DOLLARS AND SENSE ECONOMICS

IWF’s Dollars and Sense Economic project highlights the problems with costs of government overreach, including how government’s overspending impacts the economy and taxpayers and how programs that sound compassionate, such as extended unemployment benefits and generous welfare programs, can discourage work and ultimately harm those they are intended to help. IWF offers an alternative vision of how government can be scaled back, so that aid and intervention is targeted where it is really needed and a thriving private sector and civil society can emerge. IWF highlights ways that government could be streamlined (including reform of our entitlement programs) and how the tax code could be made fairer and less burdensome to encourage greater growth and innovation. IWF also explains how regulations are strangling the private sector, preventing job creation, and needlessly constricting Americans' private life.

Categories:  Budget & Spending,  the economy,  Energy,  Entitlement Programs (welfare, UI, Social Security, SSDI, etc),  Intellectual Property Rights,  Taxation, Technology

Nancy Pelosi Chokes on "Crumbs" Comments

April 25 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Finland Ends Experiment with Universal Basic Income

April 25 2018
by Charlotte Hays

8 States Just Hit the Lowest Unemployment in Their History

April 24 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Job Corps: Failure with a Big Price Tag

April 23 2018
by Charlotte Hays

When Government Makes It Harder to Work, Fewer People Can Move Up the Ladder

April 19 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Oregon Public Employee's Pension: $76,000 . . . a Month

April 18 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Happy Tax Day 2017!

April 17 2018
by Hadley Heath

On Tax Day, Here's How the Federal Government Spends Every Dollar of Your Money

April 17 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Uber, Lyft Drivers Angry with Seattle City Council for Colluding with Taxis to Raise Rates

April 17 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

They're Back! Share of Adult Children Living at Home Highest in 75 Years

April 12 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

3 Quotes from Mark Zuckerberg's Senate Grilling that Should Concern You

April 11 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights Should Be a Model for All States

April 10 2018
by Heather Madden

Equal Pay Day: There's a Lot of Hypocrisy Out There

April 10 2018
by Charlotte Hays

5 Drivers of the Pay Gap – They Are Not Gender Discrimination

April 10 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

How Many Americans Would Give Up Voting for a 10-Percent Pay Raise? It’s Surprising!

April 6 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

When Tweets Aren't So Funny

April 2 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Tariffs: A New Bargaining Chip for Better Trade Deals?

March 28 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

No, Hillary, It's the Red States That Are Dynamic

March 27 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Joe Biden is Right to Attack Giving Every American a Universal Basic Income

March 27 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Should Responding to After-Hours Emails Be Banned?

March 26 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Cardi B Just Said What We're All Thinking About Taxes

March 23 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Is the Ghost of John C. Calhoun Stalking the State of California?

March 23 2018
by Charlotte Hays

3 Ways the Trump White House is Helping Millennials

March 23 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Trump picks IWF Friend and Board Member Larry Kudlow as NEC Director

March 14 2018
by Hadley Heath

A Truly Spectacular Jobs Report

March 9 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

Nancy Pelosi Back Peddles on Tax Bonuses Being "Crumbs"

March 9 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Why Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum are the Wrong Move

March 9 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Ride-sharing Replaces Buses in This City and Residents Love It

March 7 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

How New Tariffs Could Raise the Prices of Your Everyday Goods

March 6 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Real People and Small Dollar Loans

February 21 2018
by Charlotte Hays

5 Companies Expanding Parental Leave Thanks to Tax Cuts

February 15 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

The Long and Short of Corporate-Tax Reform

February 14 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

Heritage Report: U.S. Economic Freedom Ranking Drops, But Overall Score Increases

February 12 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

The Downside of Another Fast-food Worker Protest for $15 Minimum Wages

February 12 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

The Economy vs. the Stock Market

February 8 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

How Fast Is China Really Growing?

February 6 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

MSNBC's Katy Tur Condescends to Americans Pleased with Bonuses

February 6 2018
by Charlotte Hays

On the Anniversary of FMLA, Here’s Why There's Little to Celebrate

February 5 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Wages Go Up and Stocks Go Down

February 5 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

Why the Jobs Report Triggered Fresh Anxiety in the Markets

February 2 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

Have You Checked Your Paycheck? You Might Be Surprised

February 1 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

When "Protecting" Consumers Actually Narrows Their Choices

January 30 2018
by Charlotte Hays

The Problem with the Viral "Whopper Neutrality" Video

January 26 2018
by Hadley Heath

Why Class Warfare Rhetoric Is Unlikely to Work Against Tax Reform

January 26 2018
by Charlotte Hays

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Nancy Pelosi Pooh-pooh $1,000 Bonuses from Tax Reform

January 26 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Walt Disney Heiress Thrashed Tax Reform, but Disney Company Gives Employees Tax Reform Bonuses, Investments

January 25 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

The Wisdom of Charles Murray, Part 1

January 25 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

A Moment of Economic Exuberance

January 24 2018
by Rachel DiCarlo Currie

Cashier-free Amazon Store Opens in Nation's First $15-Minimum-Wage City

January 24 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka

Disney Credits Tax Reform for Its $50 Mil Education Investment, $1,000 Bonuses

January 24 2018
by Patrice Lee Onwuka