Barring a series of improbable court victories overturning projected election results in several places, Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States. So, where do friends of freedom go from here? In the past, I’ve argued the best vehicle to advance free markets, limited government and individual liberty is the GOP. After…
If wages for those at the bottom are high, you may naturally expect low poverty rates. No matter how you define it, higher wages would most logically relieve poverty levels. This is also the argument made by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). An increase in the minimum wage may very well reduce poverty in the…
Trying To Make Sense Of This Election Requires Listening by Avens O’Brien On Tuesday, 59 million people voted for Donald Trump and made him our President-elect. Did they do it because they’re racist? They hate women? Immigrants? Free trade? Taxes? The Hollywood elite? The establishment? Maybe. Maybe to all of that, or some of it….
By Thomas Phippen The head of the Department of Agriculture (USDA) is pleased at the number of people who relied on welfare to stay above the poverty line in 2015. “Last year, SNAP kept at least 4.7 million Americans — including 2.1 million children — out of poverty,” agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack said in a press release announcing grant awards related to welfare support Wednesday….
By JP Carroll Things have gotten so desperate in Venezuela that people have resorted to picking food out of the trash so they do not starve to death. To deal with increasing shortages of various goods, including food and drinks, “I come here looking for food because if I didn’t, I’d starve to death,” former…
By Connor D. Wolf A large woman destroyed a convenience store after having her food stamp benefits card declined, according to a video uploaded to Live Leak Thursday. “Call the police, call the police,” the unnamed woman says repeatedly in the video as she lumbers around the store causing havoc. “Call the police. Do your…
By Juliegrace Brufke GOP lawmakers said the nation’s welfare system is keeping Americans trapped in poverty during the Ways and Means Committee hearing on the welfare system in 10 years Tuesday. “The current system is a disjointed maze of more than 80 different programs that have been layered on top of one another with little regard for…
By Kathryn Watson Federal officials spend more tax dollars on Section 8 housing vouchers than they do on cash welfare, and the program often perpetuates poverty rather than alleviating it, according to an urban housing expert. “Its incentives are completely skewed,” Howard Husock, vice president for policy research and director of the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative at…
by Connor D. Wolf Welfare has often been criticized as a program that traps people in perpetual poverty, but a Tuesday report finds that working recipients are at reduced risk of this threat. The welfare system consists of many different local and federal programs aimed to help those in need — but it often traps people…
Connor D. Wolf The New York Labor Department released a study Thursday that purports to show the $15 minimum wage will have a positive influence on the state, but may have ignored the negative side. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo commissioned the study as part of his push to enact the $15 minimum wage…