EconomyCommentary
Without These Protections, States Will Tax Small Businesses to Death
Small and midsize online stores are being put out of business one tax bill at a time. The Supreme Court ruled almost two years ago… Read More
EconomyNews
Budget Chief Prescribes Less Government Spending as Key to Draining Swamp
Fiscal responsibility is key to draining the swamp, the White House budget chief said Saturday in remarks to an annual gathering of conservative activists outside… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New Bill Fixes Damaging Taxation of Business Investment
Until now, every major proposal to make the 2017 tax cuts permanent has neglected to address the expiration of the most pro-growth piece of the… Read More
EconomyNews
Trump’s Budget Weighs In at $4.8 Trillion, Projects Deficits Until 2035
The Trump administration on Monday presented a $4.8 trillion spending proposal for fiscal 2021 to Congress that would balance the federal budget in 15 years,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Trump Budget Cuts Size of Federal Government, but Bolder Reforms Needed
>>> Note: This live blog no longer is being updated by Heritage Foundation policy experts. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021 would… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Virginia Democrats Want to Hike Gas Tax, Spend Revenue on Public Transit
Just two months after Democrats gained full control of Virginia’s government, Gov. Ralph Northam and the General Assembly have proposed sweeping changes to the state’s… Read More
Economy Commentary
An Economics Reality Check
I have been teaching economics since 1967—40 years of it at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. During that interval, economic reality has not changed…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why We Shouldn’t Tax Savings as the Left Proposes
The White House is seriously thinking about pushing for new tax cuts to bring added relief to middle class families. This strategy stands in stark… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Uncle Sam Is Picking Your Pocket With High Taxes. Democrats Want to Raise Them Even Higher.
Some politicians running for federal office make it sound as if the biggest problem facing our country is that we don’t send enough of our paychecks to… Read More
Economy Analysis
Here’s How Trump’s Tax Cuts Have Benefited All Americans
The American economy has had a strong year. How much of this can we attribute to the federal tax reform passed in 2017? Ahead of… Read More
Economy Analysis
‘Lifting Up All Americans’: White House Touts Success of Tax Cuts, Job Growth
How have the tax cuts changed the country, two years later? What is next for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade? What about the trade… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
‘An Incredible Economic Boom’: The Effects of the 2017 Tax Cuts
Monica Crowley, Treasury Department assistant secretary of public affairs, joins the podcast to talk about the “incredible economic boom” that followed the tax reform passed… Read More
EconomyCommentary
House Funds Key Programs but Adds to Government Bloat, Waste
The House passed two spending bills totaling $1.4 trillion Tuesday to fund the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2020, which began Oct…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Left Is Itching to Repeal Your Tax Cuts. Here’s What That Would Mean.
It’s no secret that Democrats want to raise taxes on the rich. They are less willing to admit that their plan would actually raise taxes… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Here’s What the Tax Cuts Have Done for America in 2 Years
It’s been two years this month since Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, providing the first major tax… Read More
Economy Commentary
Our Forgotten National Debt
Congress and the media obsess endlessly over whether President Donald Trump should be impeached. Both ignore $23 trillion of bigger problems. That’s how deep in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How 2 Years of Tax Cuts Have Supported Our Strong Economy
This month marks the two-year anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the most sweeping update to the U.S. tax code in more than… Read More
EconomyCommentary
No, AOC, Dogs Don’t Have More Time With Their Children Than Women
As a woman who gave birth to six children and is raising them, I find being compared to a breeding dog incredibly offensive. Earlier this… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Digital Services Tax Hurts the French, Not the US
In response to a French tax on the revenue of U.S.-based tech companies, such as Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, the U.S. is threatening to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Thou Shalt Not Covet
Not many people think of the Ten Commandments these days, unless some group is trying to fight a legal battle to place them on public… Read More
EconomyCommentary
New York Times and FedEx: You’re Invited to Heritage for a Tax Debate
Last weekend, FedEx became the latest company to face criticism from The New York Times for paying little or nothing in income taxes. The Times’ reporting… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Mexico’s New Tax Law Could Chill Its Economy, Hurt US Trade Relationship
A new tax law approved last month by the political party of Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador—which holds absolute control of the Mexican Congress—gives… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Baltimore’s Answer to High Homicide Rates and Low School Performance? Ban Plastic Bags
What do you do when your community faces crushing poverty, failing schools, and disturbing homicide rates? In Baltimore, the answer is: Ban plastic bags, of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A Pro-Growth Alternative to the Left’s Tax Hike Agenda
America needs a bold agenda to solidify the current economic expansion and return hard-earned money to taxpayers. That runs counter to the consensus of those… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why New Auto Tariffs Won’t Increase Research and Development
In just a few days, the Trump administration could impose new tariffs on automobile and auto parts imports. The administration has erroneously claimed that tariffs… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Power Outages, Wildfires Staggering California’s Middle Class
California is often held up as a bastion of progressivism and equality. However, the reality is that the state is increasingly becoming a place only… Read More
Health CareCommentary
‘Medicare for All’ Proposes Economy-Crushing Taxes on Middle Class
No other country in the world has been able to provide government-managed health care without soaking middle-class and lower-income taxpayers with high income and payroll… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This E-Cigarette Tax Could Be Hazardous to Your Health
Sin taxes of all types have unintended consequences. A new proposal in the House Ways and Means Committee to tax electronic cigarettes could harm the… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats Consider Undermining Administration’s Crackdown on Tax Avoidance
Senate Democrats are trying to chip away at critical elements of the 2017 tax cuts. Included in the 2017 tax cuts is the new $10,000… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The New York Times Is Wrong. The Rich Pay More Taxes Than You Do.
By almost every measure, the U.S. has one of the most progressive systems of taxation in the world, in which high-income people pay the highest… Read More
