Paul·Nov 1The $2,500 baby account won't fix the marriage penaltyA new conservative family policy package pairs baby investment accounts with marriage-penalty reform, but the numbers reveal a deeper…
Paul·Oct 21The family policy right's fiscal blind spot is the debt itselfInterest on the national debt passed $1.1 trillion in 2024, and the same fiscal conservatives who want to rebuild the two-parent home keep…
Paul·Oct 11The GOP's family policy debate has a fatherhood problemConservatives want to redirect welfare toward married families, but the data on single motherhood is messier than the talking points…
Paul·Oct 2The Pro-Family right has a fertility problem it won't admitConservative family policy keeps promising a baby boom. The countries that tried it are already showing what happens next.
Paul·Sep 25The Pro-Family right wants to subsidize marriage. the numbers say it won't work.Conservative proposals to redirect welfare toward married families run into a hard fact: the fertility decline is driven by secular trends…
Paul·Sep 6The Stay-at-Home parent subsidy becomes conservatism's boldest gambleA coalition of social conservatives and economic nationalists is pushing to redirect billions in child-care funding toward married couples…
Paul·Aug 26The new Pro-Family economics rejects both left and right orthodoxiesA coalition of social conservatives is pushing child subsidies, marriage tax relief, and family-based investment accounts — policies that…
Paul·Aug 14The marriage penalty returns as a political weapon in family debateA new conservative think tank proposal would end tax penalties on married couples, but the $310,000 cost of raising a child makes the…
Paul·Aug 4The family as private welfare state has reached its limitsA new conservative think tank proposal would eliminate marriage penalties and create $2,500 newborn investment accounts, but the deeper…
Paul·Jul 21The new pro-family agenda tests conservative economic orthodoxyA coalition of think tanks proposes $2,500 birth accounts and universal child allowances, daring Republicans to embrace redistribution.
