Category: New Deal

Eviction Moratoriums Hurt Those They Seek to Help

Commentary Joe Biden’s renewed eviction moratorium will hurt not only landlords, but the tenants he seeks to help. The Epoch Times has published some excellent articles on how Biden’s action slams small landlords and is a sop to the far left. I want to emphasize something else: property rights. It’s even more important than the…


Biden’s American Families Plan Ends ‘End of Welfare’

WASHINGTON—Ahead of his first address to a joint session of Congress on April 28, President Joe Biden rolled out his third spending proposal, American Families Plan, which according to liberals would be a “great achievement” if passed by Congress. Opponents, however, criticize Biden’s massive spending plan, calling it the largest expansion of the welfare state…


Biden Eyes Expanding Welfare State, Overturning Clinton-Era Reform

WASHINGTON—President Bill Clinton in 1996 signed welfare reform into law, fulfilling his campaign promise to “end welfare as we know it.” A quarter-century later, advocates of the reform law accuse the Biden administration of overturning the bipartisan accomplishment, calling its proposal an “attack” on American welfare system. A majority of both Democrats and Republicans voted…