David Ditch
@DavidADitch
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Policy analyst covering the federal fisc with @epicforamerica; opinions are mine. Fan of struggling causes (limited government & Buffalo Bills).
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Joined August 2011
-Limiting the *growth* of Medicaid spending to 3% per year is not a cut. -Limiting gimmicks that massively benefit states and medical providers is not a benefit cut. -Addressing improper payments is not a benefit cut. Vital for hesitant members to understand these facts.
Van Drew said Johnson agreed to mods on the floor not to cut Medicaid for "qualified, legal recipients.". --Johnson then repeated publicly GOP doesn't want to cut benefits. --do want work req's, more eligibility checks, fight "waste, fraud and abuse". Lot depends on definitions.
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RT @DACDAC4DAC: Thread:. Progressives are standing with Sesame Street. For a long time, Sesame Street has lived on in the imaginations of p….
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RT @kevinrkosar: "1,270 firings in 1987: 8% of the State Department direct-hire staff of 15,800.". "1,353 firings in 2025: 5% of the State….
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This is how a transit agency gets labor costs of ~$200k per employee. That’s approaching member of Congress territory.
San Francisco BART wants to increase sales taxes so they can continue to give employees an extra holiday on their birthdays. Does your company give you a paid holiday on your birthday?
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RT @RichAStern: Dr. Ed Feulner was a visionary of the conservative movement - having helped shape and found two of our pillar institutions:….
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RT @TimChapman: Ed Feulner’s success in life came from the goodness of his character. He was genuinely interested in helping other people….
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Rest in peace to a truly great American.
The Heritage Foundation released the following statement today from Heritage President Dr. Kevin Roberts and Board of Trustees Chairman Barb Van Andel-Gaby, lauding the legacy and mourning the loss of Heritage Founder Edwin J. Feulner:. It is with great sorrow that we announce
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RT @jbarro: Describing the CAHSR project as foremost of interest to the Central Valley gets at exactly what’s wrong with the project.
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Shout out to Mitch McConnell for keeping Garland out of the Supreme Court.
These newly obtained emails indicate that, in response to a letter from the National School Boards Association that characterized concerned parents as domestic terrorists, the White House and DOJ scrambled over a weekend in October 2021 to come up with a justification to.
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RT @brian_blase: Jonathan, fortunately from your perspective, the main reforms that the Freedom Caucus pushed - and which were successful -….
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RT @brian_blase: Hospital prices have risen 3x faster than inflation this century. Government policy subsidizes hospitals in so many ways….
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Conservatives like me who complained about taxpayer funding of NPR & PBS are taking a victory lap today. However, the National Science Foundation is more concerning given its larger budget and aggressive radicalism. @HouseAppropsGOP is right to cut the NSF. More in the reply.
Yet, as the rise of diversity checkpoints illustrates, the federal government has fueled some of the most controversial university hiring practices, giving power-seeking administrators a tool that’s hard for any university to resist: cash.
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This is because the CPB gets advanced appropriations. More here:
Interesting, the rescissions law list the cuts the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to be to their FY2026 and FY2027 budgets. All the other cuts are to FY2025 budgets.
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RT @JohnEkdahl: The best part is that after all the histrionics Democrats engaged in (Romney wants to kill Big Bird), as soon as Obama won….
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RT @brian_blase: In today's @Julie_appleby piece, KFF is described as "a national health information nonprofit.". Paragon is described as a….
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Dems working to hide the ball on tax ballot measures in CA. Good news for Texas and U-Haul.
The most important part of California AB 699 (Stefani) is the addition of this language to Elections Code: It allows the estimate, rate, and duration of the tax to be DROPPED from the ballot question for ALL BOND MEASURES. Instead these nine magic words will be substituted: “See.
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RT @JNighohossian: In my pieces on Medicaid, I have frequently pointed out the existence of doubly enrolled recipients. Neither the CBO nor….
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RT @DominicJPino: I'm imagining the resume entry for these "jobs created":. Track-Layer, California High Speed Rail Authority.2015-present….
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RT @GreenPlusAnE: It's good to make California taxpayers pay for their own high-speed rail. The locals are better placed to hold officials….
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