The House of Representatives held a hearing titled “Building on the ACA: Legislation to Expand Health Coverage and Lower Costs.” This hearing further confirms the left’s commitment to a single-payer health care model is alive and well. This hearing will be held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and is intended to mark the passage … Continue reading Don’t Blink or You’ll Miss It: The Left Quietly Puts in Place Everything It Needs for Single-Payer System
The Congressional Budget Office released the newest version of its “Budget and Economic Outlook” on Thursday, and the fiscal outlook over the next decade is grim. Spending, taxes, deficits, and the debt are all projected to increase to record levels. Even assuming no new spending is adopted, the government is projected to spend $61 trillion, collect $49 … Continue reading Congress Must Confront Overspending, CBO Report Confirms
Some lawmakers’ push to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour is “truly maddening,” small business owner Stuart Hornsby says. Hornsby owns a frozen yogurt shop, a business he built from the ground up in 2013, in a small city in northwest Georgia. With the exception of the manager and a few other employees, Hornsby … Continue reading Here’s What $15 Minimum Wage Would Mean for This Frozen Yogurt Shop Owner
According to a new Axios-Ipsos poll, more than 60 percent of Americans believe the federal government’s response to the pandemic isn’t helping. In fact, they say it’s making things worse. “Sixty-two percent believe the government is making America’s recovery worse, including more than one in three (35%) who say the government is making things much … Continue reading 8 Ways Big Government Botched the COVID Pandemic
The word “socialism” terrifies some of today’s Democrats, even as leading figures in the party embrace the term. Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Richmond, Virginia, who narrowly won her House seat in 2018 and narrowly retained it in 2020, made news when her emphatic comment on a postelection phone call was leaked to the media. … Continue reading Socialism’s Disturbing Record on Abortion
In an interview with MSNBC last Thursday, new Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo spoke highly of the "national security" tariffs that President Trump placed on steel and aluminum imports in 2018 under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. According to Secretary Raimondo, "[t]he data show that those tariffs have been effective." As my colleague Simon … Continue reading By Supporters’ Own Standards, the Steel Tariffs Haven’t Been “Effective”
President Joe Biden’s administration pledged that at least half of K-12 schools in the U.S. will offer in-person learning at least one day per week within his first 100 days in office. Research using a representative sample of school districts finds that 44% of districts were already offering in-person learning in December 2020, so the administration’s proposal is hardly … Continue reading Unions Are Keeping Students and Teachers Out of the Classroom. Here’s What Lawmakers Can Do About It.
A federal $15 minimum wage may have been taken out of Congress's forthcoming COVID-19 legislation, but progressives haven’t abandoned the “Fight for $15”—not even close. Indeed, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer insists that Democrats “are not going to give up the fight to raise the minimum wage to $15.” This is bad news for workers … Continue reading $15 Minimum Wage Would Have Harsh Consequences for Ohio and West Virginia Workers, New Analysis Finds
Three actions by the Biden administration could put nearly 10 million American jobs at risk, says Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the Job Creators Network. Ortiz joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the economic implications of the Biden White House’s canceling the Keystone XL oil pipeline, rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate change, and … Continue reading 3 Actions by Biden Administration Could Cost Millions of Jobs
Economic freedom helps to inhibit the spread of fake news, according to a recent academic paper featured in the European Journal of Information Systems. According to the study, titled “Impact of Mobile Connectivity and Freedom on Fake News Propensity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Country Empirical Examination”: [O]ur empirical analysis demonstrates the significant role of media and economic … Continue reading New Study Finds Economic Freedom Is Key to Curbing Fake News
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