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October 29, 2025
Who Is at Risk of Losing Snap Benefits Due to the Shutdown?
…the US to help them afford groceries. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) that oversees SNAP has for several weeks informed state officials and federal lawmakers that, unless Congress acts, they do…
October 28, 2025
Suspending SNAP Benefits in November Could Push 2.9 Million People Into Poverty
…most important safety net programs in the United States, providing food assistance to 42.7 million people in an average month in 2024, at an annual cost of just over $100 billion. Policymakers…
October 21, 2025
Childcare Regulation and Affordability
…the high cost of broadly subsidizing care and possible adverse effects on families and children. Yet policymakers have paid little attention to how existing regulations limit childcare supply and increase…
October 21, 2025
Reliability of Government Data Often Requires Asterisks, a Hazard That Predates Liberal Gripes About Trump Manipulating Statistics
…that the Department of Labor had “improperly presented state-reported claims volumes as the number of individuals claiming benefits.” Some lawmakers went even further. In arguing for an enormous Democrat-drafted relief bill that…
October 15, 2025
Don’t Choose Your Own Adventure: Understanding Middle-Class Earnings Trends
…includes the disabled and sick. It includes homemakers. Moreover, it includes part-year and part-time workers. If the relative sizes of these groups change over time, that can affect earnings trends….
September 24, 2025
Subsidized Housing and Upward Mobility
…trade-offs.” Policymakers would do well to take note of the tradeoffs associated with a flat-rent policy and attempt to mitigate their downsides when crafting and negotiating potential reforms. A final…
September 23, 2025
Why the USDA Is Justified in Ending the Food Security Survey
…people reporting hunger at times because they could not afford food. Policymakers and the media often conflate these broader food insecurity conditions with hunger, distorting the true picture of hunger…
September 23, 2025
Trump Halts ‘Food Insecurity’ Report — Because Democrats’ Doublespeak Is Falling Flat
…using “everyday language” like “the hungry” and “the homeless” to more effectively “fight for the poor.” Third Way hit the nail on the head. In recent decades, progressive policymakers have intentionally promoted neologisms like…
September 23, 2025
A Second Reconciliation Bill Should Focus On Reducing Deficits
…starting to bring deficits down. To do so, lawmakers should follow three principles: set a firm goal of cutting deficits, repeat what works, and avoid future budget-busting spending. First, lawmakers…
September 3, 2025
The Shifting Composition Of SNAP Households
…ago, when the majority of SNAP households included children. This trend has important implications for the future of SNAP that federal policymakers should consider. Highlights SNAP has grown substantially in…