Analysis: A $15 Minimum Wage Will Cost California 400,000 Jobs
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon California is projected to have a $15 statewide minimum wage by 2022. Economists project this will lead to a loss of 400,000 jobs,…
Tax Bill Is Christmas Present Americans Have Been Waiting For
by Alfredo Ortiz • Real Clear Politics Pending tax cut legislation will eliminate the federal income tax burden on the average American family earning $59,000 a year. It will halve…
‘Evil’ Tax Cuts? Nope, It’s Blue-State Panic
By Heather Wilhelm • National Review Ah, the holiday season. It’s a magical time, bursting with joy and merriment, the laughter of children, jolly parties, twinkling lights, mildly terrifying mall-dwelling…
Study Suggests Medicaid Is A ‘Persistently Inferior’ Form Of Health Coverage
By Christopher Jacobs • The Federalist How many individuals would knowingly want to enroll in a form of health coverage with “persistently inferior” outcomes? It’s a good question, as a…
Liberals Get Four Pinocchio’s from Washington Post Regarding GOP Tax Plan
By Glenn Kessler • The Washington Post “On average, middle class families earning less than $86,000 would see a tax increase under the Republican ‘tax reform’ plan.” — Sen. Kamala…
Competing internationally means fixing our mismanaged Postal Service
As President Trump takes aim at some of his key campaign promises, the discussions around the potential renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have further emerged. From…
CBO: Repealing Obamacare’s Individual Mandate Would Reduce Deficit By $338 Billion
By Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon Repealing the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate would reduce the federal deficit by $338 billion in the next decade, according to a projection…
Report: GOP Tax Framework Could Raise GDP By 5%, Wages By 7%
By Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon President Donald Trump’s tax reform framework could raise GDP by as much as 5 percent and wages by as much as 7 percent,…
Why Socialism Doesn’t Work, as Learned by a Waiter
By Rob Knowles • The Association of Mature American Citizens “In practice, socialism didn’t work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology…
Analysis: Obamacare premiums to rise by average of 34 percent in 2018
by Kimberly Leonard • Washington Examiner The price of premiums for Obamacare’s mid-level plans are set to rise by an average of 34 percent next year, according to an analysis…
Unless Congress Acts, Delayed Obamacare Tax On Health Insurance Takes Effect Next Year
By John Daniel Davidson • The Federalist At the risk of interrupting our endless culture wars with some boring policy health policy news, congressional Republicans are on track to allow…
The Spectacular Rise and the Meteoric Fall from Grace of a European Banker: The Tzvetan Vassilev Phenomenon
Without exception, the history of the last quarter century of Central and Eastern Europe has again furnished the clearest and most convincing proof of the well established view that…
Obamacare’s Out-of-Pocket Costs for Specialty Drugs Increases 16% in One Year
by Ali Meyer • Washington Free Beacon Out-of-pocket costs for specialty drugs under the Affordable Care Act increased 16 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to a report from HealthPocket.…
The Public Preference for Single-Payer Is Oh So Fragile
By Jim Geraghty • National Review I’m headed up to New York City today, appearing on CNN to discuss Senator Bernie Sanders’ latest proposal for “single-payer” health care and on…
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Frontiers of Freedom at the Conservative Leadership Conference
Frontiers of Freedom will be at the 2017 Conservative Leadership Conference in Las Vegas on Saturday, September 16th. At the Conservative Leadership Conference, we will be presenting a panel discussion…