income redistribution
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Welfare Reform at 30
In 1996, congressional Republicans and Democrat Bill Clinton collaborated to make much-needed changes to federal welfare programs.
The Homeless-Industrial Complex
When compassion stops solving the problem, you get an expensive, big, widespread, and seemingly intractable problem.
The Troubling Spirit (Airlines) of Big Government
As Milton Friedman once joked, “If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there’d be a shortage of sand.”
Dems Can’t Get Enough of Your Money
As Democrats nationwide scheme about how to raise taxes, the Associated Press thinks they’ve begun to love tax cuts.
Welfare Spigot on Full Force to Immigrants
A new study from the Center for Immigration Studies reveals just how thoroughly some illegals are cashing in on their illegal status.
Hochul’s FAFO on High Taxes
She told people to “get out” of New York. They did. Now, she insists they need to come back and “support the generous social programs” in the state.
The Left’s $4.4T Tax Hike
Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna want a 5% wealth tax on billionaires that they claim will fund more redistribution schemes.
With SNAP Limits, Prices Drop
Deflationary pressure has come from an unusual source: As states limit the items food stamps can buy, prices for some of those items fall.
The President Pitches Trump Accounts
“Decades from now, I believe the Trump Accounts will be remembered as one of the most transformative policy innovations of all time.”
Fraud? Newsom Tells Walz to Hold His Beer
California has nearly seven times the population of Minnesota, so it’s not surprising that there’s more fraud, but still — $33 billion is a lot of money.
Temporary ObamaCare Subsidies Forever
Good news — at least the House-passed legislation extending enhanced subsidies through 2028 isn’t yet the law of the land.
Minnesota’s Fraud Scandal Reveals a Deeper National Security Crisis
Sixty years of policy decisions created vulnerabilities that adversaries now exploit — and Tim Walz’s Minnesota is just the latest example.
Looking Beyond Minnesota’s Fraud Scandal
How fraud, non-assimilation, language, logistics, and an opaque informal banking system combine to create a national security issue.
The Silver Lining in Minnesota
Yes, the fraudulent abuse of taxpayers has been awful in the Land of 10,000 Daycares, but we now know and can shut it down.
Who Gets SNAP Money and How Do They Spend It?
The Trump administration is working to root out waste, fraud, and abuse, as well as stop people from buying junk food, which then leads to taxpayer spending on healthcare.
Stop the Fraud, Save the System: Minnesota Shows Why Enforcement Matters
From housing assistance to nutritional aid, program after program appears to have been exploited, costing taxpayers dearly.
Snapping Shut the Food Stamps Purse
Finally, after the Schumer Shutdown fiasco, a presidential administration has seen fit to reform our nation’s wildly popular food-stamp program.
The High Price of Help
Subsidies always inflate the price of what they’re meant to make affordable.
Illegals DO Get Healthcare Money
Despite Democrat objections and Leftmedia fact-checks in recent weeks, money is fungible, and federal money goes to states that pay for illegal aliens’ healthcare.
Hysterical SNAP Crowd Threatens to Loot
If you’re able-bodied enough to push a cart full of groceries out of a store without paying, you’re able-bodied enough to push that same cart at work.