To Get More Federal Money, States Claiming Volunteer Organizations are a Form...
One of the great triumphs of the federal welfare reform legislation passed in the mid-1990s was an insistence that states lay down tough work requirements for welfare recipients as a condition of...
View ArticleLeftist Racists
At The American Spectator, I blasted yet another leftist for projecting her own race-baiting onto Republicans. As it turns out, the editors of National Review did a much more thorough and thoughtful...
View Article‘ObamaPhone’ Program Grew Almost $1 Billion Since 2008
Fox News explains the ‘ObamaPhone’ program lauded by an enthusiastic recipient in this viral video: The video is drawing attention to the government program — Lifeline — as a national debate unfolds on...
View Article5 Points Romney Should Make in Tonight’s Debate
The Heritage Foundation tees up five issues that so far haven’t been mentioned in the Romney-Obama or Ryan-Biden matchups: 1) Welfare Reform 2) Trade 3) Medicaid 4) Federal Spending...
View ArticleObama Has Spent 56% More than Taxes Brought In
Larry Kudlow: “…reporter Jeffrey H. Anderson uses a Treasury Department study to chronicle the 7-Eleven presidency. In fiscal year 2012, ending September 30, the government spent nearly $11 for every...
View ArticleObama and America’s Historic Poverty Rate
Byron York says when it comes to talking about America’s historically high poverty rate, “Barack Obama ignores the issue when it comes time to campaign. A sky-high poverty rate doesn’t fit his theme...
View ArticleAfter Immigration Reform, Then What?
Peter Beinart says the GOP’s “Hispanic problem” is about more than just immigration reform and competing forms of amnesty: Hispanics do feel that the economic system is “stacked against them” and they...
View Article“America Works” Better With Less Welfare
Peter Cove writes in City Journal about the success of America Works, his for-profit company that specializes in getting jobs for long-term welfare recipients: In the past 27 years, America Works has...
View ArticleHidden Costs of Gang’s Immigration Bill
Andrew Stiles explains the reality behind the Gang of Eight claim that illegal immigrants won’t be eligible for public benefits until 13 years after being legalized: “A notable loophole in the Gang’s...
View ArticleAn Idle Generation
Following on Ashton’s post below (many of the themes of which appear in my column for this week), it’s crucial to note that the hazards presented by Obamacare’s incentives for lower-income Americans to...
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