Japan’s Revolving Door Tax
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is likely to increase Japan’s sales tax from 5 percent to 8 percent next year. Abe and his close ally Haruhiko… Read More
Poll Reveals “A Nation Confused” on Common Core National Standards
A bundle of federal incentives encouraged 45 states to adopt Common Core national standards and tests. But a new poll shows that most Americans have… Read More
Don’t Ignore Costs of “Stimulus”
Shocking new economic research has shown that receiving large gifts from the federal government is actually beneficial to states. That is not such a… Read More
Americans Don’t Need More of Obama’s Stimulus Spending
In a series of campaign-style speeches, President Obama has laid out recycled economic proposals, which include yet another tax increase to pay for $50 billion… Read More
EconomyNews
“Buy American” Laws: An Illusion of Patriotism
Who could oppose “Buy American” measures that appear to support American manufacturing and create jobs? On the surface, that’s what the All-American Flag Act seems… Read More
Health CareNews
900,000 Reasons Obamacare Is Bad: Moving Americans from Work to Welfare
Obamacare is not only hurting small businesses and economic growth. It might also give nearly a million low-income individuals a reason to leave work for… Read More
Obama on Infrastructure: Wrong Again on Government “Investments”
In yet another summer speech on the economy yesterday, President Obama trotted out familiar tax-and-spend ideas, this time pairing his latest call for a tax… Read More
Obama’s New “Grand Bargain” Is Another Tax Increase
President Obama gave his second in series of summer speeches on the economy today. Like his first speech last week, he recycled several old policies… Read More
EconomyNews
Sequestration Helps Force Needed Spending Cuts and Enables Private-Sector Jobs
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a letter this week describing how canceling sequestration in 2014 would affect the economy. The CBO dutifully plugged the… Read More
ANALYSIS | Obama’s Economic Speech: Another Summer Rerun
President Obama traveled to Illinois today to give the same tired, worn-out economic speech he’s been giving for almost five years now. Rather than offering… Read More
