EconomyCommentary
Inflation Something to Worry About Now
Inflation has been accelerating this year, and it isn’t hard to see why. Government spending has been so overwhelming that even former U.S. Treasury Secretary… Read More
EconomyNews
Within Days of More Evictions, Only Fraction of Federal Rent Assistance Awarded
The Treasury Department has awarded a small fraction of the tens of billions of dollars Congress appropriated since January for rental assistance during the COVID-19… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
Our Government Spent $19,762 Per Person Last Year. That Compares to $780 Back in 1920.
Two years after World War I ended—in fiscal year 1920—the federal government spent approximately $6,358,000,000, according to Historical Table 1.1 published by the White House… Read More
EconomyCommentary
A Commonsense Bill That Will Ensure IRS Agents Do Their Jobs
President Joe Biden wants to increase taxes and ramp up tax enforcement, including spending an additional $80 billion to double the number of IRS agents…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats’ Double-Cross Wrecks Bloated Infrastructure Deal
The White House held a press conference on June 24 to announce a bipartisan infrastructure deal. It was going to be an easy win for… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Biden Embraces California’s Zombified Rail Boondoggle
California has a long history of churning out films about zombies, most of which are made on shoestring budgets. Unfortunately, the Biden administration is throwing… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Biden’s Infrastructure Bill Isn’t Really About Building Roads and Bridges
What’s the difference between helping the elderly and building roads? The answer should be obvious, but some members of Congress are having trouble telling the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Biden Buries Bad News of a Bloated, Reckless Budget and Hopes You Won’t Notice
When there’s bad news to be released in Washington, a tried-and-true tactic is to dump it on a Friday afternoon. If it’s really bad news,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
I Got Paid a Duplicate Stimulus Check, and It’s Probably Bad News
Last March, I got an extra $1,400 check from the IRS—money I shouldn’t have received. I had already received an economic impact payment earlier in… Read More
EconomyCommentary
5 Ways to Understand Biden’s $6.4 Trillion Tax-and-Spend Agenda
President Joe Biden released three enormous spending plans within three months of taking office. These packages, each of which contain dozens of major provisions, should… Read More
EnergyCommentary
So-Called Infrastructure Plan Would Federalize California’s Climate Mandates
If Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., continue to have their way, families across the U.S. will pay more… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Even in a Pandemic, Welfare for the Rich Thrives
Congress passed the $2.2 trillion HEROES Act. House Democrats said it gives money to “governments who desperately need funds.” But it also gives lots of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Subsidizing Manufacturing Is Wrong Approach for US Companies, Workers
President Joe Biden proposes to subsidize with federal tax dollars the manufacturing industry under his American Jobs Plan to “maintain our competitive edge.” The proposal… Read More
EconomyCommentary
6 Charts Highlight Troubling Trends Driven by Growing Nondefense Spending
If you listen to the narrative being promoted by President Joe Biden and his allies on the left, it would be easy to think that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Abysmal Jobs Report Shows Folly of Biden’s Big-Spending Agenda
The latest national employment numbers were released on Friday. Expectations were high. A combination of vaccinations, relaxing of pandemic-related economic restrictions, and stimulus funding that… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Truth-in-Taxation Laws Are Gold Standard of Property Tax Reform
The burden of high property taxes is a source of growing frustration and legitimate concern for taxpayers across the nation. Because property tax systems vary… Read More
EconomyNews
Wealthiest Cities in Bluest States Reap Windfall From Democrats’ COVID-19 ‘Stimulus’
The website of the Beverly Hills city government touts the home of Hollywood celebrities as having “exceptional dining, entertainment, shopping and cultural experiences,” plus an… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Biden’s Appropriations Budget Proposal Is Unreasonable, Irresponsible
After proposing a massive $2 trillion tax-and-spending binge, President Joe Biden released his budget request for fiscal year 2022 discretionary appropriations. This so-called skinny budget… Read More
EconomyNews
Democrats Could Pass Massive ‘Infrastructure’ Bill Without 1 GOP Vote
The Senate’s parliamentarian has ruled that Democrats can use budget reconciliation for a second time in the same fiscal year, a spokesman for Senate Majority… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Biden’s Tax-and-Spend ‘Infrastructure’ Plan Would Slow Economy, Deepen Swamp
The Biden administration on Wednesday released details of the first part of its latest enormous spending plan. Although President Joe Biden is promoting the plan… Read More
EducationCommentary
Biden’s ‘Infrastructure’ Proposal Another Unaffordable Gift to Education Establishment
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced another colossal spending package—an “infrastructure” proposal that would spend $100 billion to help “upgrade or replace crumbling school buildings.”… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
$3T Infrastructure Grab Bag Would Strangle Economy, Americans With Debt, Taxes
The media were flooded Monday with news that the Biden administration is working on a colossal new $3 trillion to $4 trillion spending plan. While… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Tax Incentives Are No Way to Drive Energy Innovation. Here’s Why.
The best ways to tame environmentally harmful emissions is to allow the private sector to innovate cleaner and more efficient ways to produce, distribute, and… Read More
Energy Analysis
Your Guidebook to Combating the Climate-Crazed Left
You’ve no doubt heard of the Green New Deal, the far left’s favorite piece of legislation. But do you know where it originated? How it… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Earmarks Represent Corruption, Waste, and the Swamp. The Ban on Them Should Stay in Place.
After a decade-long ban, earmarks, the practice of Congress funneling your tax dollars to special interests, is set to make a comeback. Some members of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Democrats Ready to Railroad Huge Infrastructure Boondoggle
Now that the bloated, debt-financed “stimulus” package has been signed into law, Congress has begun working on its next spending-spree target, infrastructure. House Speaker Nancy… Read More
PoliticsNews
Conservative Lawmakers Reject Democrats’ Bid to Revive Earmarks
Conservatives say that congressional Democrats’ bid to revive legislative earmarks must be fought “100%” by Republicans. “Earmarks are about power, waste, and corruption,” Rep. Ted… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Waiving PAYGO on $1.9T ‘Stimulus’ Is Reckless. There Are Better Ways to Go.
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” was passed under the guise of responding to COVID-19. In reality, less than 10% of the bill… Read More
EconomyCommentary
How Congress Exacerbated Union Pension Crisis Under Guise of Coronavirus Relief
By the time this column appears in print, Congress will have passed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. And that’s a shame. As its many… Read More
EconomyCommentary
5 Charts Show Why Congress Must Stop Adding to National Debt
President Joe Biden signed into law an enormous, debt-financed “stimulus” package on Thursday. This was the final step in a multi-month process to pass a… Read More
