Opinion
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FCC Approves Expansion into ‘ObamaNet’ Broadband Subsidy
Opinion -The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has decided to expand the LifeLine telephone subsidy program, funded by the Universal Service Fund (USF) fee, which is collected from taxpayers’ telephone bills, to include broadband Internet service for -
Commonsense Solutions for America’s Entitlement Crisis
Opinion -Review of Power to the People: The New Road to Freedom and Prosperity for the Poor, Seniors, and Those Most in Need of the World’s Best Health Care, by Peter Ferrara (The Heartland Institute), 2015, 149 pages; ISBN-13: 978-1934791530: $12.95 on Amazon. -
Ohio’s Obamacare Expansion Already $1 Billion Over Budget
Opinion -If Ohio Gov. John Kasich can fundraise as fast as he’s spending Obamacare money, he’s a shoo-in for the Republican presidential nomination. After just 17 months, Kasich’s Obamacare expansion has cost federal taxpayers $3.7 billion. -
Massachusetts Begins Reforming Welfare-to-Work Program
Opinion -Massachusetts lawmakers, working to move people from dependency on the state’s entitlement programs by returning them to work, announced the creation of “WorkFirst,” a comprehensive initiative to reform the state’s welfare system. -
Texas Lawmaker Proposes Statewide Ridesharing Legalization
Opinion -Responding to a crackdown on sharing-economy alternatives to taxicab company monopolies in San Antonio, a Texas lawmaker is proposing standardizing the state’s transportation regulations, in order to encourage competition and innovation in the state. -
Missouri Senate Passes Welfare Reform Bill
Opinion -A bill passed by the Missouri Senate would add new eligibility and work requirements for recipients of federal welfare benefits. -
SNAP Rolls Continue to Increase As Program Ensnares Families in Dependency
Opinion -The US Department of Agriculture reported in January 46,674,364 Americans were receiving food stamp assistance at the beginning of Fiscal Year 2015. -
Medicaid Reform Offers More Compassionate Options for the Poor
Opinion -Financing for Medicaid, the national entitlement program providing health care for the poor, is shared with the states under a specific formula, with the federal government paying about 60 percent of the total costs. -
Does a Mental Condition Impact Your Ability to Shop? The Government Mandates You Answer
Opinion -The ABC affiliate here in Chicago the other day aired a story on the constant efforts by the federal government to learn about … well, everything about you.Investigative reporter Chuck Goudie notes that what the U.S. -
What Is Wealth Redistribution All About?
Opinion -Ever since then-candidate Obama's brief exchange with "Joe the Plumber" there has been plenty of mention of wealth redistribution in the major media. -
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Milton Friedman: What’s Wrong with Welfare?
Opinion -In this video, Nobel-Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman examines the modern welfare state and discusses why it doesn't work in the long run. As we're now seeing, the long run appears to be catching up with America. -
Ways to Limit Social Security’s Drag on Economic Growth
Opinion -Despite the lack of action, most policymakers understand the urgency of the federal entitlement crisis, and specifically, of the need to reform the largest entitlements—Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid—to constrain cost growth. -
Social Security Old Age, Disability Benefits Hit Record High
Opinion -The federal government hit a new high in Social Security and disability benefit payments a full month before the end of the fiscal year on September 30. -
Trustee: ‘Social Security’s Prospects Grimmer Than Commonly Understood’
Opinion -One of my duties as a public Social Security trustee is to explain the program’s financial condition, both formally as a signer of the annual Board report, and less formally in published summaries, articles, interviews, and Congressional testimony. -
Social Security Belly Up by 2033
Opinion -Social Security has an unfunded liability of $8. -
To Improve Education and Economy, Legislators Must Strengthen Marriage
Opinion -When I (Cynthia) attended Logan Elementary School in Wilmette, Illinois, we students were sent home for lunch with the understanding our parents would feed and send us back for the afternoon session an hour later. -
Kansas Tightens Welfare Standards to Boost Jobs
Opinion -Kansas' largest welfare agency quietly changed some key rules in November for applying for food stamps and other assistance, which state officials say will save taxpayers at least $10 million annually. -
Welfare Reform after Ten Years: Did Your State ‘End Welfare as We Know it?’
Opinion -When President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, he gave the states unprecedented flexibility in implementing welfare reform. -
Low-Tax States Cut Poverty Rates: Study
Opinion -Fiscally prudent states appear to be winning the war on poverty, according to a recent study by the Goldwater Institute, which found low-tax and low-spending states are more successful at reducing poverty than their high-tax, high-spending counterparts. -
Reformer Steers Casey to Help Children and Families
Opinion -"Big money relating to the problems of the disadvantaged is already in government," said Gary MacDougal, the driving force behind Casey Strategic Consulting's aid to state and local youth and family services agencies. -
Integrating Services Helps Parents Help Children
Opinion -"The mission of the Casey Foundation is to improve outcomes for children and families, and you can't help children without helping parents. That's how we come at this," said Kathleen Feely, Casey Strategic Consulting's managing director. -
Foundation Helps States Reorganize Social Services
Opinion -B.J. Walker vividly remembers the call her department received shortly after she became commissioner of the Georgia Department of Human Resources in May 2004. A woman and her two young daughters were living in a car. -
L.A. Gets $17 Million Homeless Shelter
Opinion -A $17 million shelter for the homeless that recently opened in Los Angeles has been drawing sharp criticism from advocates for the homeless. Midnight Mission, a private organization, opened the shelter in April.