Printing Money: Adopt a New Typeface and Save $136 Million in the Federal Budget
The federal government can make a decision that would save taxpayers millions of dollars, and it wouldn’t have to cut programs, furlough workers, or even… Read More
The Four Key Things Every Taxpayer Needs to Know About Fannie and Freddie
Five years ago, Congress used nearly $200 billion to bail out the housing finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These companies are still operating… Read More
Should Government Watch the Terrorists — or Americans Reaching for a Snack?
With recent news of various government agencies wanting to monitor our nation’s newsrooms and our children’s eating habits, and with a $17 trillion debt that… Read More
How to Free the Housing Market from Government—and Lower Your Mortgage Payments
President Obama said something truly great in his State of the Union Address this year. He told Congress: [S]ince the most important investment many families… Read More
Explosive Report: How Obamacare Will Drive People Out of the Workforce
Obamacare moves people further away from jobs and shifts their health care costs to taxpayers. Good news or bad? The White House took up defensive… Read More
What Congress Did While You Were Talking About the State of the Union
Congress is very fond of two things: throwing a bunch of stuff into one bill and rushing bills through while Americans are focused on other… Read More
Temporary Worker Programs Should Not Be Disguise for Amnesty
Various new outlets are reporting increasing interest from leaders in the House of Representatives in advancing some form of amnesty, whether through some form of… Read More
How Congress Gets Away with Spending THIS Much Money
Imagine for a moment that you were an NBA superstar. It’s tough to fathom making $30.5 million per year like Kobe Bryant does—but just think… Read More
Government Failures Congress Wants You to Fund This Year
Wasteful, ineffective, failed. Those are all ways Heritage experts have described government programs Congress is funding—with your hard-earned money—in its new trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill…. Read More
Members of Congress Won’t Read This Bill
Passing bills to find out what’s in them… that was so 2010, right? Sadly, no. Any day now, Congress is likely to release the trillion-dollar… Read More
The President Thanks You For Sending Him To Hawaii For Christmas
It would be nice to spend the holidays in Hawaii, wouldn’t it? In case you haven’t heard, President Obama and the First Family did just… Read More
Immigration Reform: What “Step-by-Step” Should Mean
Immigration reform may be on Congress’s agenda in 2014, and the latest hints have included some Members of Congress referring to a “step-by-step” approach. What… Read More
These 13 Tax Increases Hit in 2013
It’s about time for us to uncover our eyes and take a hard look at what 2013 did to our finances. Did you feel the… Read More
Booze, Pole Dancing, and Luxurious Hotels: Top 10 Examples of Government Waste in 2013
The latest budget deal, passed by a bipartisan majority in both the House and the Senate, suggests that Washington agrees with House Minority Leader Nancy… Read More
3 Things You Need to Know About the Congressional Budget Deal
Many had high hopes that the first budget conference in four years would make a substantial down payment toward fixing the U.S. spending and debt… Read More
An Unlimited Christmas Credit Card
What if you had no spending limits this holiday season? You could take that dream ski vacation you’ve always wanted…and buy all new ski gear… Read More
Congress Wants to Tax Your Christmas Tree
Christmas trees are pretty unpopular, right? The House must think so, since its farm bill would pave the way to set up a Christmas Tree… Read More
Farm Bill: Money for Nothin’… I Want My Subsidy
The four principal farm bill negotiators have tentatively agreed on a framework for a new farm bill. A central aspect of this framework would be… Read More
Undercover Video Shows Obamacare Navigators Urging Applicant to Lie, Defraud Taxpayers
Lie and defraud taxpayers – that’s what Obamacare “navigators” are telling some Americans trying to sign up for health insurance. James O’Keefe, whose Project Veritas… Read More
Happy Halloween: Candy-Crushing Cronyism
This Halloween, millions of Americans will, as every year, be handing out candy. But this year, the real trick could be finding treats made in… Read More
Obama Agriculture Cuts Nearly Three Times More Than House and Senate Bills
The “farm bill” affects all Americans, not just farmers. After all, everyone eats and wants affordable food to feed their families. Yet as is typical,… Read More
Obama’s Priorities vs. the Economy
Now that the government is whirring again, President Obama has identified three priorities for the country. Here’s a quick look at how they stack up… Read More
Medicare Reform that Saves Seniors and Taxpayers Money
America’s finances are in a mess, and Medicare is one of the main reasons. But the good news—just confirmed by the Congressional Budget Office—is that… Read More
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15 Pictures of Ridiculous Government Spending Guaranteed to Make You Mad
In 2013, federal spending approached $3.5 trillion. Now that’s hard to wrap your brain around. It’s about $27,700 for every American household. All across America,… Read More
5 Immigration Questions
During the August congressional recess, a pro-amnesty coalition of business and union interests is putting the squeeze on members of the House of Representatives to… Read More
How to Use Obamacare to Scam Taxpayers
Looking for a little extra cash? If you’re interested in defrauding taxpayers, it might be as easy as writing down a number on a form…. Read More
How the Obamacare “Honor System” Will Encourage Fraud
Earlier this month, the Obama Administration—in a 600-plus page regulation—announced that for 2014, Obamacare insurance subsidies will essentially operate on the “honor system.” This will… Read More
ANALYSIS | Obama’s Economic Speech: Another Summer Rerun
President Obama traveled to Illinois today to give the same tired, worn-out economic speech he’s been giving for almost five years now. Rather than offering… Read More
Morning Bell: Decision Time on Immigration
Today is a pivotal day in the immigration debate: House Republicans are meeting to hash out their path. Pressure is coming from all sides. The… Read More
Things That Aren’t Inevitable: The Farm Bill
Don’t you love it when the conventional wisdom gets turned on its head? What was supposed to happen in Washington a couple of weeks ago—passing… Read More
