If you don't take Oliver Anthony's surprise hit song too seriously, it's a lot of fun. Regrettably, a lot of people are taking the song much too seriously indeed.
New work requirements will target those over age 50, but the debt ceiling deal also loosens existing work requirements for those under age 50.
Falling birthrates, pro-natalist policies, and the limits of population control
Can Americans afford to welcome the huddled masses?
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A Pennsylvania survey suggests that taxes are often a major barrier to economic security, ranking ahead of credit card debt and student loans.
When I was young, I assumed government would lift people out of poverty. But those policies often do more harm than good.
The Congressional Budget Office projects that future deficits will explode. But there's a way out.
The policy has some bipartisan support, despite the fact that it has mostly been a failure since its inception.
It's an expensive policy with little upside.
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With government meddling, many farmers end up doing less with more, and people end up paying more for less.
The G Word, a new documentary, only occasionally covers serious issues. But it opts not to do honest reporting.
Possibly the federal government's most efficient pandemic spending effort.
Democrats pander to immigrants but do little to liberalize the system. Meanwhile, Republicans' hostility to immigrants has increased.
How the former NFL quarterback convinced Mississippi to spend its public assistance money on a volleyball facility.
Whether the federal government should be subsidizing families at all is another matter.
Republicans have thrived since Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to 2.7 million mostly Mexican illegal immigrants in 1986.
Plus: perpetual "scope creep" of the welfare state
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Palm Springs officials aren't off the hook for questionable decisions, but the spending isn't what it looks like.
The government has learned nothing about affordable housing in the 50 years since Pruitt-Igoe came toppling down.
Both Republicans and Democrats want to address poverty with big government.
For decades, libertarians have focused on illiberalism coming from the political left. But authoritarianism has taken root among many conservatives across the world.
Harvey, who died last week, dedicated his life to supporting human pleasure along with the power to manage it responsibly.
Can the government really cut everyone a check without bankrupting the country and killing labor force participation?
"Spending trillions more on new and expanded government programs, when we can't even pay for the essential social programs...is the definition of fiscal insanity."
Biden's American Families Plan would put most working-age American households on the dole.
Growing evidence confirms that barriers to immigration make us all worse off.
The idea of attaching fewer strings to government assistance is gaining currency.
Even the president's most entrenched political opposition cannot seem to find much to engage or enrage.
Unemployment is falling but fraudulent jobless claims are still skyrocketing in some places.
Using the process of elimination, the culprit seems clear.
Urban Democrats may be leading the charge, but Republicans, too, have enlisted.
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No country gets out of poverty through redistribution of income.
More Puerto Ricans live in the 50 states than on the island, and it’s not hard to see why.
The government's coronavirus-related unemployment benefits are encouraging some to stay unemployed.
In response to Biden's child tax credits, Sen. Josh Hawley proposes paying parents $1,000 per month—if they're married—and $500 per month if they're single.
From protests to the coronavirus, it thinks it can protect you from anything.
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The jury is still out about whether broad parental subsidies improve outcomes for children
The pandemic relief bill isn't just a one-time splurge. It's the start of a new era of federal spending.
The tech billionaire isn't alone among the mega-wealthy in getting piles of money from government at all levels, say the authors of Welfare for the Rich.
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In most circumstances, parents would be eligible to receive $3,000 per child annually, doled out in monthly checks. It could be a major overhaul of how the federal government handles welfare.
Maxine Eichner's The Free-Market Family laments the bad public policy that makes it hard for parents to juggle work and child care, but often arrives at the wrong solutions.
In a new documentary, Steele argues that the "story of victimization" was an attempt to "win power."
A new documentary argues that Great Society liberalism laid the foundation for 2014's police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
How politicians used the drug war and the welfare state to break up black and Native American families
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