Built to Win

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Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson Mar 17, 2022

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Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson joins the FGA’s Kristen Eichamer and Jonathan Bain to discuss Mississippi’s leadership on licensing reform and reducing regulatory burdens to help small businesses thrive.

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There's No Free Lunch: David Bahnsen Discusses Welfare, New Book Feb 28, 2022

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Author David Bahnsen joins FGA's Kristen Eichamer to discuss his new book, "There's No Free Lunch: 250 Economic Truths".

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Election Reform: Progress Made, But the Fight is Not Over Jan 13, 2022

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Joining the podcast today is Senior Fellow Madeline Malisa who has been on the ground in many states to testify on a variety of election reforms that aim to restore voter confidence. From securing state absentee and mail ballot processes to limiting third-party influence in state elections, Madeline has gained a deep understanding of how policymakers are securing our nation's democratic process while ensuring it is easy to vote.

Read more on this issue: https://thefga.org/election-integrity

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The Center for Excellence in Polling Aug 05, 2021

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The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) regularly conducts public interest polling, persuasive message testing, and tailored focus groups in order to understand the surrounding landscape and to chart a path through it. To double-down on this effort, FGA recently launched the Center for Excellence in Polling, also known as CEP.

Joining the podcast today to discuss the launch of the new polling center is the FGA Vice President of Communications, Nick Stehle.

Be sure to check out all of CEP’s recently launched polls here.

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What Are Election Zuckerbucks? Jul 08, 2021

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Joining the podcast today are two experts from the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) team: Research Director Nic Horton and Senior Research Analyst Hayden Dublois, who have been on the frontlines of this issue.

Can a rich tech billionaire funnel his wealth into elections? Well, we all know about political campaign donations, but what about donations straight to specific election offices and election officials? That’s what Zuckerbucks in the 2020 election were.

Read more on this issue:

https://thefga.org/paper/zuckerbucks-wisconsin-election/

https://thefga.org/video/georgia-zuckerbucks/

https://thefga.org/paper/zuckerbucks-influenced-georgia-elections/

https://thefga.org/blog/zuckerbucks-influence-election-results/

Unmasking COVID Unemployment Fraud Jul 01, 2021

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To discuss the recently released FGA paper, Unmasking the Unemployment Crisis: The New Pandemic Plaguing America, FGA Research Fellow Jonathan Bain joins the Built to Win podcast with host Dan Reynolds. You might be surprised to find out that the improper payment rate for unemployment benefits has hovered around 10% on average. But after the COVID-19 pandemic, government shutdowns, and increased unemployment bonuses, unemployment fraud has skyrocketed.

The Biden Administration's Bully Tactics Jun 10, 2021

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Join FGA's Marketing Director, Victoria Eardley, and guest Chase Martin, FGA's legal affairs director, in discussing just some of the ways the current Biden administration forces state compliance. And check out FGA's special Biden Bully project online here: https://bidenbully.com

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What States Can Do in Welfare - No Matter Who's In the White House Jun 03, 2021

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States are Taking Back Their Unemployment Systems May 27, 2021

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On this week's episode of Built to Win, host Victoria Eardley is joined by FGA's own Senior Fellow and unemployment expert, Joe Horvath. Together they'll cover some of the recent action states have taken to roll back some of the disincentives found in federal COVID legislation - and how important those steps are to a thriving American economy.

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H.R.1 and S.1: Let's Talk About It May 20, 2021

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Recently, some in Congress have been pushing H.R.1 and S.1, which are similar pieces of legislation, but one exists in the House and one exists in the Senate. On this week's episode of Built to Win, host Victoria Eardley is joined by FGA's own Senior Fellow, Madeline Malisa. In today's episode, they cover what exactly is in each of these pieces of legislation and how they affect state elections. Simply put, H.R.1 and S.1 make it easy to cheat elections, and they aren't good policies to implement.

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