This One Issue Is Driving Gen Z to the Right
PHOENIX—All eyes were on Gen Z this weekend as more than 10,000 students gathered at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, where speakers and panels discussed the issues… Read More
EconomyCommentary
To Grow the Economy, Support Strong Families
Now that the longest government shutdown in history is over, it’s imperative that Washington lawmakers quickly prioritize pro-economic growth policies. One of the most effective… Read More
Health CareAnalysis
What’s at Stake in This Health Care Fight?
Throughout the government shutdown, Democrats have justified their refusal to vote for a short-term funding extension by speaking of an impending health care crisis brought… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Congress, Don’t Expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
As President Donald Trump aims to make America affordable again and cut costs for American families, special interests are concurrently working against the MAGA agenda… Read More
EducationNews
Two More States Designate Additional Millions to Expand Educational Freedom for Families
Support for greater educational freedom is moving west as lawmakers in Idaho and Wyoming increase funding for school choice, including designating funding for pre-K education. … Read More
Health CareNews
Biden’s Opening Obamacare to Illegal Immigrants Will Add Billions to National Deficit
The Biden administration’s plan to open Obamacare enrollment to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients will add billions to the national deficit, a Congressional Budget… Read More
EconomyNews
New York Poised to Use Taxpayer Dollars to Pay Journalists
New York state lawmakers plan to hand out tens of millions in taxpayer dollars to local media outlets to help pay for journalists’ salaries. The… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Tax and Welfare Bill Reveals Washington’s Chronic Debt Delusion
Among the major pieces of legislation up for grabs in Congress is the inappropriately named “Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act,” which the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Feds and These 37 States Hit Parents With Marriage Penalties
Marriage is increasingly rare among younger American adults. Back in 1970, 83% of Americans aged 25 to 34 were married. Today, only 41% in that… Read More
Practical Solutions That Could Help Restore the American Dream
“As governors, as state leaders, we’re more optimistic than our friends in Washington. We’re not just against something. We’re laying out a plan, laying out… Read More
Tony Stark, Come Home: Hollywood Seeks Tax Breaks to Lure More Movies
Hollywood’s new role may be as the world capital for film entertainment in name only, unless California can compete with other states in tax incentives, industry… Read More
How to Help Uninsured Americans
Two of the problems Obamacare promised to solve were getting coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and helping the uninsured get coverage. Last week, we… Read More
Let’s Work Toward Energy Subsidy Independence
Why are taxpayers propping up struggling energy firm SolarCity? The company’s dependence on subsidies is a great illustration of why policymakers should remove subsidies… Read More
Obamacare Cost Rises by $30 Billion
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a new statement on the budgetary effect of repealing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) for fiscal years 2014 to… Read More
$1.2 Billion in Cash Goes to Energy Projects, Despite Sequestration
Despite a fiscal cliff and sequestration worries, more than $1.2 billion in cash payments for energy projects (in lieu of tax credits) have been issued… Read More
Obama Administration Plans to Spend $150 Million for Green Energy Projects (Because It’s Worked So Well Before)
Just what America needs: More taxpayer-funded green energy projects. The Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service released plans to re-allocate more… Read More
EconomyNews
A Simple and Wrong Answer to Poverty: Increasing the Minimum Wage
During last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama proposed fighting poverty by raising the minimum wage. It sounds appealing but it will not… Read More
Corporate Welfare for Energy Companies Should Have Gone Off the Cliff
The fiscal cliff deal is not only preventing certain politically motivated energy tax policies from falling off the cliff, but it’s also resurrecting ones that… Read More
12 Days of Obamacare Surprises: Small Business Tax Credit
Not all surprises are good. When it comes to Obamacare, the original projections are turning into unfortunately different realities. For the next 11 days, Heritage… Read More
Blowing More Taxpayer Money for Offshore Wind
Much of the debate over wind subsidies this past year has been over the extension of the wind production tax credit. But even if the… Read More
Two More Stimulus-Backed Solar Companies Announce Layoffs
A pair of foreign-owned solar companies that benefited from a combined $84 million in Energy Department tax credits have announced they will lay off employees. One of… Read More
Green Graveyard: 19 Taxpayer-Funded Failures
While there’s speculation over which federally supported green energy company may be the next to declare bankruptcy, plenty have already gone belly up. In one… Read More
GM Shuts Down Chevy Volt Production
General Motors is halting production of the poorly selling Chevy Volt to accommodate a redesigned Chevy Impala. The impending four-week shutdown of the electric car… Read More
Pickens Admits: Subsidies Are Unnecessary
It’s difficult to believe that less than a year ago, proponents of expanding the natural gas industry insisted that it needed federal subsidies. But at… Read More
Morning Bell: Wind Energy Subsidies Are As Useful As VHS Tape Subsidies
The wind production tax credit is set to expire at the end of this year, which has the industry crying out for continued subsidies. Heritage’s… Read More
Wind PTC Already Phasing Out—for Certain
The production tax credit (PTC) for wind energy is set to expire at the end of this year, but its supporters are arguing for an… Read More
Study Shows ROI on Solar Energy Tax Credit, But Ignores Bankruptcies
Proponents of taxpayer support for green energy are touting a new study claiming that tax credits for solar companies will pay for themselves over the… Read More
Morning Bell: How Taxmageddon Will Impact You
“I’ve said that this is a make-or-break moment for the middle class, and I believe it,” President Obama told an Ohio crowd yesterday. Indeed it… Read More
Will Electric Cars Make It Without Bailouts?
Perhaps buyers are waiting for President Obama’s proposed $10,000 tax credit for the Chevy Volt. Despite government bailout money and incentives, GM temporarily halted Volt… Read More
Obama’s $10,000 Subsidies for Electric Cars Aren’t So Popular
President Barack Obama wants to see one million electric cars on the road by 2015, and he wants to spend more taxpayer dollars to make… Read More
