EconomyCommentary
Trump Puts an End to Taxpayer Subsidies for Unions
Government employee unions have enjoyed an absolute boondoggle in recent years, receiving hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds. But the boon could soon be over… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What the Left Gets Wrong About Stock Buybacks
If you look around, the economy is growing faster than most economists predicted just last year. Layoffs are rare and employers are hiring. New claims… Read More
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‘This Is a Job-Killing Regulation That Will Put Our Company Out of Business’: Some Push EPA to Reverse Obama-Era Regulation
Trucking industry interests successfully lobbied the Environmental Protection Agency to impose “job-killing” regulations on remanufactured vehicles known as gliders that are cheaper to purchase than… Read More
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A Truce in the Trade War Is Good News. Trump Can Make It Better by Scrapping the Tariffs.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced this week that the U.S. and China had agreed to cool down the brewing trade war, following a joint statement… Read More
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Sen. Ben Sasse: Trade Protectionism Won’t Make ‘Communities Stable Again’
A Republican senator said Wednesday that claims that trade protectionism would restore the social and economic fabric of America’s past are “cruel” and untrue. “If… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress Is Trying to Ignore Trump’s Spending Reduction Request. It Needs to Act Now.
In early May, President Donald Trump submitted a rescission request to Congress to roll back more than $15 billion in spending. The House initially seemed… Read More
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US-China Truce on Trade War Is Good Progress
Over the weekend, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who led U.S.-China trade negotiations, announced a trade war between the two countries was “on hold.” This progress… Read More
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To Make Congress Face Down the Debt, Revive the Budget Process
It doesn’t take a genius to realize the U.S. budget process is broken. The biggest reason for that is that too much spending is growing… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Scott Pruitt’s Mission to Make EPA Operate More Efficiently
The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the creation of an Office of Continuous Improvement to implement a lean management system. It’s part of Administrator Scott… Read More
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Making Tax Cuts Permanent Should Be a Bipartisan No-Brainer
As summer approaches, the already-slow legislative production in Congress is grinding to a halt. Fewer and fewer members are willing to take a potentially controversial… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Left’s War Against Prosperity in Seattle
The left is sleepless in Seattle, working overtime to squander years of economic success. Seattle is, by many measures, one of the fastest-growing cities in America,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How a New PBGC Director Could Help Protect Private Pensioners and Prevent a Taxpayer Bailout
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation is a government entity that provides mandatory insurance to private pension plans. The PBGC’s multiemployer program deficit—estimated to be between… Read More
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Q&A: Farm Bill Policies Benefit Wealthy Farmers, Hurt Taxpayers
The Heritage Foundation’s Daren Bakst appeared on The Daily Signal podcast on Wednesday to discuss the farm bill. Here is a lightly edited transcript of… Read More
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Trump’s Rescission Request a Much-Needed First Step to Restoring Budget Sanity
Over the next 10 years, our publicly held debt is set to almost double, going from around $15 trillion today to more than $28 trillion… Read More
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Podcast: Why Conservatives Should Care About the Farm Bill
The farm bill, which the House is expected to vote on Friday, is full of subsidies and government handouts that should alarm conservatives. The Heritage… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Dispelling Claims by Farm Subsidy Proponents
Agricultural special interests try to make it sound as though touching even one farm subsidy—regardless of how unreasonable the subsidy is—will be the end of… Read More
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Why Government Corruption Is the True Enemy of Economic Freedom
Six billion people. That’s how many people are currently living in corrupt countries, according to the most recent edition of an annual study by Transparency… Read More
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Podcast: As Seattle Passes Head Tax, Left’s Civil War on Full Display
The Seattle City Council passed a measure Monday that will require big companies to pay a $275 per full-time employee head tax. The Daily Signal’s… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Critical Amendments for the House Farm Bill
The House is expected to consider its farm bill this week, but in its current form, the bill is a disaster when it comes to… Read More
EconomyNews
The Government Relies on Flawed Data to Determine Endangered Species
Americans who live in or near a community built around a lake should be careful about stepping outside to mow the lawn if the temperature… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Time to End Net Neutrality Regulation Once and for All
Scientists tell us there’s no such thing as a perpetual motion machine, but they haven’t seen the interminable debate over network neutrality rules, which has… Read More
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Democrats Work to Reinstate Obama-Era Net Neutrality Rules
Democrats are expected to vote this week to re-establish internet rules, commonly known as net neutrality, promulgated by President Barack Obama’s Federal Communications Commission. “This… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
The Left-Wing Plot to Repeal the Trump Tax Cuts
Former RATE Coalition Co-Chairman Jim Pinkerton spoke to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, current economic… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Low Unemployment Rate Proves Pro-Growth Policies Work
The very positive April jobs report supports the idea that pro-growth policies are the best way to create more jobs, and attract more people into the… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Podcast: The Week in Review, Plus an Interview With Jim Pinkerton on the Trump Tax Cuts
On today’s edition of The Daily Signal podcast, Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano review the week’s top news. We feature an exclusive interview with Jim… Read More
EconomyNews
Paul Ryan Explains How Conservative Policies Can Help Fight Poverty
House Speaker Paul Ryan isn’t OK with the current poverty rate in the United States, especially considering how much money taxpayers have spent to combat… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This Is a Bad Look: In Current Farm Bill, Conservatives Prop Up Rich Farmers
Major food stamp reform is a must in the farm bill. So too is major reform for farm subsidies–after all, it is called the farm… Read More
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White House Rolls Out Agenda for More Deregulation to Boost Business
President Donald Trump will continue to target duplicative and ineffective regulations as part of his administration’s “spring agenda,” the White House announced Wednesday. Trump’s reform… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump’s ‘Rescission’ Package Would Save Unspent Tax Dollars
President Donald Trump on Tuesday submitted a special message to Congress requesting that $15 billion in unspent funding be rescinded. That’s a good first step… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Amended BUILD Act Is a Cosmetic Makeover, Not Meaningful Reform
The House Foreign Affairs Committee has scheduled a markup for May 9 for H.R. 5105, the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of… Read More
