Biden Says the Deficit Is Falling. Actually, It’s Rising.
The president now brags that he cut the deficit! “We’re on track,” he says, to have “the biggest decline in a single year ever in American history.” It’s actually true. …
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Brickbat: Speak Up
A spokesman for the Erie County, New York, government said officials will seek to fire a 911 dispatcher who hung up on a supermarket employee during the recent shooting rampage …
Two California Lawmakers Want To Mandate 32-Hour Workweeks
There’s no crisis that lawmakers can’t make worse, and in California, a state that already has pretty high taxes and minimum wages, two lawmakers have introduced a bill mandating 32-hour …
Occupational Licensing Hurts the Vulnerable Without Helping the Public
The main point of occupational licensing is, we’re told, to protect the public from incompetent and crooked practitioners in various trades and professions. That licensing more often protects the licensed …
A Nation of Quitters?
Has America become a nation of quitters? It might seem so. As the COVID-19 pandemic progressed, workers abandoned their jobs in record numbers. In 2020, as the virus tore through …
The Federal Government’s Pandemic Jobs Program Was a Resounding Failure
In September 2020, as the pandemic dragged into its sixth month, Republicans on Congress’ Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a report on the rollout of the Paycheck Protection …
Young Americans: Leave Those Creepy College Covid Camps And Start Your Careers Now
The ‘everyone should go to college’ mantra is brittle, false, failing, and harmful. The FederalistThe Federalist is an American conservative online magazine and podcast that covers politics, policy, culture, and …
Joe Biden Puts a Happy Gloss on Disappointing Jobs Report
President Joe Biden attempted to put a happy gloss on today’s disappointing jobs report, touting the overall employment gains during his administration and stressing that the inflationary pressures Americans are …
Shortage of Adult Workers Makes Teens Employable Again
My son recently underwent what was once a common rite of passage: his first job. He now balances the demands of schooling with cleaning toilets, stocking shelves, and bagging groceries …
Brickbat: Relevant Standards
Dalhousie University, a public university in Nova Scotia, is advertising for a tenure-track professor of experimental chemistry position. The ad says the school is seeking someone “to teach undergraduate and …