EconomyCommentary
The Democrats’ COVID-19 spending bill, which would cost taxpayers nearly $2 trillion, includes $360 billion of new funds available for state and local governments, in addition to more than $170 billion for schools and colleges. Governors should… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Last week, two important reports were released, shining a light on one of the major challenges facing America—excessive government spending that is causing the poor… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a new version of her wealth tax this week, and despite the Massachusetts Democrat’s messaging that the scheme would only impose… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Later this week, the House of Representatives is expected to consider a massive legislative package that is being sold as another relief measure for the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Increasing taxes on investment is always a bad idea. Increasing taxes on investment during an economic crisis is economic malpractice. And yet a new bill… Read More
EconomyNews
Democrats are poised to use Senate rules to pass a mostly partisan COVID-19 “stimulus” package, despite President Joe Biden’s appearing to be open to Republicans’… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Last year, The Heritage Foundation analyzed the risk to American taxpayers from a plan pushed by progressives and the international left to massively increase the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
House Ways and Means Committee Democrats recently released their framework to “make our nation a more just and equitable place.” The goal of lifting more… Read More
EconomyCommentary
December 22 marks the third anniversary of the signing into law of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the most sweeping update to the U.S…. Read More
LawNews
The Justice Department’s investigation of Hunter Biden’s financial dealings is being led by a federal prosecutor who was appointed by President Donald Trump with the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Some people can’t handle success. The latest jobs report shows that despite the pandemic, President Donald Trump’s policies of lower taxes and reducing regulations continue… Read More
LawNews
Federal prosecutors in Delaware are investigating Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, for potential tax crimes, the younger Biden said in a… Read More
EnergyNews
Other elected officials in Pennsylvania continue to question the constitutionality of Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed carbon tax in the run-up to 10 public hearings that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
America’s most popular federal government program—Social Security—will be insolvent within 15 years, leaving older workers and retirees fearful of future benefit cuts. It will also… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Once again, Americans didn’t get much clarity about the future of their taxes during the final 2020 presidential debate. Former Vice President Joe Biden has… Read More
EconomyCommentary
At the first presidential debate last month, former Vice President Joe Biden declared that the Trump administration “has done nothing for small businesses.” From the perspective of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has hurt the nation’s finances. Congress responded to the crisis with trillions in relief spending, causing a massive… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The House of Representatives voted unanimously Sept. 22 to reauthorize the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act. The act is a trade preference program that eliminates… Read More
EconomyCommentary
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Donald Trump has suggested cutting the capital gains tax as part of the economic recovery from COVID-19. And indeed, cutting capital gains taxes could… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Donald Trump’s new executive order, which suspends the employee portion of Social Security payroll taxes for the rest of the year, is legally dubious… Read More
EconomyCommentary
President Donald Trump on Thursday visited a Whirlpool factory in Clyde, Ohio, to tout the benefits of his trade agenda for American manufacturers. Whirlpool claimed… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress in 2008 passed the Qualified Plug-In Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit to make electric vehicles more affordable, thereby encouraging their use. Yet, a 2019… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Now is the time for Congress to start looking ahead to the economic recovery. Current aid efforts should remain targeted and temporary, but the opposite… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Following widespread office closures and stay-at-home orders, Americans are now working in new locations, sometimes in new states. Other front-line workers have traveled to pandemic… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Wisconsin’s neighbor to the south is at it again. This time, Illinois is using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse for seeking a federal bailout… Read More
Economy News
President Donald Trump met Thursday with national and Detroit-area African American leaders in Michigan to discuss how distressed communities can recover from COVID-19. Ja’Ron Smith,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The steps we take to reopen America safely will determine whether the United States has to contend with an economic depression—regardless of whether COVID-19 is… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Former Barack Obama adviser Rahm Emanuel, during a recent interview, reminded us of his 2008 financial crisis quotation, “Never allow a crisis to go to… Read More
Health CareCommentary
House Democrats have released a completely unserious proposal to respond to the public health and economic crisis the nation is confronting as a result of… Read More
