Candidates and debate moderators in the 2020 presidential campaign have so far spent precious little time talking about the United States’ growing debt burden.The public…
Over the summer, three bills aimed at curbing carbon dioxide emissions through taxation were introduced in Congress. With impeachment looming and an already polarized legislature,…
The federal deficit is not something that most Americans spend a lot of time thinking about. It’s a big, abstract number that’s difficult to understand.…
The “fight for $15” continues to be part of the national conversation around employment as the 2020 presidential campaign heats up. As the cost of…
The 2019 Medicare Trustees Report found that the trust fund for Medicare Part A will be depleted in 2026.Experts largely agree that now is the…
Billionaire philanthropist sibling duo Charles and David Koch recently announced that the previous iteration of their collection of nonprofit and support networks will move forward…
Congress has an information-sharing problem, according to American Enterprise Scholar Rick Berger, and the Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act could help fix it. The…
Since its release earlier this year, the Green New Deal has stirred up opinions across the political spectrum. It brings together longstanding debates about climate…
Many economists say it is important to keep national debt levels low in order to give the government “fiscal space” to respond to a recession…
Passed at the end of 2017, the Trump administration’s “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” fundamentally changed the tax code for corporations and everyday Americans alike.…