BRASILIA—Brazil’s government canceled an announcement for a generous new welfare program on Thursday, after a central bank currency intervention failed to calm market concerns about looser government spending ahead of next year’s election. President Jair Bolsonaro, who has seen his poll numbers fall over his mishandling of the pandemic, a weak economy, and rising inflation,…
18 Ex-NBA Players Charged in $4 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
NEW YORK—Eighteen former NBA players were charged Thursday with pocketing about $2.5 million illegally by defrauding the league’s health and welfare benefit plan in a scam that authorities said involved claiming fictitious medical and dental expenses. “The defendants’ playbook involved fraud and deception,” U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss told a news conference after FBI agents across…
Americans Should Be Working Hard, Not Hardly Working
Commentary The Labor Department reported this week that there are now a record 10.9 million jobs open in America. That’s twice the size of the entire Ohio workforce. Yet the department also has counted some 8 million unemployed Americans. What in the world is going on here? Why aren’t the 8 million workers allegedly looking…
What You Should Know About Supplemental Security Income
This is going to be a column about Supplemental Security Income, or SSI. In other words, it will NOT be a column about Social Security. Supplemental Security Income and Social Security are two entirely different government programs. They really have nothing to do with each other, other than the fact that they are both managed…
Once a Welfare Reformer, Biden Now Turning IRS into Biggest Welfare Agency
CommentaryWhen President Clinton’s welfare-reform proposal stalled in Congress in the summer of 1996, Democratic Sen. Joe Biden stepped in to push a tougher bill that gave more concessions to Republicans. He boasted his bill would get “tough on welfare moms.”“It’s time to pass a welfare reform bill,” Biden asserted, noting his proposal would make welfare recipients work…
Human Nature and Government Checks
Commentary Books and articles—scientific as well as theological—have been written on human nature. Still, most people don’t understand it, or refuse to learn from it, or worse, play to its dark side. Some politicians play to the dark side of human nature because it empowers them and extends their careers at taxpayer expense. They never…
Californians Should Demand Evidence-Based Practice in Policymaking
June 22, 2021
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Californians, isn’t it about time that we started requiring evidence-based practice from our elected leaders before we dole out more money for programs that have not been effective? In reality, to require evidence-based practice is common sense, as only a fool shells out money without knowing what he or she is getting in return. Evidence-based…
American Employers Added Just 266,000 Jobs in April as Businesses Struggle to Find Workers
America’s private employers in April added a paltry 266,000 jobs—a proxy for new hires—despite job openings at near record-high levels, suggesting businesses are struggling to find workers and reinforcing the view that some of the Biden administration’s fiscal relief measures are disincentivizing people from seeking work. The government’s jobs report, released Friday, shows that nonfarm payroll…
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…
Greenland’s Welfare Trap Replays in Canada
Commentary This month there was an unusual amount of international attention given to the Greenland Election. This is a vast country with a tiny population of only 56,000. Every year, Denmark transfers $740 million to help fund the government. This is a huge amount of money—representing about 25 percent of GDP or 46 percent of…
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