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December 27, 2024
DOGE Can Drive Reforms in America’s Broken Safety Net Programs
…Reforms help people rise out of poverty through program consolidation, reducing administrative costs, and ensuring states are better stakeholders with financial skin-in-the-game. The hallmark 1996 welfare reform law should serve as a…
December 5, 2024
SNAP and the “Make America Healthy Again” Agenda
…purchase with SNAP, policymakers would not only improve the health of participating households, but it would also likely lead retailers to supply and market their products differently—having impacts far beyond…
November 1, 2024
Kamala Harris’s Policy Book Doesn’t Even Mention Immigration
…border crisis in U.S. history — probably the largest such event in human history,” according to Mark Krikorian of CIS. Secondary effects have been equally prominent. Customs and Border Protection data indicate…
September 19, 2024
Government benefit programs already do a lot to help low income families
…is the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program, and assumes a payment standard of $2,082 per month, which is equal to the county-weighted average of Fair Market Rents across all…
August 29, 2024
Kamala Harris Wants to Turn the Tax Code into a Mammoth ATM
…And the Harris campaign promises to “cut taxes” to “help Americans afford health insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace” without a hint of irony. These plans would only expand…
June 18, 2024
Economic Opportunity and Social Mobility
…Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. The evidence is ambiguous as to whether America’s absolute mobility looks worse than or the same as that of Denmark and the…
June 18, 2024
Answering Key Questions About Unemployment Insurance Reforms
…UI programs, including those operating in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. The “insurance” in its name marks UI as part of a broader array…
May 22, 2024
Missed Opportunities in the Proposed Farm Bill
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson’s proposed Farm Bill reauthorization, The Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024, heads to committee markup today. The Farm Bill is a tough reauthorization…
March 4, 2024
Exploring America’s Social Safety Net And The Political Fights Around It
…to a relatively low level. Geoff Bennett:As a congressional staffer, Weidinger helped draft the landmark welfare reform law in the 1990s. The legislation followed years of anti-welfare sentiment driven by…
February 29, 2024
Recalling Pandemic Lessons on “Self-Certifying” Eligibility
…of $191 billion and the staggering $400 billion calculated by private experts. That catastrophe goes unmentioned in last week’s DOL guidance, which marks at least the third time since pandemic benefits ended that DOL…