Biden Boosted the Need for Food Stamps

• More people rely on the federal government for support during the Biden administration than during the Trump administration. Under President Trump, welfare rolls fell and the combination of low inflation and a booming economy meant fewer people relied on the government. The exact opposite has happened under the Biden Administration, yet they are calling it a success.
• Today, the cost of the program is a whopping $120 billion, twice what it cost under President Trump. Amazingly, the Biden administration views this dependency as a success, not a failure — often boasting of how it has expanded government assistance.
• This speaks to the difference between a conservative and liberal worldview, which impacts how we measure success or failure on the part of the government.

Schedule an interview: E.J. Antoni

Texas Should Follow the Lead of Other States – and Give Rural Families School Choice

• Arizona and Texas are border states with large and growing cities, as well as vast rural areas. But the outcomes of their K-12 education systems have been opposites.
• While the Texas economy is racing full speed ahead, the state’s K-12 education has stalled and is in decline, with some of the worst cases in rural areas.
• Texas lawmakers should use Arizona—which has the country’s most robust education choice policies—as a model, very much including its rural areas.

Schedule an Interview: Matthew Ladner and Jason Bedrick

Wagner Leader May Have Joined Growing List of Putin Opponents Who Mysteriously Died

• Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the Wagner Group, is among the latest opponents of Putin who has mysteriously died.
• Early U.S. intelligence assessments have deemed Prigozhin’s death “intentional”.
• Putin has a habit of publicly and violently eliminating those who disagree with him.

Schedule an interview: Victoria Coates