When it comes to federal money, West Virginia receives more than it gives … a lot more. The Rockefeller Institute of Government’s annual report looked at four major categories of federal spending: direct payments for individuals under programs such as Social Security and Medicare, ...
by Kathryn Anne Edwards In a speech at the Democratic National Convention accepting the party’s nomination as vice president, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz talked about his life before politics. He mentioned how is father died of lung cancer. “Thank God for Social Security Survivor ...
by Mary McNamara When I was young, my father gave me one piece of advice about choosing a career: Stay away from any occupation with a national “appreciation” day. As a public high school teacher, he believed that those days were a performative substitute for fair wages and ...
by Steven Hill It’s Americans’ favorite day — April 15, Tax Day! In the land of “No taxation without representation,” we Americans throw a fit over how much we fork over to the government, which taps into related complaints over government waste, budget deficits and ...
by Michael Hiltzik A hoary old chestnut in government circles describes all budgets as mostly political documents. But what can you say about a budget that’s nothing but political? Therein lies the challenge in analyzing a document titled “Fiscal Sanity to Save America.” ...
by Lyz Lenz I am happier as a single mother than I ever was as a married one. Despite the fact that 47% of Americans think single mothers are bad for society, becoming one made my life and my children’s lives much better. This was made clear to me during the COVID-19 shutdown, when ...