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8 Snapshots of America’s Fiscal Outlook
America is facing a looming budget crisis, but you wouldn’t know it from the way Congress keeps spending. By 2027, net interest on the national… Read More
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How a Law Designed to Promote Fairness Is Hiking Gas Prices in Wisconsin
New Deal-era legislation is causing major headaches for Wisconsin’s consumers and businesses. A law that has been on the books in Wisconsin since 1939 forces… Read More
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These Small Business Owners Fret Over ‘Devastating’ Import Tax Pitched by House GOP Leaders
Marc Johnson runs a small business with a major footprint. Johnson’s late father, Boine, who founded the company, and three engineers from England, helped create… Read More
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Your Chicken Sandwich Costs More With a $15 Minimum Wage
Progressives are touting a $15 minimum wage as a low-cost policy to reduce poverty and income inequality. However, the costs of a high minimum wage… Read More
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The Racist Roots of Minimum Wage Laws
There is little question in most academic research that increases in the minimum wage lead to increases in unemployment. The debatable issue is the magnitude… Read More
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This Woman’s Minimum Wage Story Shows the Left’s Troubling Mindset
JoAnn Wise thinks she wasn’t treated well. In an op-ed published Tuesday by The Washington Post, Wise writes, “I already know what Trump/Puzder economics look like… Read More
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Trump’s Executive Orders on Financial Regulation Are a Great First Step
President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle the Dodd-Frank Act, and on Friday he signed two executive orders to get that process moving. All Americans… Read More
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More Is Needed to Combat Excessive Regulation Than Trump’s Executive Order
President Donald Trump took a swipe at overregulation this week, issuing his first executive order aimed at controlling—and reducing—regulatory costs. The order requires that federal… Read More
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The Truth Behind the Solar Jobs Report
As the Obama administration recedes into history, policymakers would be well advised to rethink the feasibility of taxpayer-funded renewable energy schemes. In just a few… Read More
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Trump’s Executive Order to Repeal Regulations Puts EPA in the Crosshairs
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday demanding federal agencies repeal two regulations for every new one issued, marking the delivery of a… Read More
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Our Economy Is Barely Growing. Here’s 4 Steps We Can Take to Change That.
Late last week, we were reminded of how much work needs to be done to clean up the mess President Barack Obama left when the… Read More
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Trump Signs Executive Order Slashing Small Business Regulations
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at slashing regulations on American small businesses. The order will expand regulatory review with the goal… Read More
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Serious About Trade Reform? End Subsidies to Foreign Competitors
President Donald Trump launched his overhaul of trade policy last week by withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. His next move ought to… Read More
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These 5 Changes at the EPA Should Be No-Brainers
The Environmental Protection Agency and many of its regulations are ripe for reform. Some of these changes may very well be contentious, but there are… Read More
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CBO Report Shows Why Action Needed Now to Avoid Budget Crisis
The Congressional Budget Office’s budget and economic outlook for the next decade paints a grim picture of the nation’s fiscal situation and shows we continue… Read More
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Trump Wants to Slash Regulations by 75%. Here’s How Regulatory Reform Could Boost US.
During a White House meeting with business leaders on Monday, President Donald Trump pledged to slash regulations by at least 75 percent. Activists were positively… Read More
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How Many Will Be Affected by Trump’s Government Hiring Freeze
Among President Donald Trump’s first actions as president was issuing a hiring freeze for certain federal employees. Trump made it clear in his inaugural address… Read More
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Trump Targets 3 Agencies With Ambitious Budget Cuts
President Donald Trump’s reported plan to gut federal spending by $10.5 trillion over the next decade includes eliminating three iconic agencies defended as cultural mainstays by many Democrats…. Read More
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Trump Team Right to Consider ‘Dramatic’ Cuts to Federal Budget
The Hill reported Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump’s team is considering “dramatic” cuts to the federal budget, using as a baseline a report issued in 2016 by… Read More
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Study Shows Americans Flock to States With Less Burdensome Taxes
Migration patterns for 2016 show that Americans tended to move away from high-tax states and into states where residents keep more of what they earn…. Read More
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Anti-Business Policies Are the Real Reason Companies Leave
President-elect Donald Trump’s threats against American companies looking to relocate in foreign countries have won favorable review from many quarters. Support comes from those alarmed… Read More
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Obama Told Us ‘Elections Have Consequences.’ Here’s One Way to Reverse His Liberal Legacy.
“Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won.” These were the infamous words President Barack Obama used to scold congressional Republicans… Read More
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Lemons in America Are About to Get Cheaper
Thanks to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans will be making a whole lot more lemonade this year, and saving money while they’re at it…. Read More
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7 Ways This Senator Says Government Wastes Your Tax Dollars
As Congress enters debate on a new budget, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., is making sure wasteful spending remains at the forefront with a report citing… Read More
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Popular NY Restaurant Shuts Its Doors, Blames ‘Suffocating’ Government Regulations
A popular New York City restaurant is closing its doors after 25 years because of what the owners call a stifling regulatory environment that treats… Read More
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Why This Senator Wants to Extend the Ban on Earmarks
The Senate’s temporary moratorium on earmarks in the federal budget is about to expire, but one senator says he wants to make sure earmarks don’t… Read More
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Kentucky’s Right-to-Work Earthquake Reverberates Across State Lines
Kentucky’s Gov. Matt Bevin, a Republican, has now officially signed right-to-work legislation–along with other jobs legislation–into law. Yet the impact of Kentucky’s right-to-work legislation could… Read More
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How Trump’s Presidency Could Retool the Auto Industry
President-elect Donald Trump’s public campaign to push U.S. companies to make their products in America is already having an impact, especially on one of his… Read More
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Conservative Groups Warn of Obama’s ‘Midnight Litigation’ Against US Business
Conservative and pro-business groups warn that the Obama administration may pursue legal action to enforce some of its thousands of new “job-crushing” regulations before President-elect… Read More
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Election Ushers in Batch of States Preparing for Right-to-Work Laws
Not only did the 2016 election bring the country a new president, but Nov. 8 also ushered in the right political environment for a batch… Read More
