The Shadow of Yesterday’s Triumph: Why Kicking the Can Down the Road on Welfare Reform Is Not a Solution
This summer, America will mark the 22nd anniversary of the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. Reforming welfare was a prominent part of then-Speaker Newt Gingrich’s “Contract…
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…
Speaker Paul Ryan’s ‘A Better Way to Fight Poverty’ Initiative
Last Tuesday, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) unveiled a new anti-poverty initiative called ‘A Better Way to Fight Poverty’ at an outdoor press conference in Washington D.C.’s Anacostia…
Hillary Clinton and the Poverty Facade
Hillary Clinton wants you to think she’s just an average Joe. Well, actually, a little less than average. She wants you to think she’s downright impoverished. After a notable gaffe…
The War On Poverty Has Failed. What Do We Do About It?
This month, pundits from across the political spectrum are noting the 50th year of Lyndon Johnson’s declaration of war on poverty. Liberals cite the good intentions of the programs, while…
A Modest Proposal to Save Children from The War on Poverty
A Modest Proposal to Save Children from The War on PovertyThe War on Poverty is fifty years old. Observing the semi-centennial, liberals and conservatives are arguing if the hundreds of…
The Failure Of The War On Poverty
In 1930, the unemployment rate among African Americans was lower than it was for whites. That's right, at the height of the Great Depression, blacks were more likely to be…
Harvard/Berkeley Study Confirms Conservative Solutions
Stacey Calvin is a busy mom in suburban Atlanta whose passion is helping kids. When she isn’t watching her three kids or volunteering at their school, she works at a…
Democrats Introduce First Formal Budget Proposal in Four Years
Congressional Democrats have finally gotten around to proposing a federal budget - the first one in four years - and you can probably imagine what it includes. According to…
Big Government Is Mean
Whenever conservatives talk about lowering taxes, reducing entitlements, or rolling back our titanic government, the intellectual giants of the left deploy an incisive counter-argument: you're mean!But of course. Why, just…