Economics

Policy: U.S. Economics

Food Stamps

Food Stamp Usage Skyrockets

  Food Stamp usage skyrockets to highest level in U.S. history, $6.28 billion. More than 47.1 million Americans are enrolled in the program. These charts show...
Church and State

IRS Surrenders: Time For Churches to Get ‘Political’

American Pastors have called the left’s bluff. The empty words “separation of church and state,” found nowhere in the U.S. Constitution, have lost their sting.
American Flag

For Business, Vote Hold High Stakes

The outcome of Tuesday's presidential election carries enormous weight for executives of American businesses, big and small, influencing everything from the taxes they are...

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Vote for Jobs on November 6

With November 6th almost upon us, our collective success rests on one remaining essential ingredient - making sure those who believe in American enterprise...
Debunking Myths

It’s All In The Numbers: Deception Through Selection

Obama's Record on Private Sector Jobs President Obama has been touting his jobs record in a very peculiar and specific way, citing millions of "private...
Mic

Latest Presidential Polls: Debunking the Top 10 Economic Myths From Obama

“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government; whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice,...
Tim Scott Congress Blog - The Hill

US Must Move To Territorial Tax System To Stay Competitive The Hill

Rep. Tim Scott (R-SC) writes in a blog for The Hill, exploring tax code reforms, explains, "Even a temporary repatriation tax break down to...

U.S. Falls to 18th in Economic Freedom of the World

The Fraser Institute released its “Economic Freedom of the World: 2012 Annual Report.” The report analyzed data from 144 countries based on 42 distinct...
Congressional Budget Office

Fiscal Crisis Looming

The following editorial appeared recently in the Miami Herald: Last week, just in time for the conventions of the nation's two major political parties, the...
Paycheck

“Paycheck Protection” Initiative

Special interest money easily overrides the ability of individual constituents when enacting laws, whether you live in California or many other states. In California,...
MarketWatch

Correcting the Media on Obama’s Spending Record… Again

In a recent analysis on Market Watch, Rex Nutting says Americans who think there has been a large increase of federal spending under Obama’s watch are wrong.

A Step Backward for Economic Freedom in 2012

The world economy is in trouble, and governments are making things worse. Here's the story, right out of the pages of the 2012 Index...