In November, Americans will go to the polls to determine who controls the Congress in Washington and many state legislatures and governors’ offices across the country. What is starting to shape up in many of the swing, or purple districts, across the nation that will determine which ...
Is it time to shut down the FDA? Just days after the Food and Drug Administration released a report acknowledging its failings in the baby formula shortage, a group of former FDA employees and policy experts gathered at an InsideSources roundtable to debate the question. Richard Williams, who ...
The president’s debt cancellation plan will help millions of borrowers who have fallen through the cracks of a broken higher education system. Each year, the federal government makes billions of dollars available in loans to students pursuing a college degree or postsecondary credential. ...
Someone once said that they will confess if you torture the data enough. Even still, it is difficult to manipulate the data to the point where you can justify the White House’s student loan handout. Simply put, the numbers do not add up. The claim is that nearly all graduates are under ...
President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is an unprecedented act of executive fiat. The plan to forgive up to $10,000 in student debt per individual making $125,000 or less will cost taxpayers $240 billion over the next 10 years. It’s patently unjust; it’s probably illegal; but ...
Having served for decades as a government policymaker and regulator, my experience suggests that it is not exactly rare to see federal programs misfire, or worse, completely waste taxpayer funds. For those select instances, however, when programs are efficient and effective, successes must ...
