Mr. Weidinger is a senior fellow and Rowe Scholar in opportunity and mobility…
Liberal politicians and the press gladly use — and often miscast — official data to boost calls for more government benefits.

Taxpayers are being put on the hook for billions of dollars in permanently higher benefits just as voters go to the polls.


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