Downsizing Blog
Corporate Welfare and Low-Income Welfare
Congress should cut corporate welfare and low-income welfare.
Affordable Housing Testimony
I testified to a House subcommittee about affordable housing.
Devolve Federal Power to Reduce Division
If you are bitter about federal politics, you should consider the libertarian solution.
Trump Is Right: End FEMA
Trump Is Right: End FEMA
FEMA’s Role in Hurricanes
FEMA is the lead federal agency for natural disaster response, but the American system of disaster response is not a top-down structure imposed by Washington.
Interstate Migration of High Earners and Retirees
Which states are Americans moving to and which are they leaving?
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released interstate migration data for 2022. The data include the domestic movements of households into and out of each state broken down by income level and age group.
The table shows the net migration for each state and the ratios of in-migration to out-migration for all households, households headed by an individual age 65 and older, and households earning more than $200,000 a year.
Decentralize Spending to Tackle Government Debt
The federal government’s debt is rising to dangerous and unprecedented heights. Compared to the size of the economy, the debt will soon reach levels never seen in our nation’s history.
Presidential Candidates on Spending
Do any presidential candidates offer hope of fiscal sanity? Let’s see what the Republicans are saying.
The Solution to Soaring Debt
Cutting federal aid to the states would reduce our national debt while improving governance.
Reforming Medicaid DSH Payments
The federal government’s design of the DSH program is outdated and leaves ample room for fraud. To alleviate this, the federal government should recalculate state‐level DSH allocations, limit states’ usage of abusive hospital/provider taxes, and crack down on existing hospital/provider tax loopholes.