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The United States Can Shape China’s Collapse  – For all of Xi’s chest-thumping, however, China is not invincible, nor is its path to dominance foreordained. Indeed, one could just as easily argue that China is fast approaching an era of economic and demographic decline, and Xi’s regime has no idea how to manage its coming. With a clear-eyed recognition of the threat and a coordinated response with allies and partners, the United States can shape the collapse of China just as it did the Soviet Union. Heritage Expert: Robert Wilkie 

Why Biden Should Say No To U.S. Government Participation At The Beijing Olympics – A diplomatic boycott has several key advantages. If all representatives of the US government (beyond what his necessary for the participation and safety of US athletes) refuse to attend the games, they ensure that they do not tacitly condone Beijing’s deplorable human rights abuses. Unlike a full boycott, a diplomatic boycott would not deny American athletes, who have trained their whole lives for the games, the opportunity to participate. It would, however, maintain consistency of U.S. policy – not contradicting earlier efforts, like multilateral sanctions issued in March 2021 by the U.S., the European Union, Canada, and the United Kingdom over the situation facing Uyghurs. Heritage Expert: Olivia Enos

New child care subsidies may sound great, but will families be able to use them? – Contrary to stated goals, the new child care entitlement will disproportionately benefit high-income, city-dwelling parents where secular, center-based providers can more readily conform to subsidized providers. Meanwhile, most lower-income and rural families will receive nothing and could be left with even fewer child care options than before. Affordable child care is a really difficult issue because paying for child care means you have to make more than the person caring for your children. But as parents, we dearly value the people who help care for our children. And we hold fast to the ability to choose the environment that we — not politicians or bureaucrats — believe is best for our children. Expert: Rachel Greszler

 

Biden’s ideological misuse of agriculture funding – The Biden administration is jockeying to create a climate change slush fund. It would allow the government to pour as much as $15 billion into new climate programs. Without, that is, bothering to get congressional approval of either the programs or the expenditures. Expert: Daren Bakst