GOP Tax Bills Would Preserve Billions In Cash Transfers To Illegal Immigrants
Republicans produced bills that would entrench current law: financially rewarding foreign aliens who come to the United States illegally and have children to help them remain here.
Refundable Tax Credits Are Just Republican-Style Welfare
Speaker Paul Ryan promised the House bill would mean ‘bigger paychecks’ for American workers, but some payments are coming straight from another taxpayer’s pocket.
Trump Is Wrong: It’s Not Your Job To Pay For My Pregnancy
Under Donald Trump’s maternity leave and child-care proposal, parents are indisputably passing on the costs of their choice to have children to co-workers who don’t have children.
Fiscal Fights with Friends: Responding to Reihan Salam’s Argument Against The Flat Tax
A flat tax has many desirable features. It minimize penalties on productive behavior, eliminates double taxation and rewards investment. What are we waiting for?
Dependency, Work Incentives, And The Growing Welfare State
Our current welfare system is bad for both poor people and taxpayers.
It’s Not Just The Economy Devastating Working-Class Families
Less decent-paying work for less-educated men, cultural shifts away from marriage-centered familism, and the erosion of masculinity have drastically reduced marriage rates and eroded American society.
The Last Thing We Should Do Right Now Is Raise The Minimum Wage
Our economy’s urgent moral crisis is not insufficient returns from full-time work a minimum-wage hike can fix. It is insufficient access to full-time work.
Contraception Won’t Fix Fatherlessness
No program has reversed the disincentive for marriage among the poor caused by America’s current welfare programs. Contraception won’t, either.
Liberals Will Never Fulfill Dr. King’s Dream Of A Race-Blind Society
History shows leftist policies, not racism, have decimated the African-American community. Here’s how to reverse that and end race disparities.
Poor Americans Need Hope, Not Stigma
Conservatives should fight for Americans struggling to get by, not stigmatize the poor.
The Reaction To Paul Ryan’s Anti-Poverty Plan Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Paul Ryan’s anti-poverty proposal is a bold and courageous attempt to spark a sorely-needed conversation. If only his critics could match his courage.
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