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#1626. Februar 2024
Affordable Housing: Tax Credits vs Deregulation
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Expanding federal housing tax credits would be the opposite of evidence‐based policymaking.
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#1725. Januar 2024
Decentralize Spending to Tackle Government Debt
Blog: Cato at Liberty
A way to tackle government debt is to devolve a large part of federal spending to the states, allowing them to fund it themselves.
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#1819. Dezember 2023
Local Government Corruption
Blog: Cato at Liberty
The solution to local government corruption is simple: deregulation. If Americans want less government corruption, they must reduce the government's power over private activities.
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#1918. Dezember 2023
High Costs of Low-Income Housing
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Housing affordability is a serious problem, but state and local regulatory reform is the solution, not federal tax subsidies.
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#2017. November 2023
Food Aid Failure in Ethiopia
Blog: Cato at Liberty
"Humanitarian assistance is part and parcel of the war machine," said one observer. It is used by the various factions as a political weapon against opponents.
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#2117. November 2023
ProPublica Profiles Army Corps Failures
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Many of the Corp's activities—such as flood control and recreation area management—should be turned over to state governments.
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#2215. November 2023
Massive Cost Overrun on Renewable Energy Project
Blog: Cato at Liberty
The project is a reminder that taxpayers should be skeptical when governments propose large and complex construction schemes.
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#2326. Oktober 2023
Federal Debt vs. State Debt
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Both federal and state politicians are biased toward deficit‐spending, but state experience shows that this impulse can be restrained and stabilized.
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#2417. Oktober 2023
State Taxes and Debt
Blog: Cato at Liberty
By borrowing, legislators push the costs down the road for future legislators and taxpayers to deal with.
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#2513. Oktober 2023
New IRS Estimate of the Tax Gap
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Simplifying the tax code and cutting tax rates would reduce the ability and incentive for taxpayers to cheat.
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#2613. Oktober 2023
Reforming Medicaid Subsidies
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Congress should cut spending, and one good reform target is the huge and fast‐growing Medicaid program.
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#2710. Oktober 2023
How Large Is the Federal Debt?
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Federal debt held by the public of $28.5 trillion is eight times larger than the combined debt of all state and local governments of $3.3 trillion.
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#283. Oktober 2023
Cato Forum Probes Farm Subsidies
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Republicans and Democrats should be able to agree that millionaire farmers do not need taxpayer subsidies.
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#2919. September 2023
Rising Farm Incomes Underscore Need for Subsidy Cuts
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Today, farmers have substantially higher incomes than other Americans, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data.
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#3013. September 2023
U.S. Food Aid for Poor Countries
Blog: Cato at Liberty
Rather than relying on foreign aid, countries struggling with hunger and low incomes should pursue institutional reforms such as strengthening private property, opening markets, adopting stable money, and removing barriers to entrepreneurship including farming.