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March 31, 2019

Justin Haskins: Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez keep lying about socialism. Here’s the truth

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., have amassed a huge following among millennials by propagating the myth that the only way to solve society’s problems is to seize wealth and property away from law-abiding citizens so that the federal government has significantly more power over all of our lives.

March 29, 2019

Kay Coles James: Socialism is trending in America – Here's what the younger generation needs to know

Socialism is trending in America. Politicians once ran from the term; now more embrace it. And polls show younger people are favoring it.

March 28, 2019

Nicolas Loris: The Green New Deal would cost trillions and make not a dime's worth of difference

For advocates of the Deal, the absence of policy details is a feature, not a bug, because it makes generating a cost estimate for the plan, shall we say, challenging.

March 28, 2019

Bradley Blakeman: Green New Deal will change America for the worst, killing jobs, livestock and airline industries

It makes perfect sense for America to be a good steward of the environment today, tomorrow and in the future. But when common sense and reality is trumped by radical ideology and fiction, there is a huge problem that can change our political, economic, social environment to our detriment.

March 27, 2019

John Stossel: Democratic socialism is not the route to paradise – Just look at Venezuela

Venezuela is a disaster.

March 27, 2019

From 'universal' income to Green New Deal, 15 far-out ideas from the 2020 Democratic field

For a Democratic presidential field shaping up to be the most liberal grouping of candidates in modern American history, it appears no idea is too far-reaching to at least consider.

March 23, 2019

2020 Democrats' 'Medicare-for-all' plan would cause a massive doctor shortage

If Democrats seize control of the Senate and White House in the next election, "Medicare-for-all" will likely be the centerpiece of their 2021 agenda. Here's why that would be a big problem for Americans.

March 22, 2019

Democratic Socialists of America endorses Bernie Sanders despite some members' reservations

The Democratic Socialists of America, whose membership ballooned after the 2016 candidacy of allied Sen. Bernie Sanders, announced its endorsement this week of the Vermont lawmaker in his second bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. 

March 21, 2019

Universal basic income programs and their dirty little secrets

For progressives, a basic universal income is a mechanism for redistributing money. It’s based on the idea that everyone is entitled to an income, whether they’re willing to work for it or not.

March 20, 2019

2020 Dems give green-light for their own campaigns to unionize, in latest sign of activist influence

Democratic 2020 presidential hopefuls are quickly warming to the idea of allowing their own campaign workers to unionize -- a move that shows the rising influence of labor-aligned activists in the party, and one that could increase campaign costs in the long run.