Jon Decker
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Guest Column: One government fund Republicans should absolutely abolish (opens the original)
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Milton Friedman famously wrote ânothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.â Perhaps nowhere is his wisdom more obvious than with the Universal Service Fund, which, despite having vastly outlasted its intended purpose, some lawmakers are militantly intent on expanding rather than phasing out. The Universal Service Fund is better known to us as one of several seemingly random fees tacked onto our phone bills each month. When the underlying framework was created by FDR in 1934,
Guest Column: Could Meta plan revolutionize education? (opens the original)
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For decades, politicians have debated how to fix Americaâs $1.8 trillion student debt crisis, floating everything from mass loan forgiveness to income-driven repayment plans. On top of this, there is growing concern that Americaâs college-educated workforce lags its global peers in STEM education and in preparing students more broadly for the jobs of the future. While these challenges have led to calls for government solutions, the private sector just delivered a masterclass on how it is abl
Guest Column: Trump administration should avoid price controls (opens the original)
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In the coming weeks, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is expected to issue a new rule superseding a Biden-era interpretation of the Dodd-Frank Act that mandated banks provide data access to financial technology (or fintechs) at zero cost. But rather than simply repeal the mandate, the agency is reportedly considering a hybrid price control/market regime in which some, but not all transactions would have a zero price control. It would be much better for the Trump administration to simply
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