PolicyBytes

Low-wage jobs in a free market are not a bad thing, they are necessary to allowing unskilled workers to get a job.

Reports say some conservatives want to pit low-income workers against immigrants by saying the later take U.S. jobs.  A better political strategy is to outline a pro-growth economic agenda that creates jobs for all workers.

The initial debate over Obamacare's "death panels" was a little overblown, but the potential was real. The death panel is currently in limbo, but the economic forces inherent in Obamacare could revive the death panel some time in the future.

Health insurers backed Obamacare's provision requiring them to cover any applicant, which means they should pay those medical bills, even if they are expensive, and stop looking for ways to avoid them.

Environmentalists are always concerned about the environment, except when they aren't. Just look at how many dead birds they tolerate for a little clean energy.

The U.S. provides foreign aid to nearly every country, even those that don't like us very much. Is it time to rethink that strategy?

The Obama administration wants to continue extending unemployment benefits; Republicans stopped them and—surprise!—now more Americans are reentering the workforce.

The ADA has helped improve the disableds’ access, even as recent economic policies have hurt their financial status.

The Halbig decision may create some confusion in the health insurance marketplace, but not any more than the poorly conceived, badly drafted and outrageously passed Affordable Care Act did.

Most economists believe that minimum wage increases actually cost jobs—either directly or in fewer jobs becoming available—among the very people the increase is supposed to help.