Sept. 1, 2017
Good morning from Washington. Robert Rector and Vijay Menon remind us of President Reagan's remark that "we should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added." Have the liberals in your life been screaming about how the Trump administration won't require companies to give the government detailed salary info? Romina Boccia explains how President Obama's rule would have hurt women. Plus: Kelsey Lucas with a touching roundup of photos from Harvey, and Katrina Trinko on how, again, the facts got lost in an uproar about the voter fraud commission. Enjoy your weekend.
President Trump's decision enforces the 1996 welfare reform law, which deliberately made the core work requirements of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program mandatory.
It's clear that there's no hidden, secret packet of information that was read by those on the Election Integrity Commission when they met July 19.
The rule would have required companies with 100 or more workers to report detailed salary information to government bureaucrats by sex, race, job category, and other factors.
The State Department's special envoys have long needed reform. That reform could be just around the corner if Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's new proposal pans out.
"In about 10 years time, Iran will have, thanks to this deal, an industrial-sized nuclear program," says Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
The Flood Insurance Program is $25 billion in debt. Whenever a disaster strikes, it sinks deeper in debt as artificially low premiums cannot cover the payouts.
These photos illustrate the inspiring truth about Americans: We take care of each other.
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