Rachel Greszler is a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for economic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research.
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Like many union-run pension plans, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Administration—otherwise known as D.C. metro—has promised far more in pension benefits than it has set… Read More
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$5.6 trillion. That’s how much a recent report from the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, estimates state and local governments across the U.S. have… Read More
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Time to change those outdated signs, ladies. It’s no longer the case that “women only make 77 cents on the dollar compared to men.” According… Read More
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It’s not every day you see a significant portion of Republican senators supporting a taxpayer bailout—especially for a private union pension plan. But today, six… Read More
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The Senate Finance Committee will mark up S.1714—the Miners Protection Act—on Wednesday, Sept. 21. This myth vs. fact analysis sets straight some common misinformation about… Read More
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In a Sept. 14 speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., called on his colleagues to honor a historical promise that simply doesn’t… Read More
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Small businesses are America’s backbone. They employ more than half of America’s workforce, and for every large business (more than 500 employees), there are 1,500… Read More
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Less than two months after Congress passed a package aimed to provide financial relief for Puerto Rico, the Obama administration is already at it again—this… Read More
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In an alleged attempt to increase the income of certain salaried employees, the Obama administration issued a new overtime rule, set to take effect Dec…. Read More
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Transparency in pay is a rallying point of “fair pay” advocates. Why then would a recent law passed in Massachusetts prohibit questions about pay? Ironically,… Read More
