Opinions – Page 497 – Prologue Journal

The Trouble With Medicaid Work Requirements

Wall Street Journal At best they’re a half-measure that won’t solve the gathering crisis of federal debt. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trouble-with-medicaid-work-mandates-democrats-republicans-budget-negotiations-medicaid-medicare-3bd3bf0d

Why Cancer Drugs Are Being Rationed

Wall Street Journal The government squeeze on generic profits is leading to shortages. https://www.wsj.com/articles/drug-shortages-price-controls-government-fda-white-house-cancer-treatments-b2d08ba4

The NAACP Expels Florida From the Union

Wall Street Journal The group’s ‘travel advisory’ distorts the state’s record to take a shot at Ron DeSantis. https://www.wsj.com/articles/naacp-florida-travel-advisory-ron-desantis-6be473c9

Tim Scott’s Pitch for American Revival

Wall Street Journal The Senator is betting in his presidential campaign that Republicans want a politics of optimism. https://www.wsj.com/articles/tim-scott-presidential-run-announcement-america-republicans-donald-trump-ron-desantis-f1b395d3

AMLO Says What’s Yours Can Be His in Mexico

Wall Street Journal The President ignores the law to expropriate property when it suits his political purposes. https://www.wsj.com/articles/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-grupo-mexico-property-supreme-court-6a779389

‘Unelectability’ Won’t Defeat Donald Trump in 2024

Wall Street Journal For one thing, he won in 2016. And his opponents look weak for not simply calling him unfit to be president. https://www.wsj.com/articles/unelectability-wont-defeat-donald-trump-republican-primary-desantis-polls-7dafe040

The Phony Debt-Ceiling ‘Calamity’

Wall Street Journal The Treasury made a plan to pay bondholders in 2011. It could do the same with Social Security. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-phony-debt-ceiling-calamity-x-date-default-social-security-roll-over-treasury-ac939d83

What the 14th Amendment Really Says

Wall Street Journal Biden must pay interest on the debt or violate the U.S. Constitution. https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-14th-amendment-really-says-debt-ceiling-biden-shut-down-default-constitution-78b24824

The Target of Runaway Theft

Wall Street Journal The CEO says thievery will cost the giant retailer $500 million. https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-target-of-runaway-theft-shoplifting-crime-stolen-goods-inventory-profits-violence-stores-dfcc7ced

Escape From New York, Etc.

Wall Street Journal Big progressive cities suffer another year of declining population. https://www.wsj.com/articles/progressive-cities-population-decline-census-bureau-chicago-new-york-san-francisco-e803562c