entitlements
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Government
Questionable California Priorities Are About to Hit Pocket Books
by Ronald Stein April 17, 2020Taxing the rich has seemed to be one of the Band-Aid solutions for California’s budget, but that’s dangerous as seventy percent of the General Fund is already provided by personal taxes on just five percent of the population.
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EconomicsGovernment
Millennials Given Responsibility to Pay for Retirement Programs Investment Deficiencies
by Ronald Stein April 8, 2020In these trying times coping with the Coronavirus, and its huge impact on businesses and employment, the younger generations have been set up to pick up some the costs of the defined benefits that their parents and grandparents voted in for themselves.
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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.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedHealth Care
‘Now Arrives the Hour of Action’ for Federal Entitlement Reform
by Jesse Hathaway April 8, 2017In 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.”
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As Republicans contemplate repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA or “ObamaCare”)—seriously, not just as a political gesture—alarms are sounding about millions of individuals losing coverage.
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Budgets/TaxesFeaturedPodcast
In The Tank (ep64) – How Will a Trump Presidency Affect Budget and Tax Policy?
by Donald Kendal November 18, 2016With John out of the office, Donny is joined by Jesse Hathaway, research fellow and managing editor of Budget & Tax News, in episode #64 of the In The Tank Podcast. Today’s podcast features work from the Commonwealth Foundation, the Tax Foundation, and the Mercatus Center.