What a Long Shutdown It's Been

<p>Romina Boccia joins Nicholas Anthony to discuss how the shutdown centers on demands to extend subsidies for earners making well above median household income—all the way up to $500,000 annually. Federal workers and SNAP recipients have been offered up as political collateral for a deal that would cause an unprecedented $1.5 trillion in additional deficit spending—all while we continue trucking toward a fiscal cliff.</p><br /><p><strong>Show Notes:</strong></p><p>Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman, "<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/food-stamp-shutdown-reveals-fragility-federal-welfare" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Food Stamp Shutdown Reveals the Fragility of Federal Welfare</u></a>," Cato at Liberty Blog, October 30, 2025</p><p>Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman, "<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/end-obamacares-welfare-wealthy-covid-credits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>End Obamacare’s Welfare for the Wealthy COVID Credits</u></a>," Cato at Liberty Blog, October 23, 2025</p><p>Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman, "<a href="https://debtdispatch.substack.com/p/welfare-digest-end-the-aca-subsidies" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Welfare Digest | End the ACA Subsidies for the Well-Off,</u></a>" Debt Dispatch, October 22, 2025</p><p>Romina Boccia and Ritvik Thakur, "<a href="https://debtdispatch.substack.com/p/debt-digest-remove-obamacare-regulations" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Debt Digest | Remove Obamacare Regulations Instead of Extending COVID-era Credits</u></a>," Debt Dispatch, October 14, 2025</p><p>Romina Boccia, "<a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/02/opinion/shutdown-drama-avoids-the-real-problem-obscene-national-debt/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Shutdown Theatrics Just Distract Us from the Real Problem: Obscene National Debt</u></a>," New York Post, October 2, 2025</p><p>Romina Boccia and Ritvik Thakur, "<a href="https://debtdispatch.substack.com/p/debt-digest-let-obamacare-covid-credits" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Debt Digest | Let Obamacare COVID Credits Expire</u></a>," Debt Dispatch, October 2, 2025</p><p>Romina Boccia, "<a href="https://www.cato.org/blog/thoughts-about-government-shutdown-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Thoughts About the Government Shutdown,</u></a>" Cato at Liberty Blog, October 1, 2025</p><p>Romina Boccia, Ritvik Thakur, and Ivane Nachkebia, "<a href="https://debtdispatch.substack.com/p/debt-digest-government-shutdown-is" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Debt Digest | Government Shutdown Is Likely</u></a>," Debt Dispatch, September 8, 2025</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>