Voters Leaving California Take Billions with Them
California’s high tax, generous welfare state policies, and the dominance of progressive politics have combined to create an environment causing voters to leave the state at can only be described…
Rise of the Robots: A Bad Argument for a Bigger Welfare State
By Jay W. Richards • National Review A group of scientists and activists wrote the president to warn him of an automated future that will give rise to “a separate…
Millennials like socialism — until they get jobs
by Emily Ekins • Washington Post Millennials are the only age group in America in which a majority views socialism favorably. A national Reason-Rupe survey found that 53…
Robin Hood Policies Hurt the Poor
by Nolan Finley President Barack Obama has some bad news for poor and working class Americans: He’s going to spend the final three years of his presidency attacking the income…
Census Bureau: Means-Tested Gov’t Benefit Recipients Outnumber Full-Time Year-Round Workers
Americans who were recipients of means-tested government benefits in 2011 outnumbered year-round full-time workers, according to data released this month by the Census Bureau. There were 108,592,000 people in the…
Why get off welfare?
By Michael D. Tanner Contrary to stereotypes, there is no evidence that people on welfare are lazy. Indeed, surveys of welfare recipients consistently show their desire for a job. But…
The Real Obama
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi History is the never-ending quest of men for the attainment of determinative powers. In a democracy, however, the powers of elected officials are limited; presidents,…