EconomyCommentary
Skills for a 21st-Century Workforce Cap GOP’s ‘Better Way’
It’s no secret that being speaker of the House comes with its challenges. Recently, however, I had the kind of day that makes it all… Read More
EconomyCommentary
America Leapfrogged Other Countries in Tax Reform, and Economic Growth Is the Result
In February 2017, U.S. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady remarked at a conference on international tax competition, “Our blueprint delivers a tax… Read More
EconomyNews
Underreported: What Tax Reform ‘Crumbs’ Meant for These Blue Collar Workers
HAGERSTOWN, Maryland—Tom Condon has seen Jamison Doors through many of the company’s ups and downs. A factory worker for 28 years, Condon has survived multiple… Read More
Commentary
‘No Taxation Without Representation’ Is Dead. Here’s How Congress Can Revive It.
“No taxation without representation.” It was the rallying cry of the American Revolution, and to this day remains printed on the license plates in Washington,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s Time for Tax Reform 2.0. Here’s Why It’s So Important.
You’ve probably heard about last year’s tax reform—the bill that cut Americans’ taxes in 2018 by about $1,400. What you might have missed is that… Read More
Economy Analysis
Podcast: Tax Reform Leads to More Cookies, Not Crumbs
On today’s edition of The Daily Signal podcast, Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano interview small business owner Joseph Semprevivo, president and founder of Joseph’s Lite Cookies of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Report Shows Every Congressional District Benefits From Tax Reform
What would you buy with $26,000? A new car? A year of college tuition? A down payment on a house? This is not a hypothetical… Read More
EconomyNews
‘Pig Book’ Spotlights 232 Earmarks Amid Pork That Wastes Taxpayers’ Money
All but a relative few farmers and other rural residents have had electricity and telephone service for a generation, but the U.S. government devoted $10… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump, House GOP Talk More Tax Cuts
Following up on the economic growth spurred by their first tax reform package, President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to see another round. “We… Read More
EconomyNews
Not ‘Crumbs’: Cookie Maker Hires 5, Raises Pay, Expands Production Under Tax Cuts
The overhaul of the tax code by congressional Republicans didn’t produce just crumbs for the business of a popular cookie maker based in Florida. The… Read More
EconomyNews
Groups Linked to George Soros Behind Campaign to Repeal Trump Tax Cuts
Left-wing financier George Soros figures prominently in a campaign by progressives to repeal the Trump tax cuts, according to a review of the campaign’s allied… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump Celebrates 6 Months of ‘New Jobs, Bigger Paychecks, and Keeping More of Your Hard-Earned Money’
President Donald Trump called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act an “economic miracle” as he marked the reform package’s six-month anniversary during a White House… Read More
EconomyCommentary
As a Tax Accountant, I Can Tell You Tax Reform Is Helping Small Businesses
As we enter the summer, Republicans and Democrats continue to debate the merits of the tax cuts. Lost in this partisan bickering is the genuine… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Tax Cuts Have Helped My Business Thrive. It’s Time to Make Them Permanent.
Friday is the six-month anniversary of the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—legislation that has provided financial relief to millions of small businesses… Read More
EconomyNews
Seattle City Council Repeals Tax on Jobs a Month After Unanimously Approving It
The Seattle City Council voted 7-2 to repeal its less-than-a-month-old “head tax” on the city’s businesses Tuesday in a win for employers, The Seattle Times… Read More
InternationalCommentary
If Trump Wants to Buck G-7 Leaders, He Should Fight This Multilateral Tax Increase
President Donald Trump has already shaken up this weekend’s G-7 meeting in Canada by threatening to impose tariffs on other G-7 countries. Although picking a… Read More
EconomyNews
GOP Tax Reform Already Showing Major US Reinvestment
Business fixed investment is up 9.2 percent in the first quarter of 2018, according to a National Association of Manufacturers report released Wednesday. This was larger than… Read More
EconomyCommentary
What the Left Gets Wrong About Stock Buybacks
If you look around, the economy is growing faster than most economists predicted just last year. Layoffs are rare and employers are hiring. New claims… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Making Tax Cuts Permanent Should Be a Bipartisan No-Brainer
As summer approaches, the already-slow legislative production in Congress is grinding to a halt. Fewer and fewer members are willing to take a potentially controversial… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Left’s War Against Prosperity in Seattle
The left is sleepless in Seattle, working overtime to squander years of economic success. Seattle is, by many measures, one of the fastest-growing cities in America,… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Podcast: As Seattle Passes Head Tax, Left’s Civil War on Full Display
The Seattle City Council passed a measure Monday that will require big companies to pay a $275 per full-time employee head tax. The Daily Signal’s… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
The Left-Wing Plot to Repeal the Trump Tax Cuts
Former RATE Coalition Co-Chairman Jim Pinkerton spoke to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, current economic… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Podcast: The Week in Review, Plus an Interview With Jim Pinkerton on the Trump Tax Cuts
On today’s edition of The Daily Signal podcast, Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano review the week’s top news. We feature an exclusive interview with Jim… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Here’s What Small Business Owners Like Me Need in Tax Reform 2.0
What’s even better than one federal tax cut bill? Two rounds of tax cuts. It just might happen this summer, according to House Speaker Paul Ryan. Tax Reform 2.0,… Read More
EconomyNews
Cruz Pushes to Make the Tax Cuts Permanent
Republicans are looking to make the tax cuts from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act President Donald Trump signed into law Dec. 22 permanent. “We’ve… Read More
EconomyCommentary
South Dakota Republicans Push for Higher Taxes
President Donald Trump may have spearheaded a large tax cut late last year, but two members of his party apparently prefer that Americans pay more…. Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Hears Case on Internet Sales Tax
Should online retailers have to collect sales taxes for states? That’s the central question in South Dakota v. Wayfair, a case dealing with the state’s… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Podcast: Happy Tax Freedom Day!
Today is Tax Freedom Day, and The Heritage Foundation’s Adam Michel joins us to discuss that, tax reform 2.0, and how your taxes will be… Read More
EconomyNews
Q&A With Rep. Kevin Brady: ‘America’s Back’ Because of Tax Cuts
House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, sat down with The Daily Signal to talk about the historic tax reform package passed by Congress and… Read More
EconomyNews
Tax Reform 2.0 Is About Creating Culture of Ongoing Reforms, Ways and Means Chairman Says
House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, says he wants tax reform 2.0 to be about creating a culture of reform so that the… Read More
