Under the Government’s Wing
Here’s the Providence Journal headline: “Numbers show RI undocumented immigrants a small slice of those getting benefits. What we know.” Here’s one of the shocking facts that journalist Katherine Gregg did the work to uncover: Medicaid payments on behalf of those without Social Security numbers totaled $55.4 million last year, including the $16,106,050 paid for…
A widely applicable truism about organizations — whether businesses or public schools — that systems prioritize that which they measure. The folly of this principle came to mind while reviewing the Division of Statewide Planning’s still-new Social Equity Data Platform. What you see, there, is a map of Rhode Island with some shaded overlays of…
John DePetro and Justin Katz discuss the danger to the RI establishment’s business model with the incoming Trump administration.
John DePetro and Justin Katz talk about RI politicians’ attempts to spin reality.
John DePetro and Justin Katz observe the competing (but very similar) factions of corruption in RI.
Many people would likely see it as an obscure topic reported in a minor venue, but Christian Winthrop’s recent article in The Newport Buzz about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) move against noncompete agreements hits three distinct notes that fire me up. The first is that it is unambiguous propaganda: In a landmark decision aimed…
The point can’t be stressed enough that Rhode Islanders should understand the Washington Bridge debacle as a representative lesson on our state government. For that reason, not the least, Mark Patinkin’s conversations with local affected business owners is an article to print and review periodically in the future. Restauranteurs and venue owners bought and built…
Joe Biden abusing the authority of his office to buy votes by transferring student loan debt to other Americans is back in the news, and it reminds me that I haven’t seen any mainstream coverage of a disaster facing just about every college-bound family in the United States this year: If, like me, you have…
Rich Weinstein’s quip, here, exposes a deadly serious problem with the progressive style of governance: Rhode Island jumped into ObamaCare with both feet, and not only are our hospitals struggling, but people are having a terrible time finding primary care doctors. Maybe those two things are cause-and-effect, maybe they’re loosely related, or maybe there’s no…
John DePetro and Justin Katz review the latest way government officials and journalists put our state on the wrong track.