SocietyCommentary
The Cost of Government-Funded Free Things
Politicians claim their bills bring us good things. Free health care! Child care! A cellphone for all! But government isn’t Santa Claus. Government is force…. Read More
EconomyNews
Biden Tries to Boost Pay for Federal Bureaucrats by Highest Rate Since Carter
President Joe Biden’s $7 trillion tax-and-spending plan would boost pay for federal bureaucrats by 5.2%, their highest raise in decades and more than private sector… Read More
EconomyCommentary
10 Ways Biden’s ‘Build Back Better’ Bill Would Kill Economic Opportunity
President Joe Biden wants you to view his $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend Christmas wish list as an “investment.” However, the specific details of this 2,465-page manifesto… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Democrats Use Accounting Gimmicks to Conceal Spending in Bloated ‘Build Back Better’ Bill
President Joe Biden is twisting arms to get “agreement” this week on hundreds of tax and spending provisions in his multitrillion-dollar social welfare bill while… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Biden’s Irresponsible ‘Build Back Better’ Tax-and-Spend Scheme Risks Higher Inflation
Rising prices continue to erode Americans’ paychecks, supply chain problems are causing gridlock at U.S. ports, and stores have bare shelves as Christmas approaches. Worse,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
10 Absurdly Wasteful Items Tucked Into Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Monstrosity
House Democrats a few weeks ago released the full text of their big-government socialism $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend package. Many important elements were already clear. It… Read More
Economy Analysis
Rep. McClintock ‘Terrified’ for Economy as Democrats Push Massive Spending Bills
America’s national debt has topped $28.4 trillion, but Democrats want to raise the debt limit and keep on spending. For months, Democrats have been pushing… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Democrats Pack $3.5 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Bill With Payoffs to Big Labor
The core of the Biden administration and Democratic-controlled Congress’ legislative agenda is a $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend bill. And while much attention has been paid both… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Socialist Dream Is Tax-and-Spend Nightmare
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans a vote soon to push Sen. Bernie Sanders’ $3.5 trillion socialist dream budget one step closer to law. The news gets worse… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Why Is There So Little Outrage at All of the Corporate Welfare?
Today’s politicians want to spend more on everything: Amtrak subsidies, sports stadium subsidies, green energy subsidies, even fossil fuel subsidies. President Joe Biden says the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Even Some Democrats Sound Alarm on Radical $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill
Despite already spending trillions of dollars on COVID-19 relief legislation, for the past few months, Democrats have been focused on designing the largest tax-and-spend bill… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
There’s (Cradle to) Grave Waste in Democrats’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan
Congressional Democrats are proposing to spend an enormous amount of taxpayer dollars on what The New York Times calls “cradle to the grave” additions to… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats Spend Big, and We Pay, for Their Socialist Dream
In 1983, Tom Cruise starred in the film “Risky Business.” It’s about wealthy parents in Chicago who go on vacation and leave the house under… Read More
EducationNews
Wealthy School District Diverts $79M in COVID-19 Relief to ‘Equity’ Programs
One of the wealthiest school systems in America has unveiled plans to reallocate COVID-19 relief money to promote “equity” programs and a “welcoming” and “culturally… Read More
EducationCommentary
$3.5T Spending Bill Would Lavish Hundreds of Billions on Nanny State Education
The massive, unprecedented $3.5 trillion spending bill making its way through Congress includes education spending on an equally unprecedented scale. In all, the plan would… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Federal Handouts Hamper Job Market, Economic Recovery
One thing we know for sure from the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has had and continues to have a lasting impact globally, as well… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Earmarks, a Favorite Tool of Central Planners, Are Making a Comeback Under Biden
One of the hard-fought victories of the tea party wave that swept Congress in 2010 was the elimination of earmarks in 2011. The new majority… Read More
PoliticsNews
9 House Democrats Vow to Block $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill Until Biden Signs Infrastructure Package
Nine centrist Democrats in the House vowed in a letter released early Friday that they would not vote for Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget until President… Read More
PoliticsNews
Salon Owner Who Outed Maskless Pelosi Headlines ‘Save Our Paychecks’ Event
It’s been nearly a year since San Francisco salon owner Erica Kious lost her business after exposing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s violation of California’s COVID-19… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Bloated $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Neither Reasonable nor Centrist
The bipartisan group of senators that just passed a $1.1 trillion federal infrastructure bill is attempting to sell it as a reasonable, centrist compromise. Yet… Read More
PoliticsNews
11 Notable Topics in Senate Vote-a-Rama on Spending $3.5 Trillion
In forcing through a $3.5 trillion spending bill that includes portions of the Green New Deal and lays the groundwork to grant amnesty to illegal… Read More
EconomyNews
9 Things You Need to Know About the Budget Resolution’s Reckless Tax and Spending Spree
After passing a $1.1 trillion infrastructure spending bill on a bipartisan basis—which is filled with liberal spending priorities—the Senate will now consider a budget resolution… Read More
EconomyCommentary
6 Troubling Leftist Wins in $1.1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
The Senate passed a 2,702-page long infrastructure bill Tuesday that contains a whopping $1.1 trillion in spending. The bill will now move to the House… Read More
Economy Analysis
Infrastructure or Democratic Wish List? What to Know About Those $1.1 Trillion and $3.5 Trillion Spending Bills
Congress is forging ahead with a $1.1 trillion infrastructure bill. The measure has received bipartisan support, but many conservatives warn that now is not the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Fiscal Conservatism Is Still Best Way to Beat Inflation
President Joe Biden counterintuitively argues that his proposed massive increases in government spending are the keys to beating back inflation, which hit 5.4% last month,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress Continues Spending Spree With Irresponsible Infrastructure Deal
Impulsiveness, one of the defining features of a spending spree, happens when a person stops caring about cost, value, or financing for a period of… Read More
EconomyNews
Pelosi Asks Biden to Extend Eviction Moratorium in Violation of Supreme Court Ruling
Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other leading House Democrats have called on the White House to disregard a Supreme Court ruling and extend the national moratorium… Read More
LawNews
Texas Man Gets 11 Years for Buying Homes, Cars With $25 Million in COVID-19 Relief
A man from Coppell, Texas, has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for running a fraudulent scheme to receive about $24.8 million… Read More
Health CareNews
House Republicans Slam Treasury Secretary for Avoiding Oversight
Top House Republicans are criticizing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for avoiding oversight while her agency is accused of mishandling billions of dollars of COVID-19 relief… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
What You Need to Know About Boondoggles in Senate Infrastructure Bill
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing to extend a subway from San Francisco, not far from her congressional district, to Silicon Valley, with funding in… Read More
