Congress quietly delivered a major upgrade for families saving for education. The new tax law significantly expands how 529 plans can be used, making them more flexible, more practical, and better aligned with how students actually learn and train today. For families with children, or those planning ahead, these changes materially improve the value of saving through a 529 plan. What a 529 Plan Does A 529 plan is a tax-advantaged savings account designed to help families pay f

Congress is once again debating whether to extend the enhanced, temporary Obamacare subsidies enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic under the Biden administration, layered on top of the law’s permanent subsidy structure. Doing so would be a costly mistake. Most of this spending does not help patients. It enriches insurers and fuels inefficiency. The numbers make this clear. A recent analysis highlighted by the Paragon Institute , drawing on new data from the Joint Economic Com

The welfare fraud uncovered in Minnesota’s Somali community was not a minor scandal. Tens of millions of taxpayer dollars meant to help the poor were siphoned off with ease. That kind of abuse does not happen in a well-designed system. It happens when federal welfare programs are so large, complex, and poorly monitored that fraud becomes inevitable. That broader failure is the focus of a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by Jason Riley , which argues that the real problem goes