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Alabama Welfare Work Requirements Would Benefit Everyone, Including Families

written by Jesse Hathaway

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Celebrating 20 Years of Successful Welfare Reform

by Logan Pike August 22, 2016

Aug. 22 marks the 20th anniversary of President Bill Clinton and congressional Republicans’ bipartisan Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). This landmark welfare reform law substantially changed the U.S. welfare system for the first time in more than six decades. PRWORA instituted work requirements, imposed time limits, and allowed states to craft their own welfare programs through the newly formed Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

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Block Grants Would Prevent Medicaid ‘Pac Man’ from Gobbling up Budgets

by Jesse Hathaway October 2, 2015

By following through on entitlement reforms started in the 1990s, Congress can defuse a ticking entitlement-spending time bomb and allow states to lead the way on holding costs down and better serving taxpayers.

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Too Many People Are Still Stuck in Welfare. Here’s How to Lift Them Out

written by Justin Haskins

How Politicians Will Exploit Coronavirus To Further Restrict Our Rights April 7, 2020
Citizens must be wary of the attempt to redirect legitimate concern about coronavirus into a mandate for sweeping new government powers.
How Capitalism Is Helping US Defeat COVID-19 April 6, 2020
In times of crisis, Americans don’t look just to the government to save the day.
The AP begins revising history to attack Trump April 6, 2020
The media are not only rude and confrontational at press briefings, they’re also re-writing history about how and when info on the virus came to light.
Biden Rambles His Way Through A Family Town Hall April 6, 2020
Let’s just say that Joe Biden’s online town halls have not been a home run for him.
"Has Anyone Found Trump’s Soul? Anyone?" April 6, 2020
That's a headline in the NYT. A column by Frank Bruni.
Freedom in the Face of the Plague April 6, 2020
"Live free or die!" So cries a noble people in the face of danger.
AGW and COVID and plague: observations on models and interventions April 6, 2020
I’m grateful for modern science. But unfortunately, we may not be as good as we think we are.
Coronavirus: The Wrong Numbers April 6, 2020
At least 95 percent of those infected survive and most people with the virus never require hospitalization.
Boris Johnson hospitalized as his conronavirus symptoms persist April 6, 2020
Assuming that Downing Street is telling the truth, I assume Johnson is in the hospital to make sure he has no respiratory problem that threatens his life.
Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson Resists Pressure To Issue Stay-At-Home Order April 6, 2020
In a time when following the herd is lauded as courageous, Gov. Asa Hutchinson is exhibiting actual leadership.