The CFPB’s outdated rule on small-dollar lending punishes working-class Americans by restricting access to the very credit they rely on to make ends meet.
Topic: Presidency of Joe Biden
U.S. presidential admistration since 2021
Originally published at americanbanker.com on December 5, 2024. Thought exercise: What would your life look like without access to credit? No credit cards, no buying a house or vehicle without cash on hand and no access to something as simple as overdraft protection tied to a debit card. For most people, that would be somewhere between […]
Washington, DC – Today the Competitiveness Coalition announced the addition of Southwest Public Policy Institute as its newest member, bringing the total of organizations and individuals to 23. The addition arrives amid the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) continued losing streak, a litany of congressional probes and lawmakers’ return to Washington. The growing ranks of the […]
One of the country’s largest mineral reserves remains unmined amid environmental and legal challenges.
Texas has seen a significant increase in population and economic growth in recent years, attracting both domestic and foreign investment, largely due to the state’s favorable policies including no income tax, a reasonable regulatory burden, restrained government spending, as well as its successful energy sector.
At this time of uncertainty in the global marketplace, it is imperative to promote competitive and efficient supply chain solutions for the good of American economic security and competitive markets.
We urge the Department of Labor (DOL) to require transparency and disclosure to employers with respect to so-called “shared savings fees” under employer-sponsored health plans to better ascertain their propriety and impact upon millions of Americans.
American rail carriers are the latest to fall into the crosshairs of the White House.
Erin Norman, senior messaging strategist at State Policy Network, recently published critical commentary of President Joe Biden’s inflation-fighting plan. Introduced last week, Biden highlights his plan in the Wall Street Journal. Composed of over 1,100 words, he spent one third of the article telling Americans how good things are right now. But the public begs […]
Save for the rare instances where high start-up costs or other extreme barriers to entry are present or the potential customer base is extremely limited, most economists agree: Monopolies are bad for consumers. This thinking, now more than a century old, gave rise to the adoption of increasingly more comprehensive laws giving the federal government […]