Opinion
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New Book Presents Solutions for Financially Insolvent Entitlement Programs
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Provides straightforward explanations and direct, simple solutions to the nation’s entitlements crisis. -
Can Democrats Save Entitlements And Healthcare?
Opinion -Editorial -Both parties and all candidates have deep flaws, and problems have no sound-bite solutions. But at this point in history, there is a civil war over foundational principles. The agenda of a candidate’s party counts. -
$1 Trillion Deficits and the Crisis of the Entitlement State
Opinion -Editorial -In case you have missed them since the early years of the Obama administration, the $1 trillion-a-year federal budget deficits are coming back, beginning with Uncle Sam’s new fiscal year for 2019, which starts on October 1, 2018. -
Wisconsin Enacts Entitlement Reforms
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a series of bills reforming the state’s entitlement programs. -
Entitlement Reform Would Give Wisconsinites a Real Helping Hand
Opinion -Editorial -A package of bills approved by the Wisconsin Senate that are currently awaiting Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) signature. -
Entitlement Reform Unlikely in 2018, Ryan Says
Opinion -budget-tax-news -Congress will probably not enact entitlement reforms in 2018, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) says. -
Why It’s So Difficult to Reform Entitlement Programs: Friedrich Hayek and the Libertarian Perspective
Opinion -Editorial -Republicans in Congress appear to be at an impasse in their efforts to reform health care programs. -
IMF, CBO: Deficits, Entitlement Spending Slowing Economic Recovery
Opinion -budget-tax-news -The International Monetary Fund (IMF), an organization promoting global financial cooperation, predicts U.S. economic growth will be sluggish for the rest of 2017 and 2018, a forecast echoed by an official U.S. government forecast. -
Reform Entitlements to Help People, Not Government
Opinion -Editorial -By reforming government-run entitlement programs, lawmakers can start reversing a decades-long trend of trapping people in poverty — causing harm in the name of providing help. States are already leading the way. -
‘Now Arrives the Hour of Action’ for Federal Entitlement Reform
Opinion -Editorial -In his inaugural address in January, President Donald Trump promised “the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer . . . the time for empty talk is over, now arrives the hour of action.” -
Maine Lawmakers’ Entitlement Reform Builds on Previous Successes
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A bill approved by Maine lawmakers earlier this year took effect nearly twenty years after the passage of federal entitlement reforms, building on those reforms at the state level. -
Federal Entitlement Spending, Debt Set to Explode, CBO Reports
Opinion -budget-tax-news -A new report by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts the total amount of liabilities, or debt, owed by the U.S. government will exceed 141 percent of the country’s GDP by 2046. -
Entitlement Reform Remains in Limbo as Democrats Stall on Proposing Federal Budget
Opinion -Although Democrats have assailed the federal budget proposed by Republicans, which the House of Representatives voted for earlier this year, they have yet to propose a similar measure of their own. -
Medicare Debate Will Decide Entitlement Future
Opinion -The escalating political debate about the future of Medicare reveals a fear of change coupled with the growing recognition that change is essential to sustain the program for the future.Medicare is facing $38 trillion in red ink. -
Health Care Entitlements and Fiscal Future Debated
Opinion -At an event in Milwaukee hosted by the Concord Coalition, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and former Service Employees International Union President Andy Stern met to discuss the fiscal future of the United States in a debate which focused on health care reform. -
Maine Entitlement Reforms, Audits Cut ‘SNAP’ Fraud Rates
Opinion -Entitlement reforms in Maine have led to a decline in the amount of one type of program fraud occurring in the state, state officials report. -
Lawmakers Debate Post Office Entitlement Changes, Reorganization
Opinion -Members of Congress are developing a plan to shift and reorganize costs incurred by the struggling U.S. Postal Service (USPS) in an attempt to reform the quasi-government agency’s operations. In fiscal year 2015, USPS spent $5. -
California State Pension Board Overrides San Diego’s Entitlement Reforms
Opinion -San Diego, California lawmakers are appealing a ruling by the state’s labor relations board that rolls back pension entitlement reforms approved by voters four years ago. -
Tax, Entitlement Reform Question Heads Toward Maine Ballot
Opinion -Maine voters will get a chance to vote directly on significant tax and entitlement spending reforms proposed by Gov. Paul LePage (R) and blocked by lawmakers, if a referendum question currently being circulated makes it to the ballot in November 2016. -
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. -
Is Free School Lunch the Next Great American Entitlement Program?
Opinion -by Julie Kelly and Jeff StierAs Congress considers changes to the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA), one little-known section of the law is expected to sharply increase the number of students receiving free lunch (and breakfast) over the next several -
GAO: Entitlement Fraud and Waste on the Rise
Opinion -The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reported federal government fraud and waste increased from fiscal year 2013 to fiscal year 2014. Improper payments rose by $18.9 billion, or 17 percent. -
Entitlement Cost Explosion Drives Alabama Budget Shortfalls
Opinion -The state of Alabama is projecting a $265 million deficit this year, caused primarily by ballooning costs for entitlement programs such as Medicaid. In 2003, Alabama spent $220 million on Medicaid. -
Congress Pays For Entitlement Expansion With Cut To Penis Pumps
Opinion -The House and Senate are preparing to vote on the “Achieving a Better Life Experience” (ABLE) Act, a bipartisan bill that establishes tax-favored savings accounts for those with disabilities.