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July 31, 2023
Biden’s Under-the-Radar Budget Bomb: A New Student Loan Repayment Plan
The Biden administration hasn’t been shy about spending money, and spending on higher education policy has been no exception. The most obvious channel for (attempted) spending was the illegal plan…
July 31, 2023
The Utah Model: Workforce Programs and Services Integration Tool Kit
…provide a foundational understanding of the innovative components of the Utah DWS model, leading to actionable strategies for policymakers. Read the PDF. Executive Summary This tool kit provides an updated…
July 28, 2023
The Time Is Now for Workforce Innovation
…would help address deficiencies and inefficiencies in the WIOA system that policymakers in Congress and the Biden Administration should study closely. Their recommendations include: Reducing preliminary eligibility paperwork at local…
July 26, 2023
How Worker Benefits Turn into Welfare
…paid during the pandemic, whose costs were added to the deficit instead of being funded by state and federal payroll taxes. With temporary pandemic programs now expired, liberal policymakers propose…
July 25, 2023
Not Just Tulsa
…L. Franklin preached—and his daughter Aretha sang—at the New Bethel Baptist Church before it was torn down. Owner-occupancy of small two- and three-family homes was common. Public housing by its…
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…