by Sven R. Larson | Feb 19, 2019 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
[PDF Version] Paid Family Leave: An Ideological Analysis By Sven R. Larson* In his 2019 State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump reaffirmed his commitment to paid family leave: I am also proud to be the first President to include in my budget a plan for...
by Sven R. Larson | Feb 12, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
As the new young radical Democrats in Congress ramp up their efforts to advance their ideology, Republicans have started labeling their ideas “socialism”. From this, one could easily get the impression that the 2020 election is shaping up to be an ideological...
by Sven R. Larson | Jan 29, 2019 | Blogs, Health Care
Democrats all over the country are loudly raising their voices for socialized medicine, no doubt determined to finally put in place that crown jewel of the egalitarian welfare state. Echoing arguments from previous fights over health-care socialism, they tell us all...
by Sven R. Larson | Jan 9, 2019 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The indisputable truth about taxes is that wherever, whenever they go up, the economy suffers. In fact, as Dan Mitchell explains, even the talk about higher taxes is harmful to the economy. It is also indisputably true that states that raise taxes lose population....
by Sven R. Larson | Dec 3, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
On Fox News on Sunday November 18, Wyoming Congressman Liz Cheney referred to the agenda of the new Democrat House majority as “socialist”. She even went as far as to compare it to the Soviet Union: I think the real Russia threat, Maria, is when you look at the kind...
