Reduce Fraud in the Earned Income Tax Credit
The Earned Income Tax Credit is the nation’s largest means-tested cash welfare program. Although the EITC in some cases reduces federal income taxes owed, its major function is to provide “refundable”...
View ArticleReduce Anti-Marriage Penalties in the Earned Income Tax Credit
The purpose of the EITC is to provide a refundable tax credit to low-income parents with children. To receive the credit, a person should have to be the actual custodial parent of the child....
View ArticleEliminate the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Created in 1994, COPS promised to add 100,000 new state and local law enforcement officers on the streets by 2000. Research by The Heritage Foundation has demonstrated that COPS not only failed to add...
View ArticleEliminate Grants within the Office of Justice Programs
The majority of the programs under the OJP umbrella deal with problems or functions that lie within the jurisdiction of state and local governments and should therefore be handled by state and local...
View ArticleEliminate Violence Against Women Act Grants
VAWA grants should be terminated, because these services should be funded locally. Using federal agencies to fund the routine operations of domestic violence programs that state and local governments...
View ArticleReduce Funding for Five Programs in the Department of Justice
A recent report by the Justice Department Inspector General described the Civil Rights Division as a dysfunctional division torn by “polarization and mistrust.” It is a division that has waged a war on...
View ArticleEliminate the Presidential Election Campaign Fund
The Presidential Election Campaign Fund provides taxpayer money to parties and candidates. The money specifically goes to party conventions, matching funds for primary candidates, and grants for...
View ArticleRepeal the Davis–Bacon Act
The Davis–Bacon Act requires federally financed construction projects to pay “prevailing wages.” In theory these should reflect going market rates for construction labor in that area. However the GAO...
View ArticleOpen Access to Drilling and Conduct Lease Sales
An abundance of untapped energy lies beneath America’s ground and off the coasts. The United States is the only country in the world that has placed a majority of its territorial waters off-limits to...
View ArticleEmpower States to Control Energy Production on Federal Lands
Much of the growth is occurring on private and state-owned lands, while oil and gas output on federal lands has been in decline. States are in the best position to promote economic growth and to...
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