Now 15 months after Congress first responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s evident that unprecedented federal unemployment insurance bonus benefits are hurting the recovery, making it harder for businesses to find the workers they need to recover, and harder for consumers to find the products and services they want at prices they can afford. Moreover, … Continue reading 9 Reasons Why Federal Unemployment Bonus Subsidies Need to Go
Mike Fratantuono grew up in a restaurant. Literally. For decades, Sunset Restaurant in Glen Burnie, Maryland, was the family business. Over the years, he’d done seemingly every job imaginable: busboy, bartender, and butcher; prep cook and plumber; handyman and manager. Fratantuono says that’s what made it so hard to watch the family’s legacy become a … Continue reading 15 States Are Moving to Curb Public Health Agency Powers Following Lockdown Carnage
Hannah Smith ran for school board in her Texas community on a platform opposing critical race theory. Smith won, earning nearly 70% of the vote last month. “[T]he community turnout at this election really sent a message to our district and gave us a mandate going in to say, ‘We don’t want critical race theory … Continue reading She Won Her School Board Race by Opposing Critical Race Theory
Washington politicians are currently pushing to increase funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by a whopping $80 billion. But we just got yet another example of how the agency’s powers are routinely weaponized against Americans for political purposes. On Tuesday, the progressive-leaning investigative journalism outlet ProPublica published a drove of leaked IRS files intended … Continue reading Another Alarming IRS Scandal, Exposed
We already know that top inflation metrics have recently surged, and executives at companies like Costco are warning that price hikes are hurting their customers. Now, there’s a new inflation consequence hitting consumers: “Shrinkflation.” I’d never heard the term before today, but new reporting from the Washington Post explains how some companies are dealing with … Continue reading ‘Shrinkflation’: The Latest Consequence of Reckless Federal Spending, Explained
On May 28, President Biden unveiled his $6 trillion budget proposal. Under his plan, government spending will rise to levels not seen since World War II. Large investments in climate change, transportation, and education headline the proposal. “Build back better” has been a common refrain of the Biden administration. The COVID-19 pandemic crashed much of the economy, … Continue reading Restarting the Economy Requires Less Government, Not More
For the arts industry, 2020 was an unprecedented year. Musicians saw incomes instantly wiped out when live venues were forced to close due to lockdowns. The film industry came to a screeching halt as production studios and sets shut down indefinitely. Countless individuals, from sound technicians to makeup artists, were labeled "unessential" by authorities. But … Continue reading Filmmakers Take Aim at Lockdowns in ‘Follow the Science’ Documentary
A recent study from the Urban Reform Institute is sounding an alarm about rising inequality and decreasing upward mobility in California. In fact, the report found four of the nation’s top ten worst metro areas to live in for upward mobility for African‐Americans and Latinos are in California. Those regions include Los Angeles, Stockton, San Francisco and … Continue reading California Inequality and the Limits of Redistribution
The IRS is late on issuing refunds for millions of Americans this year. In April, the IRS moved 29 million returns to manual processing with 6 million returns “in suspension.” Millions of Americans are waiting for their tax refunds. This continues a trend started last year when the IRS shut down their offices during the … Continue reading How IRS Incompetence Is Raising Americans’ Taxes this Year
Every summer I take a couple of vacations with my family—a short one to the Wisconsin Dells with my brothers-in-law and their families, and a longer one to a random destination with my college buddies and their families. These are some of my favorite times of the year. There’s boating and water parks. Campfires and … Continue reading Why Your Summer Vacation Is Suddenly Looking Way More Expensive
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