by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 2, 2015 | Economy
There are a lot of not-so-fun facts in the latest Institute for Policy Studies "Billionaire Bonanza" report on the absurd, widening gap between the people in the Forbes 400 and the rest of us. For example, the top 20 wealthiest individuals in the U.S., according to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 30, 2015 | Education
One of the stories that may have gotten lost during the Thanksgiving weekend is this jaw-dropper: A Missouri woman who has managed to run up more than $410,000 in student debts. Her story was published Friday in the New York Times, framed as a story of "how the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 24, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Regardless of what a House-Senate panel (that has been reportedly negotiating through the Thanksgiving holiday) finally decides, the surface transportation bill that Congress hammers together and put on President Obama's desk is going to be a blown opportunity to...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 23, 2015 | Conservatism, Populist Majority
The conclusions of a new extensive survey released today by the Pew Research Center are not surprising to people who have followed our chronicling of the Populist Majority over the past two years: Solid majorities of Americans accept a significant role for government...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 21, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Economy, Jobs and Growth
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