EconomyCommentary
You Will Be Poorer and Like It!
People have to accept that inflation has made them poorer. At least that’s what an economist for the Bank of England recently said. Central bankers… Read More
Health CareCommentary
No Time to Waste: Securing a Better Medicare for America’s Seniors
Medicare, the huge federal health program serving 65 million seniors and disabled citizens, is America’s most difficult entitlement challenge. Sticking with the status quo not… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Here Are Winners, Losers If House’s Debt Ceiling Plan Becomes Law
The House of Representatives passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act on Wednesday, marking a significant victory for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. McCarthy managed to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats Refuse to Deal as House Republicans Deliver a Pro-Growth Bill to Reduce Spending
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., released text April 19 of legislation dubbed the Limit, Save, Grow Act. The bill, a focus of internal negotiations among… Read More
InternationalNews
Economic Freedom Being ‘Strangled Into Stagnation,’ Ex-British Prime Minister Warns
The ideas of low taxes, limited government, and free enterprise won the Cold War, but now they are being “strangled into stagnation,” former British Prime… Read More
EducationNews
‘Price Comes Down … Scores Go Up,’ Scott Says of Effects of Competition on Education ‘Monopoly’
Education is a local and state issue, not a federal matter, Sen. Tim Scott says. In a wide-ranging conversation Wednesday with Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts on… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Fact-Checking 4 Biden Claims About Economy and Manufacturing
President Joe Biden touted what he considers his economic accomplishments Monday during a speech at a manufacturing plant in Fridley, Minnesota. Biden visited a power-generation… Read More
EconomyCommentary
6 Charts Show Why Washington Must Cut Spending ASAP
The recently released Biden administration budget for 2024 was layered with problems. It doesn’t take the surging size of the national debt seriously; it views… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Biden’s $7 Trillion Budget Shell Game Takes More of Everyone’s Money, Despite His Promises
The president’s budget for fiscal year 2024 is less a display of prudent finance as it is reminiscent of a carnival shell game. If you… Read More
EconomyCommentary
8 Things to Know About Biden’s Fiscal 2024 Budget, From Bad to Worse
When discussing budgets, President Joe Biden often uses a quote that he attributes to his father: “Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
Breaking Down Biden’s State of the Union Speech: What He Got Right, Where He Missed Mark
In his second State of the Union address, President Joe Biden on Tuesday night covered everything from the economy and Medicare to gun control, fentanyl,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Biden’s Misguided Policies in State of the Union Address
President Joe Biden delivered his second State of the Union address Tuesday night. (His address in 2021 was to a joint session of Congress but… Read More
Economy Analysis
Why Your Tax Refund Could Be Smaller This Year
It’s that time of the year once again: tax season. Although the process of filing an income tax return is often arduous, the hope of… Read More
EducationNews
Colorado Democrats Want to Take Away Taxpayers’ Refunds, Give the Money to Public Schools
Two Colorado Democrats plan to file a bill to redirect a popular taxpayer refund, sending the money to public schools instead. “My feeling is that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats’ Proposed Tax on Unrealized Capital Gains Likely Unconstitutional
Democrats have proposed partly funding some of their multitrillion-dollar spending plan with a tax on the “unrealized capital gains” of anyone who makes more than… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Vaccine Mandates Aren’t Biden’s Only Job-Killing Scheme
Despite $9 trillion in fiscal and monetary stimulus from the federal government, America has an employment problem. The Labor Department estimates that 10.4 million jobs… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Spree Would Be Hazardous to Medicare’s Financial Health
Sen. Joe Manchin perhaps best clarified the huge stakes facing the country in the bitter debate over the Democrats’ massive $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill: “What… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Budget Gets ‘F’ for Its Second Grade Math
President Joe Biden, 78, has a 7-year-old’s grasp of basic math. “My Build Back Better Agenda costs zero dollars,” Biden claimed via Twitter on Sept. 25. Regarding this multitrillion-dollar… Read More
Economy Analysis
Rep. McClintock ‘Terrified’ for Economy as Democrats Push Massive Spending Bills
America’s national debt has topped $28.4 trillion, but Democrats want to raise the debt limit and keep on spending. For months, Democrats have been pushing… Read More
EconomyNews
Sen. Cynthia Lummis Grills Treasury Secretary Yellen About Privacy Fears Over ‘Unconscionable’ IRS Bank Proposal
Editor’s note: During a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing Tuesday, Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., grilled Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on a Biden administration proposal to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
‘Pay Your Fair Share’ Taxation Isn’t About Actual Fairness
President Joe Biden this week attempted to inject life into his ailing presidency by dragging out of the closet the hoariest of political cliches: “fairness”… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Real Story of the California Recall
Forget what you hear most pundits saying about last week’s recall election that failed to unseat California Gov. Gavin Newsom. The real story is the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Even Some Democrats Sound Alarm on Radical $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill
Despite already spending trillions of dollars on COVID-19 relief legislation, for the past few months, Democrats have been focused on designing the largest tax-and-spend bill… Read More
PoliticsNews
How Democrats Plan to Hike Taxes to Pay for $3.5 Trillion in Spending
House Democrats will consider nearly $3 trillion in tax hikes over the next decade in an attempt to pay for their $3.5 trillion budget that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Tariffs Are Never a Good Idea. Those on Aluminum Are Especially Bad.
Aluminum prices are up 59% from a year ago, and America’s 10% tariffs on the metal are not relieving any headaches at beer and non-alcoholic… Read More
PoliticsNews
Salon Owner Who Outed Maskless Pelosi Headlines ‘Save Our Paychecks’ Event
It’s been nearly a year since San Francisco salon owner Erica Kious lost her business after exposing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s violation of California’s COVID-19… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Massive Informal Economy Is Problematic for the Country
People around the world are hungry for economic freedom. They want the ability to choose how to make a living instead of having the government… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Tax Code Should Continue to Allow Full Expensing of Research and Development
When President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law three days before Christmas in 2017, he implemented one of the most… Read More
PoliticsNews
GOP Senators Cautioned on More Funding for IRS in ‘Infrastructure’ Deal
The $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal—with as many as 11 Republican senators on board—isn’t limited to building roads, bridges, and broadband. It also includes building… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A Commonsense Bill That Will Ensure IRS Agents Do Their Jobs
President Joe Biden wants to increase taxes and ramp up tax enforcement, including spending an additional $80 billion to double the number of IRS agents…. Read More
