Michael F. Cannon Democrats and Republicans agree: consumers need relief from rising Obamacare premiums. Help may be on the way, thanks to Kentucky Rep. Vanessa Grossl (R‑Georgetown). On January 1,…
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Chris Edwards The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) costs federal taxpayers more than $110 billion a year and is vulnerable to at least 10 types of fraud. Some types of…
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Michael F. Cannon Democrats and Republicans agree: consumers need relief from rising Obamacare premiums. Help may be on the way, thanks to Kentucky Rep. Vanessa Grossl (R‑Georgetown). On January 1,…
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Benjamin Giltner Over the holidays, President Trump announced that the US Navy would begin building a new class of battleship, unsurprisingly called the “Trump class.” The United States faces a delay…
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Adam N. Michel The United States places an unusually heavy share of the tax burden on higher earners. You wouldn’t know this from hearing some politicians claim that the rich…
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Treasury Should Tread Lightly When Regulating New Federal Tax Credit Scholarship Program
Colleen Hroncich Last year, Congress created a federal tax credit for donations to scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs) that help families choose the best educational options for their children. This tax credit…
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Matthew Cavedon My Cato colleague Dr. Jeffrey Singer recently endorsed New York’s pending legalization of Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD). While his perspective reflects a more conventional libertarian judgment than…
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Mayor Mamdani’s “Collectivism” Is No Slip of the Tongue—It’s About Force, Coercion
Ryan Bourne Newly inaugurated Mayor Zohran Mamdani last week promised New Yorkers that he would “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” He knows what he’s…
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Mayor Mamdani’s “Collectivism” Is No Slip of the Tongue—It’s About Force, Coercion
Ryan Bourne Newly inaugurated Mayor Zohran Mamdani last week promised New Yorkers that he would “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” He knows what he’s…
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Stephen Richer The United States Post Office recently updated the Domestic Mail Manual in a way that will affect “Postmarks and Postal Possession.” The USPS’s explainer states: “[W]e have made adjustments to our…