Wisconsin’s Great Recession Recovery Shows The Path Forward After COVID-19: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
A new study shows a clear path forward as Americans stare another recession in the face thanks to COVID-19. The most important focus? Jobs, jobs, jobs.
Mississippi Food Stamp Work Requirements Save State Taxpayers $93 Million Every Year
The authors found that those weaned off of taxpayer support flourished across 716 industries and saw wages double just one year off of government assistance.
Analysis: If America’s Poor Were Their Own Nation, They’d Be Among The World’s Richest
America’s poorest people spend more per year than does the average resident in the rest of the world’s developed nations. Where do they get all that money? Well, a lot of it is from taxpayers.
Nanny Staters Say Home Cooking Is Unrealistic. Here Are 5 Ways To Prove Them Wrong
If your friend’s friend cooks organic vegan tacos and only shops at the local farmer’s market, who cares? Cheesy broccoli in the oven is better than an artisan salad from the refrigerated section.
Arkansas’s Successful Work Requirements For Food Stamps Should Be Replicated With Medicaid
Work requirements for able-bodied adults have immense potential to lift low-income families up and help them break the cycle of dependency.
Study: The No. 1 Reason Any Americans Are Poor Is They’re Not Working
The No. 2 reason is making kids before marriage. This means not working and pre-marital childbearing are not just the two leading causes of U.S. poverty, but almost the only causes of U.S. poverty.
Other Politicians Should Follow Ron DeSantis’s Lead In Draining The Farm Bill Swamp
The farm bill represents an unholy alliance between lawmakers looking to give wealthy farmers more subsidies and lawmakers looking to expand food stamps.
6 In 10 Able-Bodied Food Stamp Recipients Do Not Work At All. That Has To Change
Despite near-record low unemployment and a record number of open jobs, the number of able-bodied adults on food stamps remains at a near-record 21 million.
No, One-Third of American College Students Aren’t Homeless And Hungry
Media are blowing a problem of hunger on college campuses way out of proportion. Some kids struggle, sure, but there’s no real evidence of a crisis.
5 Welfare Scams Happening Right Now That Prove We Need Reform
These crimes are resulting in stolen resources from the truly needy and the robbery of taxpayer money that could be spent on education, public safety, and roads.
Radio: Reforming Welfare, Health Care, And Drug Policy At The State Level
“We have about 41 million Americans who are on food stamps right now. Half of that is able-bodied adults and most of whom are not working.”
Trump Is Right To Let States Impose Work Requirements for Medicaid
Medicaid expansion has gotten out of control. Work requirements will give able-bodied Medicaid enrollees what they really need: full employment.
Babies Start Learning Language In The Womb. What Does That Mean For Generational Poverty?
A recent study from researchers at the University of Kansas shows that the brain begins building the foundation of language as much as a month before birth.
4 False Memes Abortion Supporters Pushed About The March For Life
If you don’t think government is better at meeting people’s needs than families and communities, you can’t be pro-life. Or, at least, that’s what abortion proponents want you to think.
You Won’t Believe How Much Food Stamp Recipients Spend On Soda
New data from the United States Department of Agriculture reveals food stamp recipients spent more on soda than vegetables.
Replacing Obamacare Won’t Be Enough To Fix Our Health-Care Problems
A new health coverage plan, no matter how excellent, cannot solve the problems of dysfunction and addiction. That requires a different strategy.
Nobody In America Lives On $2 Per Day
Contrary to what some say, welfare reform has not increased the number of Americans living, like people in the Third World, on $2 per day.
School Lunch Shouldn’t Be Middle-Class Welfare
House Republicans propose reducing—not eliminating—the number of middle-class families who get taxpayers to pay for their kids’ school lunches. Democrats go wild.
Why Poor Locales Vote For People Who Promise To Slash Welfare
The Americans most inclined to tap government benefits and to think of welfare as a good thing are also the least likely to participate in the democratic process.
7 Way To Roll Back The Welfare State
What specific reforms that are politically possible would prepare the ground for a real scaling back of the welfare state?
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