Outside the Beltway

Since Barack Obama took office, federal taxes have been lower for pretty much everyone.

Should public schoolteachers make more money than the people paying their salaries?

Contrary to some assertions, Wisconsin public servants are not better compensated than their private sector counterparts.

Global poverty has plummeted in recent years.

Should employers be allowed to ask for your Facebook login as a condition of employment?

There really isn’t a lot of redistribution happening in the United States.

In the Middle East, protesters are marching for democracy. In the Midwest, they’re protesting against it.

Being unemployed, especially in the long term, makes it less likely to get hired.

Is the Chinese economy headed for a correction?

President Obama is telling business they have a social responsibility to invest in America. He’s wrong.

The January jobs report is, in a word, disappointing.

European subsidies have given Airbus a competitive advantage over America’s Boeing in commercial aircraft salesboein. The reverse is true on military aircraft.

How rich is the United States? Our poor are richer than the richest in India.

The post-Sputnik innovation wave was sparked by government investment, not the entrepreneurial spirit.

After years of flying people for less than it cost and trying to make it up with volume, the airlines have changed course.

The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?

Greg Mankiw has a plan for cutting the deficit.

We won’t be able to solve our fiscal problems until the American people grow up. So far, there are no signs of that happening.

The American public still has a totally unrealistic view of what it will take to get the Federal Government’s fiscal house in order.

There appears to be bipartisan support for repealing one of the most egregious tax rules in last year’s Affordable Care Act

Faced with mounting debt, the lame duck Illinois legislature rushed through a massive tax hike in the wee hours this morning.

Defying logic, New York City taxis are least available when they’re most needed: as people are getting off work.

President Obama’s comments about the “relatively modest pay” earned by Robert Gibbs and other high level government workers may be a bit tone deaf. But they’re right.

The cost/benefit ratio of tablet computers seems to be a bit…. lacking.