Category: Policy
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Grandparent visitation rights haven’t gone far enough
After Troxel v. Granville, grandparent visitation laws were sharply limited. The current legal patchwork leaves many family relationships unprotected.
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Estate tax exemptions are a scam written for the donor class
The federal estate tax exemption keeps climbing while regular households are told the tax is brutal. The numbers tell a different story.
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The mortgage interest deduction is welfare for the upper middle class
The mortgage interest deduction overwhelmingly benefits high earners while doing little for homeownership rates. The honest description is upward-redistributive welfare.
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Personal finance influencers should be regulated like advisors
When influencers recommend investments to millions, the advice is functionally indistinguishable from financial advising. Regulation hasn’t caught up, and it should.
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Non-competes should be illegal in every state
Non-compete agreements suppress wages, block career mobility, and rarely protect what employers claim. The evidence for banning them outright is overwhelming.
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Medicare Advantage gives seniors more than traditional Medicare
Medicare Advantage’s flaws are real, but the program offers seniors benefits traditional Medicare doesn’t, and progressives won’t engage with that honestly.
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The gig economy survives because the law lets companies pretend workers aren’t workers
The gig model depends on calling workers contractors. The legal contortions to maintain that fiction are getting harder to defend in court and at the ballot.
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Software patents shouldn’t exist
Software patents were sold as innovation incentives. The evidence shows they tax innovation, enable trolls, and protect incumbents. Here’s the case against them.