Welfare by Any Other Name Is Still Welfare
By: Laurence M. Vance In William Shakespeare’s tragic romance “Romeo and Juliet,” about two young Italian lovers from feuding families in Verona, Juliet utters the famous line: “What’s in a ...
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Here’s Why the Feds Can’t Use Federal Funding to Coerce States
By: Mike Maharrey Most people believe that the federal government has an unlimited power to withhold funding to punish state or local governments that refuse to cooperate with its will. ...
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Why DOGE Failed
by Andy Smarick For many Gen Xers, the greatest Saturday Night Live sketch of all time is “Sprockets,” a recurring piece in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It ...
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Texas Towns Avoid Some Federal Mandates By Rejecting Federal Money
By: Mike Maharrey The federal government imposes all kinds of mandates and regulations on states and localities through requirements attached to federal funding. More than 60 Texas cities have avoided some ...
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President Biden Wants to Boost Funding for National Police State
Remember when Democrats were going to take away funding for the police? In fact, the first proposed Biden budget more than doubles funding for a federal program that doles ...
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