can Take to Make the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Less Awful
The Trump administration has nominated Kathy Kraninger to be the next director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and Roll Call reports that her confirmation… Read More
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EPA Reverses Course, Will Now Enforce Obama-Era Regulations on Used Trucks
The Environmental Protection Agency withdrew a “no action assurance” notice that delayed enforcement of an Obama administration-era regulation the agency is working to repeal, The… Read More
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After Defeating Government’s Crazy Requirements for Who Can Thread Eyebrows, Immigrant Poised to Achieve American Dream
“I came to this country because it offered better opportunities to start a business and make my dreams come true. But for years, Louisiana worked… Read More
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Sorry If You’re Offended, but Socialism Leads to Misery and Destitution
On the same day that Venezuela’s “democratically” elected socialist president, Nicolas Maduro, whose once-wealthy nation now has citizens foraging for food, announced he was lopping… Read More
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The FAA Is Slowing Down Potentially Life-Saving Drone Technology
Regulators too afraid of “making a mistake” are depriving Americans of numerous beneficial and even life-saving drone technologies. That is one of several alarming conclusions… Read More
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Trump Moves in the Right Direction on Trade With Europe
This week, the White House is singing a new tune on trade and it sounds promising. President Donald Trump, in a joint press conference with… Read More
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The IRS Has Rehired Hundreds of Fired Employees. Congress Should Step In.
For one of the most punitive agencies in the federal government, the IRS sure is forgiving with its own employees. Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., has… Read More
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Zero Tariffs and Zero Barriers Are the Way to Prosperity
It’s not rocket science: Economists understand that tariffs harm both the exporting country and the importing country. Retaliatory tariffs do the same thing. Yet too… Read More
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Meet a Government Entity That’s in Worse Shape Than Social Security
Social Security is on track to run out of money by 2034, at which point the program will be able to pay only about 79… Read More
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Trump, EU Leader Agree to Work Toward ‘Zero Tariffs’
In what President Donald Trump called “a very big day for free and fair trade,” he and the leader of the European Union agreed Wednesday… Read More
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It’s Time for Tax Reform 2.0. Here’s Why It’s So Important.
You’ve probably heard about last year’s tax reform—the bill that cut Americans’ taxes in 2018 by about $1,400. What you might have missed is that… Read More
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Trump’s EPA Outpaces Obama in Cleaning Up Hazardous Waste Sites
President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency has cleaned up more polluted or contaminated sites in less time and at a faster pace than the Obama… Read More
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Trump Could Give Aid Money to Farmers Hurt by Tariffs. Here Are 5 Reasons That’s a Bad Idea.
The Trump administration is planning to spend as much as $12 billion in aid to help farmers hurt by the administration’s tariffs. By acknowledging the… Read More
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How Liberal Housing Policies Made San Francisco Unaffordable for All but the Rich
The San Francisco Bay Area is a booming locale, and certainly one of the most naturally beautiful. It should be a fantastically desirable place to… Read More
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Cuomo Offers State Help to Turn Around NY Daily News After Layoffs
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo is willing to offer state help to the New York Daily News after nearly 50 percent of the editorial… Read More
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Podcast: Tax Reform Leads to More Cookies, Not Crumbs
On today’s edition of The Daily Signal podcast, Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano interview small business owner Joseph Semprevivo, president and founder of Joseph’s Lite Cookies of… Read More
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New Report Shows Every Congressional District Benefits From Tax Reform
What would you buy with $26,000? A new car? A year of college tuition? A down payment on a house? This is not a hypothetical… Read More
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‘Pig Book’ Spotlights 232 Earmarks Amid Pork That Wastes Taxpayers’ Money
All but a relative few farmers and other rural residents have had electricity and telephone service for a generation, but the U.S. government devoted $10… Read More
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Why Using Social Security for Paid Family Leave Is a Bad Idea
This year marks the first time in more than a quarter-century that Social Security has had to dip into its trust fund balance. Since its… Read More
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This Bill Would Ease ‘Recovered’ Species Off the Endangered List
It will be easier to take wildlife off the endangered and threatened lists if Congress passes a bill introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz. “The… Read More
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Firing a Bad Federal Employee May Get a Little Easier
Holding federal employees accountable is essentially impossible. They have the highest job security of any sector of the economy. In fact, out of a federal… Read More
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Special-Interest Bill Could Put Workers’ Pensions at Risk
Reducing the minimum monthly payment on someone’s massive credit card debt and issuing them an additional credit card won’t solve that person’s financial problems. It… Read More
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Trump, House GOP Talk More Tax Cuts
Following up on the economic growth spurred by their first tax reform package, President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to see another round. “We… Read More
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Don’t Believe the UN’s Propaganda About ‘Extreme Poverty’ in the US
Philip Alston, the United Nations’ special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, recently reported that in the United States, “[a]bout 40 million live in… Read More
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Not ‘Crumbs’: Cookie Maker Hires 5, Raises Pay, Expands Production Under Tax Cuts
The overhaul of the tax code by congressional Republicans didn’t produce just crumbs for the business of a popular cookie maker based in Florida. The… Read More
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Trump and Senators Offer Plans to Reorganize Bureaucracy, Drain the Swamp
President Donald Trump’s administration released a plan June 21 that, if enacted, would impose some order on the sprawling administrative state—something that is long overdue…. Read More
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The Janus Decision Scored a Major Win for Workers’ Rights. Here’s What Should Come Next.
Last month’s Supreme Court decision in Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees hit public-sector unions like a bombshell. Now that public-sector… Read More
