New Cato Analysis: Corporate Welfare in the Federal Budget

New Cato Analysis: Corporate Welfare in the Federal Budget

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A new Cato Institute policy analysis is released today titled “Corporate Welfare in the Federal Budget.” lead , In this study, Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies Chris Edwards tallies corporate welfare in the federal budget and finds that the government spends $181 billion a year on aid to businesses. He then discusses 12 reasons to cut corporate welfare. The federal government runs a wide array of programs that subsidize businesses and industries. The federal budget also includes […]

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No, HHS Didn’t Spend $8 Million ‘Making Mice Transgender’

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During the first address to Congress of his second term this week, President Donald Trump bragged about the accomplishments he achieved during his first weeks back in office. “It was exactly what you’d expect,” wrote Reason‘s Liz Wolfe. “Trump emphasized border security and law enforcement, the cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency…and the importance of ending the war in Ukraine.” But while calling out some of the newly uncovered waste and fraud, specifically at the Department […]

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Rachel Barkow: Did Trump and Biden Turn Pardons Into a Corrupt Joke?

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This week’s guest is Rachel Barkow, a professor of law at New York University and the author of the book Justice Abandoned: How the Supreme Court Ignored the Constitution and Enabled Mass Incarceration, which was just released this month. Barkow and Reason‘s Billy Binion talked about the importance of the presidential pardon power—which is a controversial topic these days, after former President Joe Biden used it to preemptively pardon Anthony Fauci and members of his own family, and President […]

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Tweet The Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal rightly criticizes “the Trump tariff roller coaster.” Three slices: President Trump gave a one-month tariff reprieve to auto makers on Wednesday, a day after his 25% tax on imports from Mexico and Canada took effect. Everyone else will still pay. Welcome to the Trump tariff thrill ride, where you never know what’s going to happen next. ….. The exemption may also be less than meets the eye. According to […]

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New York’s Illegal Prison Guard Strike Challenges Law Limiting the Use of Solitary Confinement

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A prison guard strike across New York, which has sent many state-wide correctional facilities into chaos, may soon see some officers exchanging their positions of authority for a cell themselves if they are not able to cement a new agreement. Guards mobilized the strike, which began February 17, in response to working conditions they say are untenable. A deal reached last week sought to address those concerns: It limited mandatory 24-hour overtime shifts, which officers say had gotten […]

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Is This the Beginning of the End for the Department of Education?

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On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced it was firing more than 1,300 workers as part of broader federal workforce cuts. The cuts reduce the agency’s employees by half, following 572 employees who took buyout offers and 63 provisional workers who were fired in February.  “Today’s reduction in force reflects the Department of Education’s commitment to efficiency, accountability, and ensuring that resources are directed where they matter most: to students, parents, and teachers,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon […]

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