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Entitlements are spiraling us into a spending suicide pact
In contemporary politics, asking citizens to pay for their own life is an act of self-immolation.
Mayor Adams quietly makes city's 'migrant crisis' permanent with budget spending
In his budget proposal, the mayor has finally admitted to reality — the migrant “crisis” is here to stay, to the tune of $4.7 billion next year.
Biden’s senseless pier plan, the entitlement time bomb and other commentary
Lloyd Austin admits Hamas or others could attack US troops running the pier being built for Gaza, but says that’s not a breach of Biden’s vow not to put US...
Hochul wants to create a middle-class Medicaid entitlement New York can't afford
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a plan last month to cut $1.2 billion in Medicaid funding, which she’ll finalize Thursday.
Weak China equals US opportunity, end daily White House press briefings and other commentary
“China’s weakening economy offers an opportunity to win meaningful changes in Beijing’s policies,” argues Thomas J. Duesterberg at The Wall Street Journal. But “it will take a hard-line approach.”
Can Trump win over the GOP as the 'moderate' in the race?
Perhaps the most moderate Republican candidate in the field as of this moment is Donald Trump.
NY Times' outrageous scaremongering about (fake) entitlement cuts (that we actually need)
How can the New York Times run a 1,500-word piece asserting that the GOP has been “talking” about cutting Social Security and Medicare without a single quote?
Build Back Better's tax hikes will squeeze Americans long into the future — yet still won't cover its spending
Yes, President Joe Biden's plan socks the rich, with hikes of more than half a million bucks, on average, for the top 0.1 percent. But it also hits as many...
The left's dangerous push to hook the middle class on government 'help'
Progressives are resisting President Joe Biden’s infrastructure deal, demanding it be linked to massive new spending on subsidies and entitlements for a simple reason: They want to get the nation...
Low-income families eligible for free cash under Oakland program -- excluding whites
Some low-income families of color in Oakland will soon receive $500 a month in no-strings-attached cash as part of a privately funded program, Mayor Libby Schaaf said in a Tuesday...
Federal judge blocks Trump plan to kick 700K off food stamps
The rule change would have required able-bodied adults without children to work at least 20 hours a week in order to qualify for "SNAP," or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, benefits...
New York state faces $6.1 billion budget hole next year: officials
Gov. Cuomo faces a growing budget mess as officials projected a shocking $6.1 billion hole in the state's finances next year. The figure was provided by the state Division of...
New York's ballooning Medicaid cost stems from poor budgeting: watchdog
Reports from two separate fiscal watchdog groups, the Empire Center of New York and the Citizens Budget Commission, detail the state’s declining efforts to curb spending that has left the...
Democrats need voters to forget the economy and other commentary
2020 watch: Dems Hope Voters Forget the Economy The thriving US economy creates a dilemma for Democrats: “In 2020, most voters would likely say ‘yes’ when asked if they are...
Social Security’s short path to implosion
Trustees for Social Security and Medicare offered some good news Tuesday in their annual report on the programs’ financial health. But don’t get too excited: Their bad news more than...
Universal Basic Income would cost taxpayers $3.8T per year: study
Well, the money has to come from somewhere! Doling out a Universal Basic Income of $12,000 a year to every American citizen would cost taxpayers $3.8 trillion, according to a...
The sensible way to save Social Security
Social Security is now in the red, spending more than it takes in, for the first time since 1982. That’s three years earlier than projected just last year. And it’ll...
Uncle Sam must rein in retirement benefits or we're headed for economic disaster
The American polity recently tore itself apart debating the morality of adding $1.5 trillion in tax cuts to the national debt. Yet the $82 trillion avalanche of Social Security and...
Using Medicaid to help the poor out of poverty
Americans are among the most generous people in the world. While this nation was founded on the pursuit of a shared dream, the moral pledge of the American people has...
A Medicaid work requirement isn't cruel and other comments
Policy expert: The Truth Behind Trump Immigrant Storm As is “so often the case,” says Kay Hymowitz at City Journal, President Trump’s “noxious wording is distracting from a serious public-policy...