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Agriculture

Agriculture, Farm Bill, General Waste, Government Waste

Now is the Time to Reform or Replace the Sugar Program

05/02/2025 Eric Maus

Congress has a chance to deliver long overdue reforms to the sugar program.  The current sugar program was intended to be a short-term solution but has evolved into a permanent government program that wastes taxpayer dollars and raises prices for consumers.  The sugar program puts the sugar industry ahead of consumers and reforming or replacing […]

Agriculture, Entitlements, Farm Bill, General Waste, States

Save SNAP from the Sour Taste of the Nanny State

05/02/2025 Alec Mena

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C. and 10 states are pushing to restrict the kinds of foods and drinks Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients can purchase.  These proposals would have no direct fiscal effect, as total SNAP funding levels would remain unchanged, but they would limit personal choices and individual freedom and expand government control over […]

Agriculture, Appropriations, Commerce

Pumpkin Spice Lattes and Halloween Candy Are Not a Sweet Deal for Taxpayers

10/23/2024 Deborah Collier

There are some areas of the farm bill, like the sugar program, that are ripe for reform.

Agriculture, Commerce, General Waste

The Farm Bill’s Sweet Deal for Sugar Must Be Reformed or Replaced

05/24/2024 Eric Maus

The sugar program benefits producers and harms consumers and leads to job losses.

Agriculture, Regulations, State Issues

California Declares War on Pork

01/11/2022 Ryan Lanier

A new California law threatens to limit Californians’ access to pork and drive up prices nationwide.

Agriculture, Budget, Energy, Environment, Transportation

Climate Change is Not New or the End of the World

08/19/2021 Elizabeth Wright

Steve Koonin’s WSJ OpEd “Climate Change Brings a Flood of Hyperpole” sends a sober message about the Green New Deal

Agriculture, Budget, General Waste, Housing

Time to Review and Reduce Duplicative Housing Programs

10/22/2020 Deborah Collier

On October 22, 2020, the Senate Budget Committee released a report highlighting overlap and duplication in federal housing programs.

Agriculture, Healthcare, PBM, PBMs, Pharmacy Benefits Manager

How Big Tobacco is Helping to Fight COVID-19

04/10/2020 Elizabeth Wright

An eye-catching article was in Politico’s February 18 edition, “How the Tobacco Industry Could Join the Coronavirus Fight.”

Agriculture, Environment

New USDA Mandate for Biofuels Should be Withdrawn

02/22/2020 Thomas Schatz

The USDA’s historic approach to “market-driven blend rates” has been to aggressively pursue unachievable biofuel mandates that put manufacturing jobs at risk. 

Agriculture, Commerce, Intellectual Property, International

USMCA a Win for North American Trade and Economic Growth

01/16/2020 Deborah Collier

USMCA heads to President Trump’s desk, after Senate passes the bill 89-10.

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