Elite liberal Democrats who run Washington, D.C. are deliberately blocking tax relief for their own workers and small businesses, not because the policy is wrong, but because the politics offend them. Their target is the 2025 Working Families Tax Cut. Their motivation is opposition to congressional Republicans and President Trump. And their chosen weapon is a local tax law that raises taxes on their own people by refusing to follow federal reforms. That is why the Center for

Washington’s recent surge in prices driven by Bidenflation hit seniors especially hard. Many retirees live on fixed incomes, and a growing number of older Americans continue working part time just to keep up. The "Working Families Tax Cuts" responds to that reality by delivering targeted tax relief for seniors who were squeezed by higher costs. A key provision is a new senior deduction that reduces federal income taxes on Social Security benefits for most seniors and allows l

House Republicans are showing what tax reform looks like when it is built around working families and a simpler tax code. The Working Families Tax Cuts of 2025, enacted as part of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” are intended to streamline filing, lower taxes, and deliver meaningful relief to households across the country. For 91 percent of taxpayers, the policy centers on a simpler filing structure. The expanded standard deduction means families pay no federal income tax on

Social Security’s long-term financial problems are not the result of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s original design. They are the product of policy changes adopted decades later. When Social Security was created, it was intentionally modest. Benefits were structured to prevent old-age poverty, not to replace a large share of pre-retirement income. The program’s costs were kept low enough to remain affordable across generations, which is why Social Security enjoyed broad public suppo

Producer prices are moving higher again, and the trend is clear. Since “Liberation Day,” cost pressures faced by American producers have accelerated. That matters because producer prices act as an early warning sign. What businesses pay today often becomes what consumers pay tomorrow. The latest data confirm the shift. Producer prices rose 0.5 percent in December , equal to a 6.0 percent annualized rate . Core producer prices, which exclude food and energy, climbed even faste

Minnesota lawmakers are finally confronting an uncomfortable truth: government anti-poverty programs have become an open invitation to fraud, waste, and abuse. In several of the state’s largest cases, the schemes were centered in parts of Minnesota’s Somali community and involved billions of taxpayer dollars meant to help vulnerable families. That reality is not a smear. It is a documented policy failure. And it is a warning sign for the entire country. As Center for a Free E

Housing supply has emerged as a central concern among conservative tax and economic policy experts. Across multiple outlets and institutions, analysts are reaching the same conclusion. The tax code discourages homeowners from selling, reduces housing inventory, and drives prices higher. While the commentary continues to grow, Congress already has a clear solution. The U.S. House version is H.R. 1340 , and the Senate companion bill is S. 3332 . Together, they are titled the “M

The Center for a Free Economy is leading a coalition of 35 free-market and taxpayer-focused advocacy groups urging federal housing regulators to slow down proposed changes to mortgage credit standards that could destabilize the housing market. In a coalition letter organized and led by CFE, the groups warned Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte  that altering how credit scores are used in mortgage underwriting risks repeating the policy errors that contributed t

Virginia families are about to face higher electricity bills again, and this time it is by design. Governor Abigail Spanberger  has moved to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative , a multistate climate compact better known as RGGI. Supporters sell RGGI as a technical emissions program. In reality, it functions as a backdoor carbon tax that directly raises electricity prices for households and businesses. The track record is clear and it is not encouraging. What RGGI