David Ditch
Senior Policy Analyst at Heritage Foundation
Policy analyst covering the federal fisc with @epicforamerica; opinions are mine. Fan of struggling causes (limited government & Buffalo Bills).
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1 week ago |
epicforamerica.org | David Ditch
While the House was drafting the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) reconciliation package, a group of members from high-tax states such as New York demanded an enormous increase to the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction. This reduced the House bill’s pro-growth potential. Fortunately, the Senate Finance Committee seeks to rein in the SALT deduction. This gave the committee fiscal space to ensure that the tax code permanently encourages investment, giving the economy a shot in the arm.
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2 weeks ago |
epicforamerica.org | David Ditch
SALT Mines: New York State of DeclineAs Congress considers the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) reconciliation legislation, the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction has been a contentious issue. The House-passed OBBB increases the SALT deduction from $10,000 to $40,000 per taxpayer at a cost of $377 billion over 10 years, leaving less room for pro-growth tax reforms.
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3 weeks ago |
epicforamerica.org | David Ditch
President Trump has sent Congress a $9.4 billion rescissions request. This provides Congress with the ability to cut previously authorized spending through an expedited process. The request seeks to withdraw over $8 billion allocated to foreign policy agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
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1 month ago |
epicforamerica.org | David Ditch
Medicaid has been a focal point of the ongoing reconciliation process. These are some of the most common arguments put forward by opponents of Medicaid reform, along with responses that can help inform the public about why change is necessary. CHARGE: Medicaid savings represent “deep cuts” or a “slashing” of spending. RESPONSE: Medicaid spending is growing so rapidly that even if Congress saves $625 billion over the next 10 fiscal years, Medicaid would still grow by at least 3% per year.
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1 month ago |
epicforamerica.org | David Ditch
The Medicaid program, a federal-state partnership, was created in 1965 to fund needed medical care for vulnerable low-income populations such as children, pregnant women, and the disabled. Washington has left that goal in the dust. There is no stronger evidence of Medicaid’s drift than states using the program to fund gender transitions, including cross-sex hormone injections and genital surgeries.
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This is one of the tricky aspects of DOGE: the federal government spends an astronomical amount relative to the size of its direct employees. However, Washington funds a universe of state and local bureaucrats, NGOs, academics, and contractors - and it's harder to get at that.
The Stat for the August 2025 issue of @NRO: 96 percent -- the proportion of the growth in total government employment since 1955 that is from state and local government employment. While federal power has grown, nearly all the government employment growth is state and local. https://t.co/qwmRCy4Dkw
Trump 47 has been very good at shutting down various identity-based schemes in the federal government but there are more to go. As @GreenPlusAnE points out, the underlying federal racial/identity definitions are based on hokum and should be obliterated ASAP.
Very surprised this isn't bigger news, especially given all the talk of USAID, DEI, and corruption. But yesterday the government secured four guilty pleas for bribery to get over $550 million in special race-based USAID contracts. https://t.co/rMSA64tgDs
RT @matthewwalther: When I think of who's watching Wolf Hall on PBS or tuning in to Wait Wait. . . Don't Tell Me, the first thing that come…
