FreedomWorks Co-Leads Letter With FGA to End Pandemic Unemployment Programs and Anti-Work Child Tax Credit
Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) sent a letter co-led with FreedomWorks to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell with a total of two dozen aligned policy and advocacy…
A Longer Shutdown Degrades the American Workforce
The largest driver of the United States’ economy is its uniquely American workforce. This group of highly driven and motivated individuals have brought the U.S. from a small, agrarian nation,…
The Hidden Costs of a Closed Economy Are Staggering – Time to Reopen America
It’s understandable that people are focused on the numbers coming out of the CDC about COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths. The sickness and deaths are the obvious, heartbreaking tragedy, that…
Seattle Finds Raising the Minimum Wage Was a Mistake
For the second time this year, a city has found that there are no quick fixes to addressing poverty and raising wages. Recently, the city of Seattle funded…
The Mayor of Baltimore Kills Job Killing Minimum Wage Hike
On Friday, March 24, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh vetoed a new $15 minimum wage that would have been implemented by 2022. This makes passing the measure’s future in serious…
Sorry, Bernie Sanders, FDR’s New Deal Actually Prolonged the Great Depression
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) gave a highly anticipated speech at Georgetown University on Thursday, where he extolled socialism. The Democratic presidential candidate, whose proposed an estimated $18 trillion in…
Jobs Report Reveals More Americans Out of Work
The jobs report, released the first Friday of every month by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is one of the most closely watched indicators of how the economy is doing.
Government Statistics Paint a False Picture of Recovery
Are you feeling the recovery yet? You should be, at least according to the president. In his State of the Union address, he said that the economy had “turned…
20 States Raise Minimum Wage; Pain for the Poor and Young to Follow
“[T]here’s a virtual consensus among economists that the minimum wage is an idea whose time has passed. Raising the minimum wage by a substantial amount would price working poor people…
What the “Official” Jobs Numbers Aren’t Telling You
Early this month, the Pew Research Center released its News IQ Quiz, in order to survey the general public’s level of knowledge about current events. This provided no end…