Welfare Work Requirements Respect Human Dignity
The Obama Administration has effectively gutted the work requirements of the bipartisan welfare reforms of 1996. In doing so, it is trampling on the central… Read More
Trading Up to Create Better Jobs
According to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll, creating good jobs should be the number one priority for the next President. One of the best ways… Read More
Morning Bell: Has Any Administration Policy NOT Killed Jobs Lately?
Congress has headed off for its long vacation-and-campaign season, fleeing Washington as the unemployment rate rises. According to the Labor Department’s July jobs report, the… Read More
Book: Obama Had Ulterior Motive for Economic Stimulus
A new book out later this month paints a vastly different picture of President Obama’s economic stimulus than the one he sold to the American… Read More
Morning Bell: Senate Votes to Raise Taxes on Small Businesses
Yesterday, the Senate narrowly voted (51-48) to raise taxes on 1.2 million small businesses, which will likely kill more than 700,000 jobs at a time… Read More
Economically Significant Regulations On the Rise Under Obama
President Obama claims he’s overseen the creation fewer regulations than his predecessors. But his administration has actually issued far more expensive and economically costly regulations,… Read More
What Taxmageddon Really Means for Families
Taxmageddon is approaching closer by the day. Much of the focus has been on the impact Taxmageddon will have on the economy. But just how… Read More
Morning Bell: Let’s Be Honest About Outsourcing
Both candidates in the presidential race have been accusing the other of “outsourcing.” It’s one of those words that is loaded with negative meaning, implying… Read More
Ernst and Young: Obama’s Tax Increase Would Kill 710,000 Jobs
A new study conducted by Ernst and Young proves conclusively that the President’s tax increase would be devastating to the economy and jobs. The study… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Tells Entrepreneurs “You Didn’t Build” Your Business
That sound you hear is silence—as millions of small business owners and entrepreneurs were left speechless this weekend from President Obama’s latest insult. The slap… Read More
Morning Bell: Jobs, Unemployment Stuck
Today’s jobs report is a broken record, with the unemployment rate stuck at 8.2 percent. The Department of Labor reports that only 80,000 jobs were… Read More
New Report Shows Outsourcing Fears Are Misplaced
While fears of “outsourcing” continue to make headlines, the facts show there is no “giant sucking sound” resulting from dollars fleeing the United States to… Read More
Would Working Less Make Us Prosperous?
In a recent New York Times column, a professor of economics argued that the reason we’re mired in economic malaise is that we’re too productive…. Read More
Obama’s Summer Jobs Rerun
President Obama’s latest speech laid out some policy retreads for tackling the tepid recovery, while he lectured Europe to get its act together. He is… Read More
Morning Bell: Dysfunctional Washington
Within one year of being elected, Governor Scott Walker (R) reformed the state’s public sector pension system, eliminated a $3.6 billion budget deficit without raising… Read More
Morning Bell: Unemployment Rises Again
For those hoping for good economic news out of Washington today, they’re in for a terrible disappointment. According to the latest jobs report from the… Read More
CBO Stimulus Report Begs the Question
Imagine I told you that if you were to spin around in place 1,000 times really, really fast in the opposite direction to the earth’s… Read More
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An Inconvenient Wisconsin Truth
A funny thing happened on the way to the recall. Government unions organized Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s (R) recall in retaliation for limiting their collective… Read More
Do You Need A Permission Slip to Work in Your State?
For some professions, it makes a lot of sense to have some high standards before you’re allowed to work — doctors, pharmacists, pilots, you get… Read More
Infographic: Americans Fleeing the Job Market
On Friday, Americans woke up to the news that the labor market in April 2012 continued its plodding path of mediocrity. A mere 115,000 jobs… Read More
Morning Bell: A Better Life for Julia
Her name is “Julia,” and if you haven’t seen her, she’s a colorful cartoon character invented by the Obama campaign to help spread the message… Read More
Union Says Right-to-Work Makes Us Slaves
Is it slavery for union workers to work alongside nonunion workers? The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) filed a lawsuit claiming that Indiana’s right-to-work… Read More
Raising the Minimum Wage Hurts Low-Income Workers
Should we raise the minimum wage? The editors at Bloomberg think so. They maintain that low-wage jobs are expanding and that a minimum wage hike… Read More
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Morning Bell: What’s the Senate Thinking?
April 29 marks the third year in which the U.S. Senate has not passed a budget — a staggering dereliction of duty, particularly given the… Read More
Confidence in Economy Fizzling, New Poll Shows
If you ask the American people, they don’t have much good to say about the U.S. economy. According to a new poll by Quinnipiac University,… Read More
The Buffett Rule is a Calculated Distraction from Obama’s Failed Leadership
What do you do when you’re losing a debate? Change the subject. That’s really all you need to know to understand President Obama’s resuscitation of… Read More
Obama’s Crystal Ball Wrong on Unemployment Once Again
A little over three years ago, President Barack Obama’s advisers released a chart that purported to predict the future. With the President’s almighty stimulus, they… Read More
Morning Bell: Hispanics and the 2012 Election
After last week’s Republican primary elections in Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., the 2012 presidential primary season is reaching an inflection point, and eyes are… Read More
In Pictures: The Impact of Obamacare
Today is the official second anniversary of Obamacare’s signing, but there’s little to celebrate. The Heritage Foundation’s re-launched version of “Obamacare in Pictures: Visualizing the… Read More
The 3 Biggest Ways Obamacare Kills Jobs
Obamacare’s provisions will result in significant job loss across America. Below is a summary of how Obamacare’s provisions will harm job growth: Employer mandate. Obamacare… Read More
