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December 29, 2025
To restore hope for families in poverty, let states lead on welfare reform
…Insurance Program as of August 2025. Millions more benefited from childcare assistance, rental subsidies or other federally supported services. The United States is a generous nation, and most agree that…
December 23, 2025
If you care about poverty, ditch the ACA expanded subsidies
…spending. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the cost of extending the enhanced subsidies is roughly $350 billion over 10 years. In a recent report for the National Academies of…
December 23, 2025
The Policy Lessons from Minnesota’s Massive Welfare Fraud
…who deserve serious jail time. But it means that, unless addressed in Washington, the same flaws will continue to leave welfare programs across the nation open to abuse. Not Just…
December 11, 2025
Trump Family Policy Fails to Deliver at the One-Year Mark
…ideology” and urging America to follow Hungary’s pro-natal policy initiatives. For his part, Trump has said, “We want to make it easier for all couples to have babies, raise children,…
December 10, 2025
How Misreading Somali Poverty Led Minnesota into Its Largest Welfare Scandal
…of Prince. The state had no reason to conclude cracking down on welfare fraud among new immigrants from a nation beset by corrupt government was racist. But, in the wake…
December 9, 2025
Has Marriage Fallen Because Young Adults Can’t Afford Homes?
…from 72 percent in 1980 to 62 percent in 2025 (and was 67 percent in 2023). It’s Not Clear the Age of First-Time Homebuyers Has Increased According to the National Association…
December 1, 2025
Apocalypse Not
…But he revealed to @MTSInsights that the figures were for Essex County, New Jersey. (In fact, they are here.) Now, you might think “conservative, national-average data” reflects the national average or,…
November 30, 2025
Our Economy Is Not Stagnant
Both sides of the political aisle are misleadingly bleak about the state of the American worker. A national Pew survey conducted in April of this year found that 56 percent…
November 27, 2025
The Real Math of Survival?
…to spend less than average on vacations. If you are spending the average amount on every category of product purchased by citizens of one of the richest nations the world…
November 25, 2025
Congress should restore local autonomy over homeless aid
…local innovation and reduce the long-run effectiveness of homeless aid. The Biden administration weakened the nation’s response to homelessness by rejecting local autonomy, but so too does the Trump administration’s…