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Welfare Pays More than Minimum Wage in Most States 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Welfare pays more than a minimum-wage job in 35 states, creating little incentive for Americans to take entry-level work and likely increasing their long-term dependency on government help, according ...
High Deductible Plans Creating Health Care Slowdown 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in 2013 health care premiums went up 4 percent for families and 5 percent for individuals. That's down from the 10 percent increases we saw in th...
College Costs Will Keep Rising Under Obama Plan 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Colleges' exploitation of young Americans through rapidly rising and increasingly exorbitant fees is a national scandal that can no longer be ignored. In his recent college tour, President Barack Obam...
Federal Aid Tapped by More -- and Wealthier -- College Students 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
The share of undergraduates who used federal student aid to help pay for college jumped to 57 percent in 2011-2012 from 47 percent in 2007-2008, according to a recent report released by the Education ...
New Findings in 2013 Education Poll 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Although opposition to Common Core education standards is growing, an overwhelming majority of Americans remain supportive of these standards. A majority also backs government funding of preschool edu...
Environmental Free Trade 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
In late June 2013, in a major speech on climate change, President Obama announced a plan "to launch negotiations toward global free trade in environmental goods and services," including clean energy t...
Office of Management and Budget Report on Regulations Not Representative 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Every spring the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) releases the president's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year. While Congress invites senior administration figures to testify before var...
Obama Oversees Expansion of the Regulatory State 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
President Obama has overseen a dramatic expansion of the regulatory state that will outlast his time in the White House. The reach of the executive branch has advanced steadily on his watch, further s...
Public Take Over of Private Water Companies 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Water fights are simmering in small towns across the country this summer as rate increases irk residents and spur local governments to try to take over privately-owned water systems. Municipalities in...
Should the United States Move to a Consumption Tax? 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Would-be tax reformers on Capitol Hill are taking a "blank slate" approach to the issue. Dave Camp and Max Baucus, the House Republican and Senate Democrat in charge of the tax law committees, say tha...
