David Ditch

David Ditch is a policy analyst specializing in budget and transportation policy in the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation.

Opinion
Taxpayer trap: Lawmakers push another student loan ‘forgiveness’ scheme

(The Daily Signal) – After a pause in student loan repayments during the COVID-19 pandemic, borrowers have started paying again. But if history is any guide, some student loan borrowers will… Read More

September 30, 2024
Opinion
How federal ‘science’ spending helps radicalize college students

(The Daily Signal) – Americans are watching as hordes of anti-American and anti-Israel activists have seized public spaces, occupied university buildings, denied access to reporters, and clashed with police and counterprotesters (all while demanding … Read More

May 7, 2024
Opinion
Congress must end federal handouts to radicalized academia

(The Daily Signal) – In recent weeks, Americans have been shocked by widespread student protests and statements by professors from colleges and universities that support violence against Israel. Read More

November 14, 2023