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Bill Would Require States to Use Future Federal Funds to Repay Unemployment Loans First
Yesterday Rep. Vince Fong (R-CA) introduced H.R. 8892, the “Creating Accountability in Loan (CAL) Repayment Act,” which amends federal law governing loans to states that have exhausted their unemployment insurance…
Op-Ed
When Washington Picks Up the States’ Tab, Waste and Fraud Follow
Congress has caught on that how welfare and related programs are funded, and who does the spending, helps explain how much fraud and abuse they suffer. That’s one lesson from…
Op-Ed
Dem Policymakers Plan to Exploit AI Job Fears to Push the ‘Perfect Recipe for Fraud’
Behind the scenes in Washington, many policymakers are planning for an economic disruption: potential job displacement caused by AI. Yet some act like today’s safety net doesn’t exist, despite the…
Report
Beyond “Do No Harm”: The Next Era of Value-Based Accountability Policy
…while charging very different prices, leaving students in markedly different financial positions. This omission matters because cost is central to how students experience the value of higher education. Borrowing $20,000…
Op-Ed
Why First-Time Buyer Age Isn’t Rising—Even as Housing Gets Less Affordable
…helps explain why first-time buyer age is a poor indicator of housing access. What matters far more than age is purchasing power—the ability to afford a home given income, savings,…
Report
An Extra Point for Attendance: The Impact of High School Varsity Athletics on Absenteeism
…absence rate for white students is still lower than the unexcused absence rates for students of other races after controlling for other factors. Sports Participation Matters More for Female, Poor,…
Op-Ed
Missing Boy Jacob Pritchett Is a Reminder of Why We Can’t Leave Disabled Kids with Ill-Equipped Parents
…had a child, that she is barren and, also, that she is Jesus Christ. Police found blood in the apartment and on a mattress outside. Jacob’s mother has his name…
Commentary
The More Things Change, Medicaid Edition
…take the matter into their own hands by ordering a staff investigation. Their findings were shocking. As summarized in a story that ran in the New York Times, the investigators…
Op-ed
Compiling My Work on Work Incentives
…Angela Rachidi, Matt Weidinger, and me on the importance of work incentives in evaluating safety net policies, as well as a few multi-authored pieces. Beyond these highlights, on the webpage…
Commentary
Assessing Duplicative Federal Benefit Programs and Preventing Abuse
…program, see Matt Weidinger, “Why Even Permanent Benefit Expansions Are Never Enough,” AEIdeas, September 27, 2022, https://www.aei.org/opportunity-social-mobility/why-even-permanent-benefit-expansions-are-never-enough/. [7] Matt Weidinger, “Automatic Stimulus”: How It Would Have Increased the Record Unemployment Benefits, American Enterprise Institute,…
Op-Ed
Congress Gave Families a Raise. Now Let Parents Decide How to Use It.
…for an infant now exceeds the cost of in-state college tuition in most states. And decades of research confirm a truth parents have long known: a child’s earliest years matter most for…