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When Can You Start Collecting Social Security Benefits? Answer These 4 Questions To Find Out
When can start taking Social Security benefits? At age 62. But whether you should do so depends on how you answer these four questions. → Read More
The government is now a check-writing, wealth-redistribution machine that costs trillions
Who would object to the government shifting money from the wealthy to the less fortunate? Except that's not what happens: Few funds really go to them. → Read More
Democrats' promise of Medicare for All is remarkably misguided and unrealistic
There's nothing like Medicare for All in other industrialized nations. Not one offers soup-to-nuts government-paid insurance with no copayments. → Read More
Trump Approval Rating Climbs, Job Picture Brightens: IBD/TIPP Poll
President Trump's popularity edged up in April, with 38% now saying they approve of the job he's doing as president, up from 37% last month, as the share of households reporting someone being unemployed sharply drops. → Read More
Despite What You’ve Heard, 'Crumbling Infrastructure' Is A Myth
If we want to keep our infrastructure working well — without wasting taxpayer money — leaders need to permanently retire the "crumbling infrastructure" line. → Read More
Trump Approval Hits New Low Of 32% As Support From His Base Slips — IBD/TIPP Poll
President Trump's approval rating dropped 5 percentage points in August to a new low of 32%, according to the latest IBD/TIPP Poll. → Read More
What should GOP do next on health care? How about getting advice from Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton got bipartisan support on health care reform, so if the GOP fail on a straight repeal vote, they'd be wise to follow her lead. → Read More
Best-Run States Are Low-Tax Republican, Worst-Run Are High-Tax Democratic, Study Finds
The most fiscally sound states in the nation are all low-tax, GOP strongholds, while the 10 least-solvent states are almost all high-tax and heavily Democratic. → Read More
Trump's Approval Rating Is Poised To Bounce, IBD/TIPP Poll Data Show
After their embarrassing and expensive loss in the Georgia special election — which was supposed to be a referendum on President Trump — Democrats might take → Read More
Trump Support Plunges In Latest IBD/TIPP Poll
Just 34% of the public approve of the job President Trump is doing, as his support among Republicans and independents tumbles, according to the April IBD/TIPP poll. → Read More
Big Bird Is Rich, So Why Does He Need Taxpayer Money?
As night follows day, defenders of big government trotted out "Sesame Street's" Big Bird as the poster child of President Trump's terrible spending cuts. The → Read More
'Higher' Education: College Students Spend Loans On Booze And Drugs, Expect Taxpayer Bailout
For years we've heard a lot about the terrible plight of those unfortunate college students who've been saddled with student loan debt. And, at least from → Read More
IBD/TIPP Poll: Public Turned Off By Media's Relentlessly Negative Coverage Of Trump
The mainstream media's open hostility to President Trump may be starting to backfire, according to the latest IBD/TIPP poll. The poll found that 55% of the public says they've grown "weary from the media's persistently negative coverage of President Trump." A roughly equal share (54%) also believ → Read More
It's Official: Clinton's Popular Vote Win Came Entirely From California
Democrats who are having trouble getting out of the first stage of grief — denial — aren't being helped by the fact that, now that all the votes are counted, Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote has topped 2.8 million, giving her a 48% share of the vote compared with Trumps 46%. T → Read More
Trump Up 2 Points Nationwide, While Clinton Campaigns As If The Race Is Already Won — IBD/TIPP Poll
With 16 days to go until November 8, Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by 2 percentage points — 43% to 41% — in a four-way race, according to the latest IBD/TIPP presidential tracking poll. Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson saw his support held steady at 7%, while the Green → Read More
Trump Leads Clinton By 1 Point Going Into Debate — IBD/TIPP Poll
After more than a week of blistering attacks from Democrats, celebrities and the press, Donald Trump has managed to pull ahead of Hillary Clinton by a 1.3 percentage point margin — 41.3% to 40% — in a four-way matchup, according to the new IBD/TIPP poll released today. Lib → Read More
Clinton Email Scandal: Is The Cover-up Worse Than The Crime?
Bad news about Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while Secretary of State keeps dribbling out. The latest is that she failed to turn over dozens → Read More