Forget A Universal Basic Income. Instead, Pay Married People To Have More Babies
Republicans must become not just the party of workers but also the party of families. They should do it by upping Joe Biden’s proposed child tax credit into something bigger.
How America’s Welfare System Can Stop Separating Kids From Their Fathers
The consequences of fatherlessness are devastating, especially for children, yet the government continues to disincentivize marriage in its welfare programs without recognizing the pitfalls.
Census Report Shows How Jaw-Dropping Trump’s Economy Was Before Shutdowns
The amazing strength of the data in that report show what the American economy, and American workers, can achieve—if given the right policy environment and opportunities.
Drastic Coronavirus Lockdowns Are The Most Regressive Policies Since The Draft
The draft’s inequities were clear, and efforts to address them failed because the policy was inherently regressive. So too are lockdowns.
Coastal Elitists Offer Coronavirus Warning To Rural America, Proving They Know Nothing About Rural America
These Washington Post opinion writers profoundly misunderstand both rural America and the at-risk demographic they’re writing about. Their COVID-19 solution? Expand telemedicine and rural broadband.
The Wuhan Virus Relief Bill Doesn’t Need To Include A Fat Rebate For Big Corporations
Section 2302 of the CARES Act is very costly and administratively burdensome, and it doesn’t achieve the objective of stabilizing our businesses so they can keep the workforce employed.
Democrats Weren’t So Supportive When A Republican Opened Up About His Finances
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has gotten a lot of support after mentioning her apartment hunting woes. That wasn’t true when Sean Duffy said something similar.
Serena Williams Swings But Misses With Black Women’s Equal Pay Day
Sex- and race-based discrimination are not necessarily behind the pay gap for black women, but rather the honorable career choices that they make to help others including their families.
Nope, The Evidence Still Says Income Inequality Is Not A Problem
Women don’t have to work to support their families, houses are not more expensive, college costs aren’t related to wage decreases, and wages have not stagnated since the 1970s.
We Don’t Have An Income Inequality Problem, We Have An Ego Problem
The growing hysteria surrounding economic disparities does reveal a real problem, which is the reduced aim of our society from virtue to material abundance.
Nationalism Is Just Socialism Draped In A Flag
As anyone familiar with political history could attest, the embrace of social statism isn’t some strategy intended to serve a separate and external goal of nationalism. It is the goal.
I Lived On The Minimum Wage And Don’t Want Republicans To Raise It
I want higher wages for everyone, but raising the minimum wage will not do that.
Yes, It’s Better To Be Poor In The Mississippi Delta Than In Bangladesh
Nobel laureate Angus Deaton recognizes the plight of America’s poor, but he’s reluctant to say the poor are often the authors of their own misfortune.
5 Money Myths Keeping Millennials Poor
Only once you have broken out of your current perspective can you break out of self-induced poverty (a.k.a. your bad habits), and into prosperity.
Scott Winship on the American Middle Class and Income Economics
Scott Winship joined the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss the economics of income, the meaningless inflation index, and residential economic movement.
American Families Are Right To Be Worried About Inflation
Yes, inflation is a real problem. The prices of major goods are rising faster than American incomes, straining family budgets.