Medicaid is losing billions to waste, fraud, and abuse, and the program is crushing state budgets The feds haven’t been able to fix it. Let the states try.
New USDA SNAP Rules and Work Requirements Come at the Perfect Time for Job Seekers
The December 2019 jobs report, released on January 10, 2020 confirms what everyone already knows; the economy is strong and the jobs market is robust. The U.S. added 145,000 new jobs in December, the unemployment rate persisted at a fifty-year low of 3.5 percent, and average earnings rose slightly, with the year over year gain at […]
New USDA Rule Will Help Reduce SNAP Abuse and Encourage Work
The program today has little meaningful oversight and is persistently susceptible to fraud.
The End to the Chicago Teacher Strike Underscores Pension Crisis
While Windy City children can finally start heading back to school, the Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) 11-day strike resulted in no reform, to the detriment of students, taxpayers, and the fiscal health of the entire state of Illinois. With a median salary of $78,000, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teachers make more than 60 percent of […]
Senate Omnibus Likely Loaded with Old Earmarks
Nearly all of the programs that received earmarks last year in the relevant appropriations bills were funded again in the Senate omnibus bill. It appears that Senators loaded up the bill with the same old earmarks.
Best Laid Plans: Another USPS IG Report, Another Failed Attempt to Save Money
As has been pointed out repeatedly in the past few years, United States Postal Service (USPS) management continues to struggle mightily to enact efficiencies or carve out savings from its operations. And this continues to be the case despite the dramatic drop in mail volume and USPS Postmaster General (PMG) Megan Brennan’s regular declarations and […]
Senate Budget Committee Makes Budget Reports Available for the Public Online
The Senate Budget Committee’s Chairman has introduced a new budget scorekeeping report on the Budget Committee’s website to provide a regular accounting of budget developments.
CBO Report Shows Trillion-Dollar Deficits and Much Worse Around the Corner
An already grim fiscal outlook grew worse in the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) update to its Budget and Economic Outlook for 2019 to 2029. CBO estimates a 2019 deficit of $960 billion, a $64 billion increase from its May projection. Trillion-dollar deficits will resume in 2020, two years earlier than expected, and will reach all-time […]
Senate Adds $1.7 Trillion to Deficit
The U.S. government is currently over $22 trillion in debt, a fact some of the bill’s Republican opponents raised during debate.
CCAGW Urges Members of Congress to Oppose Disastrous Budget Deal
House Democrats and the President have reached a deal that would raise discretionary spending caps by $320 billion over the next two years with less than a quarter in offsets. This agreement totally abandons the government’s fiscal responsibility. Today, CCAGW president Tom Schatz urged the Congress to reject the deal. As it is currently written, […]