American Enterprise Institute (AEI) economist Aparna Mathur explains that the way to promote income equality is to lower corporate taxes.

When we empower bureaucrats to make huge personal decisions for us, it becomes impossible to avoid trampling on liberty.

President Obama’s budget speech on Monday expanded on the theme of economic “fairness,” like his State of the Union speech in January. He lectured Americans that if critical steps are not taken, the rise of the middle class will be threatened and disparities between the rich and the rest will...

But the mere existence of income inequality tells us little about what, if anything, should be done about it.

Shifting government workers to 401(k)-style plans would offer greater transparency and keep benefits in line with the private economy.

Paul Ryan wants the wealthy to give something back: the billions of dollars in government benefits, taxpayer subsidies and corporate welfare they receive each year and do not need.

Obama wanted to raise capital gains rates even if the government got less revenue because of "fairness." Evidently he likes taking people's money away. What he doesn't explain is why this makes anyone better off.

While conservatives have criticized the economic principles and class-baiting cadences of Obama’s budget rhetoric, no one has answered his fundamental charge that the Ryan plan is unfair. This is a lost opportunity. Advocates for limited government can win the fairness argument in a walk.