EconomyCommentary
Minimum Wage Hike Is Killing Jobs in This Arizona City
Although the Great Recession ended nearly eight years ago, wages have not taken off as in previous recoveries. The sluggish growth in wage rates has… Read More
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Trump’s Tariffs Will Hurt the Economy. Congress Should Reassert Its Constitutional Authority on Trade.
The Constitution gives Congress the power to regulate commerce, but significant pieces of that power have been outsourced to the executive branch over the last… Read More
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Why ‘Sin Taxes’ on Ammo Will Backfire
Sin taxes of all types have unintended consequences. A new proposal to impose a 50 percent tax on ammunition is no exception. Selective sales taxes… Read More
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Trump’s Tariffs Would Be a Massive, Self-Inflicted Wound
Oftentimes in global politics, a country will seek to punish its foreign adversaries by imposing economic sanctions against them, preventing them from purchasing goods or… Read More
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Podcast: New Tariffs Will Destroy Jobs, Produce Higher Costs
As President Donald Trump suggests it’s time to put new tariffs on steel and aluminum, The Heritage Foundation’s Tori Whiting joins us to explain why… Read More
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A Streetcar Named Disaster
There are few more illustrative examples of government dysfunction and waste than the DC Streetcar. At a hearing last week, the Washington, D.C., City Council… Read More
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3 Reasons Why Trump’s Tariffs Would Hurt American Workers
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would announce tariffs on steel and aluminum imports in the coming week. This move follows reports from the Commerce… Read More
EconomyNews
After Delta Ends Fare Discount for NRA Members, Airline’s Tax Break in Georgia in Jeopardy
Some lawmakers in the Georgia Senate are working to block a bill that exempts jet fuel from the state’s sales tax for Delta Air Lines’… Read More
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How to Revamp NAFTA to Make America the Most Attractive Business Destination
In debating an updated NAFTA trade agreement, we should not lose sight of why we have these agreements and how we grow jobs and our… Read More
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Tariffs on Steel Will Hurt Steel-Using Industries in the US
In January, the Department of Commerce delivered a report to the president on the effects of steel imports on U.S. national security. That report went… Read More
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The Government Has Already Tried Universal Basic Income. Here’s What Happened.
How would you like to receive $500 a month, no strings attached? Stockton, California, a city outside of Silicon Valley, is providing such benefits to… Read More
EconomyNews
‘Ripple Effect’ of Tax Cuts Will Boost Americans, Kellyanne Conway Predicts
Tax cuts not only are helping Americans now but will have a “ripple effect” of new investment across the nation, White House senior adviser Kellyanne… Read More
EconomyNews
FCC Chairman Pledges to Carry On as NRA Honors Him for ‘Courage Under Fire’
He will stay on mission to “deliver value for the American people,” despite personal criticism, racial slurs, and death threats from the left, FCC Chairman… Read More
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I’m a Small Business Owner. Raising the Minimum Wage Would Hurt My Employees.
A liberal group in my home state of Virginia recently called on the Virginia General Assembly to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour. This… Read More
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This Committee Could Try to Bail Out Private Pensions With Taxpayer Funds
The Bipartisan Budget Act made headlines earlier this month for raising federal spending caps by $300 billion over just two years. What is less well… Read More
EconomyNews
Americans Warm to Trump’s Tax Cuts
A majority of Americans now support the tax cuts passed by Republicans in Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump at Christmastime, a… Read More
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Debunking the Corporate Stock Buyback Boogeyman
Americans are now experiencing the benefits of tax reform. Employers are sending less of our paychecks to Washington, millions have received unexpected bonuses, and businesses… Read More
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Trump Cabinet More Conservative Than Reagan’s, CPAC Panelist Says
President Donald Trump’s Cabinet is more conservative than President Ronald Reagan’s Cabinet was in the 1980s, a top official with the American Conservative Union declared… Read More
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Spending Cuts, Not Tax Hikes, Boost Economic Growth
Some point to the deficit as a reason to raise taxes. But new research shows that spending cuts are superior to tax hikes when it… Read More
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Why Robots Will Not Put Us Out of Work
A recent article in The Guardian dons the foreboding title “Robots will destroy our jobs—and we’re not ready for it.” The article claims, “For every… Read More
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5 Takeaways From the 2018 Index of Economic Freedom
The Heritage Foundation’s 2018 Index of Economic Freedom—an annual global study that compares countries’ entrepreneurial environments—was released earlier this month. Since 1995, the index has… Read More
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US Trading Partners Calling Foul on Trump’s Tariffs
Since President Trump imposed tariffs last month of up to 50 percent on washers and solar products, five of America’s trading partners have filed requests… Read More
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Trump Should Kick the Protectionism Can Down the Road
President Donald Trump has certainly ramped up the protectionist rhetoric in recent weeks. Last month in Montreal, Trump’s trade adviser, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, renewed the… Read More
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Congress Blew Through the Budget Caps, Again. Here’s What Needs to Change.
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 signed into law last week really should be renamed the Bipartisan Budget Crash Act. This spending spree takes a… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Let’s Make Washington Work Like We Do
Last week, Washington, D.C., reminded us it lives by a different set of rules. That’s when Congress passed a spending bill that provided much-needed military… Read More
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Tariffs on Canadian Lumber Are Hurting American Homebuyers
The import of softwood lumber from Canada, such as pine, spruce, and fir, into the United States is an issue of contention dating back to… Read More
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This Is Not What Draining the Swamp Looks Like
President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress were elected to drain the swamp, not add water. But adding water, and lots of it, is exactly… Read More
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Raising the Minimum Wage Hurts Teen, Young Adult Employment Rates, Study Finds
A new study shows that raising the minimum wage has played a role in the decline of teen employment and the labor force participation rate,… Read More
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Tax Cuts Are Sustainable. It’s Spending That’s Holding Us Back.
The U.S. fiscal outlook is dire, but don’t blame it on tax reform. President Donald Trump’s budget demonstrates that the GOP-passed tax cuts are entirely… Read More
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Budget Deal Is a Betrayal of Limited Government Conservatism
Last week, Congress passed a continuing resolution that will keep the federal government funded through March 23. This is the fifth continuing resolution of the… Read More
