Sanders’ Economic Plan Looks Like a Duck, Despite How Some Quack
As Bernie Sanders looks more and more like the one who may win the Democratic presidential nomination, some tell us that he isn’t the radical leftist others make him...
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Trump’s Budget Follows in the Footsteps of Giant Spenders
President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2021 budget has been released. It is, in short, a testament to fiscal irresponsibility. ...
Trump’s Labor Department Provides Clarity on Joint Employment
The Trump administration’s new rule, which specifies that a company cannot be considered a joint employer simply because it has the contractual power to control workers employed by another...
Social Engineering Run Amok in the Department of Labor
Instead of holding firms accountable when they engage in real discrimination against their employees, the Department of Labor has become a government arm for securing high-dollar settlements on dubious...
Will the Fed Edge Out the Competition With Real-Time Payments?
Despite concerns, it seems that the Federal Reserve will enter the real-time payments market with FedNow. It is essential that Congress or the administration ensures that the Fed plays...
The Continuing Resolution of Congress Is an Opportunity for Reform
Always the optimist, I hope that Congress will, this time, use the remaining days on the Continuing Resolution to do the right thing on a few items. ...
Crony Christmas Lists Crammed Into Congressional Crisis
We’re approaching another deadline to pass a government spending bill or risk a government shutdown. Legislators routinely manufacture this sort of “crisis” to ram through provisions that wouldn’t survive...
Plans by Warren and Sanders Neglect Logic, Math, and Honesty
The more I follow the Democratic presidential campaign, the more I see how little I understand some people. ...
Candidates’ Wealth Tax Proposals Demonstrate Spooky Economic Ignorance
Democrat presidential candidates are calling for a wealth tax and a massive increase in government spending in order to fix inequality and restore “social justice” in America. In doing...
The Motherhood Pay Gap
An “earning” rather than “wage” gender pay gap is driven by women choosing to be moms, and it exists in every country, including Scandinavian ones. ...
A Truly Populist Social Security Reform
Come 2035, Social Security’s trust funds will run dry and, by law, benefits will automatically be cut by 20%. When that happens, Congress will have no option but to...
Passing Laws, Passing Taxes and Passing the Buck
What do the French digital services tax, the employers’ share of payroll taxes and the corporate income tax all have in common? They are rarely shouldered by those entities...
Colorado’s Paid Leave Proposal Ignores Trade-Offs
We can only shake our heads in dismay that yet another state is willingly jumping in headfirst to provide a benefit that will impose a considerable tax hike and...
Once Again, Uncle Sam Shirks Fiscal Responsibility in Budget Deal
If the last eight years have proven anything, it’s that nothing is more predictable than the spectacle of both parties making a deal to do away with the caps,...
Unemployment, Underemployment and the Comprehensive Jobless Rate
The problem with the headline unemployment rate produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is that it only counts people who aren’t working but want to work, defined as...