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When President Donald Trump was Candidate Donald Trump – he promised a restoration of the US manufacturing sector. Which his predecessor – thankfully-ex-president Barack Obama – dismissed as impossible.
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“Back when I was a kid, a minimum-wage job could support a family of three. Today, a full-time minimum-wage job in America won’t keep a mama and a baby out of poverty.”
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With Labor Day on the horizon, many Americans are worried that automation will soon monopolize the job market.
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Job-guarantee proposals have dominated headlines of late, with high-profile politicians such as Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) advancing the policy.
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Budgets/TaxesClimate ChangeEnvironment/EnergyRegulationCarbon Taxes Are Uneconomic And Misanthropic
Restricting the use of fossil fuels is an especially bad idea because expanding their use is the quickest, surest way to decrease poverty and increase human flourishing globally.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsFeaturedPoliticsRegulationSeattle’s New Business ‘Head Tax’ Hurts Job Creators And Limits Economic Growth
To the detriment of its residents and businesses, Seattle has been more active than any other city in pursuing new tax revenue.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedMinimum Wages and Maximum Wages ― Why the Determination of Worker Pay is so Poorly Understood
Public debate about the minimum wage seems to creep up every election cycle.
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Monday was National Waitstaff Day, a time to appreciate the estimated 2.25 million waitstaff working in America’s 542,000 eating and drinking establishments, and this year, the U.S. Census Bureau is urging Americans to “add a smile to the tip” as they dine out.
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EconomicsFeaturedGovernmentRegulationI Dislike Tariffs; I Dislike Intellectual Property Theft Much, Much More
We’ve oft written about the abject phoniness that poses as “free trade” in Washington, D.C.
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During the Obama years, critics of the administration pointed to falling labor force participation as the primary “cause” of the falling unemployment rate.
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Much has been written about President Trump’s first year in office.
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Budgets/TaxesEconomicsFeaturedGovernmentPodcast
In The Tank (ep101) – Americans for Tax Reform, How Far Does $100 Go In Your State? and U.S. Manufacturing
John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #101 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from Americans for Tax Reform, The Century Foundation, the Tax Foundation, and Washington Policy Center.
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Budgets/TaxesEducationFeaturedPodcast
In The Tank (ep93) – John Locke Foundation, Economic Impact Study Flaws, and Driverless Car Privacy
John Nothdurft and Donny Kendal present episode #93 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the John Locke Foundation, the Reason Foundation, the Platte Institute, and the Alaska Policy Forum.
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