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July 21, 2023
Why Freedom Conservatism Matters
…capitalism removed, or obscured, the Communist threat. Congress lowered marginal tax rates and exempted more Americans from income taxes. Lawmakers imposed time limits and work requirements on welfare, and caseloads…
July 18, 2023
Yet More Absurdities in Biden’s Housing Policy
…the housing crash of 2008. Unfortunately, policymakers keep dreaming up new and equally absurd housing policies. The latest move comes from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), the government’s lender for low-income Americans,…
July 17, 2023
The Latest Extraordinary Findings on Pandemic Improper Payments
A recently released US Government Accountability Office (GAO) report benignly titled “A Framework for Managing Improper Payments in Emergency Assistance Programs” serves as a forward-looking guide for policymakers responding to future emergencies….
July 17, 2023
Testimony: The Child Tax Credit: 25 Years Later
…the positive design features that have made the EITC (and by extension the CTC) one of the most effective anti-poverty policies we have. Policymakers should consider the potential negative implications…
July 17, 2023
The Problem with Lived Experience
…Verghese, whose group includes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, MacKenzie Scott, and the Skoll Foundation, says this shift has been “the result of generations of change makers calling on…
July 13, 2023
Republicans Step Up to Lead on Higher Education Reform
…given a hand up by such programs. Meanwhile, Republicans are leaning into realistic solutions that will reduce students’ debt burden and hold poorly-performing universities accountable. While forward-looking Republican lawmakers like…
July 12, 2023
Employment in SNAP: Setting the Record Straight
…in the QC data, policymakers are rightfully concerned that so few are employed while receiving benefits, especially when the economy is strong and employers are struggling to find workers. There…
July 10, 2023
Reforming the EITC to Reduce Single Parenthood and Ease Work-Family Balance
…should torment policymakers today. One way that policy can potentially reverse this trend is by addressing the ways that our safety net has weakened marital childbearing and childrearing. But we…
July 3, 2023
Child Welfare’s Ideological Enforcer
…media can influence the funding flows and intellectual trajectory of the field. It will take some brave researchers, editors, and policymakers to steer child welfare policy away from their nonsense….
June 30, 2023
House Republican Plan Penalizes Marriage
…is a family-friendly contingent among congressional Republicans in the Senate, led by figures such as Sens. Marco Rubio, Marsha Blackburn, Mitt Romney, Mike Lee, and J.D. Vance. These lawmakers recognize…