by Jacob Woocher | Aug 7, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Millennials understand that the economy is not meant to work for us. We see a system that exclusively serves a tiny number of individuals at the top. These lucky few amass extraordinary amounts of wealth while a vast majority of us struggle to get by, as median wages...
by Jacob Woocher | Aug 5, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
Rhonda works as an overnight home health aide in downtown Denver. She would like to attend Red Rocks Community College to help her qualify for a higher paying job that includes benefits. She lives three blocks from a newly constructed light rail station that could get...
by Jacob Woocher | Jul 21, 2015 | Financial Reform
Designed to address the problem of soaring executive compensation, ‘say-on-pay’ is a core provision of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill. But on the legislation’s fifth anniversary say-on-pay is not having the impact its advocates had hoped for. After briefly...
by Jacob Woocher | Jul 15, 2015 | Conservatism, Economy
In a major speech Monday outlining her economic policy, Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton effectively illustrated the contrast between progressive priorities and those of her conservative counterparts. In her address, Clinton focused not just on...
by Jacob Woocher | Jul 9, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
When Walmart kicked off its U.S. Manufacturing Summit on Tuesday, Walmart it posed as a friend of the American worker, a creator of U.S. jobs and a force for reducing inequality. But, as the American Manufacturing Association dutifully points out this week, we...
