Moral panic over vaping spurs first growth in cigarette sales in 20 years
New data show something that should have been obvious to everyone not carrying a shield in the ongoing moral panic over vaping. Sales data show that in 2020, traditional tobacco…
The Biden tax plan may become something worse
And it looks like the person standing on the way of higher tax rates is…Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. As the Wall Street Journal reports: …[Sinema] continues to oppose any increase…
Record tax receipts undermine case for higher taxes
With the global political class busy congratulating itself on negotiating a worldwide minimum corporate tax rate, recent U.S. corporate tax data shows the private sector is already pumping record amounts…
Trading away privacy for a more powerful IRS
The President’s plan to give the IRS more money and greater authority to sniff out tax cheats, chiselers and others the government believes aren’t paying all the tax they owe…
The TSA gets a boost, when it should be getting the boot
The Biden administration is giving the Transportation Security Administration the power to levy stiff penalties on travelers who refuse to mask up or otherwise break health and safety rules. The…
Changing the retirement rules to benefit Uncle Sam
Before we forget…the president’s big batch of proposed tax hikes is still making its making its way through Congress. As Philip DeMuth writes, there are still a lot of issues…
Punishment of small landlords continues
While the Biden administration’s constitutionally dubious eviction moratorium continues to make its way through the courts, the people left out of the discussion – small landlords – continue to suffer…
Inflation is eating wage gains
The economic data flowing out of the federal government continues to paint a troubling picture of inflation, and what it means for American wage earners. In short? Their paychecks aren’t…
Biden bends the knee to OPEC
In his effort to make the nation relive the 1970s, President Joe Biden issued an appeal to OPEC (remember OPEC?) to pump more oil in order to fight rising global…
The ‘Lessons’ from 20 years in Afghanistan
Some members of Congress are calling for investigations into how America’s 20 year military presence in Afghanistan could come to such a shabby end. Any hearings or investigations should begin…