EconomyCommentary
Friday’s jobs report announced that businesses created 98,000 jobs, underperforming expert predictions, and showing the weakest gains in almost a year. It appears that the… Read More
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At close to 40 percent when including state rates, the U.S. corporate tax rate is one of the highest in the world. By comparison, the… Read More
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Last week, the NFL approved the long-anticipated move of the Raiders from Oakland, California to Las Vegas, Nevada. Understandably, Raiders fans are feeling betrayed. But… Read More
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The annual conference of the Export-Import Bank begins Thursday, which is an opportune time to catch up with the federal agency that doles out billions… Read More
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Advocates for big government often equate expanding government with concern for the poor. But reality speaks to the contrary: Expanding government often has very harmful… Read More
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Few things make Americans more upset than a threat to the Social Security program that they have spent years paying into. That is why a… Read More
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Anthony J. Saliba is no shrinking violet. As a prominent Chicago financier as well as a trustee of the nation’s leading conservative think tank, he… Read More
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America must kick its addiction to spending before it becomes an insurmountable crisis. On Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office released its “2017 Long-Term Budget Outlook,”… Read More
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In the heart of tax season, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen will address the National Press Club next Wednesday even as many members of… Read More
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ST. PAUL, Minn.—Patricia Johansen has worked as a home caregiver for her two special-needs grandchildren for about 10 years. Since she never agreed to join… Read More
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Living in the state of New York is about to get even more expensive. Following New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s lead, the Legislature is proposing… Read More
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A group of Republican senators is leading an effort to end government-backed “too big to fail” bailout policies. In an effort to end the practice… Read More
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When then-North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed H.B. 2, the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act (commonly known as the “bathroom bill”), into law on… Read More
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Federal officials took six years to plan a new parking lot for a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia that would cost $10… Read More
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The new debt limit in place since March 16 stands at $19.9 trillion. It’s time for lawmakers to take the fiscal doctor’s diagnosis seriously. Like… Read More
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Since 1989, when the Department of Housing and Urban Development started to pilot home equity conversion mortgages to U.S. homeowners over the age of 62,… Read More
EconomyNews
Balancing the budget without raising taxes and still maintaining strong national defense are the main goals in a new budget blueprint released by The Heritage… Read More
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The White House sees the possibility of broad support for tax reform, and an opportunity for President Donald Trump to take up an issue that… Read More
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Social Security Disability Insurance beneficiaries who recover should be on a pathway to return fully to the workforce, as soon as they are able. A… Read More
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For 17 years of his life, Roger Ramsey worked 80 hours a week as a maintenance technician for the Bethlehem Steel Company. When the Sparrows… Read More
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If the Trump administration wants to “dismantle the administrative state,” it might examine state-based efforts to tame the bureaucracy—the oldest being that of Georgia, where… Read More
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An obscure bureaucratic policy that allowed IRS officials to target conservative and tea party tax-exemption applicants during the 2010 and 2012 election campaigns is still in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In the last few months of the Obama administration, the Federal Housing Finance Agency advanced a final rule for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called… Read More
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The Oxford dictionary defines populism as support for the concerns of ordinary people. The Trump administration has been described as populist in many ways, particularly… Read More
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The president’s budget called for slashing funding for a block grant program primarily because it was difficult to determine whether it was getting the desired… Read More
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President Donald Trump has made some promising proposals to trim government spending in his recently released budget blueprint. Trump’s significant 2018 budget cut of 28… Read More
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Several members of the House Freedom Caucus shared their concern for the future of entitlement reform, emphasizing disappointment that it was not a part of… Read More
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Farm subsidy apologists try to make the claim that Congress shouldn’t look to farm subsidies for savings because farmers already did their part to save… Read More
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President Donald Trump’s long-awaited skinny budget is finally here. This slim budget reprioritizes defense spending and reverses eight years of Obama-era shifts in spending from… Read More
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The first payment for President Donald Trump’s long-promised border wall will be $1.5 billion, said Mick Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and… Read More
