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State and Local Governments Need Some Tough Love From Uncle Sam Aug. 06, 2020
State and local governments want more funds from the federal government to patch their budgets. Lack... Read More
The Virus and the Malignancy Jul. 29, 2020
The word "unsustainable" is often used by politicians and bureaucrats in Washington, D.C., when they... Read More
Paying People Not to Work Is Not an Economic Stimulus Jul. 28, 2020
Back in 2009, Nancy Pelosi infamously declared the best way to revive the economy was to dole out ev... Read More
State and Local Governments Could Learn From Crises Jul. 16, 2020
There's no doubt that this pandemic-induced recession is hitting states hard. But that's no reason t... Read More
What Happened To the Record Income Taxes Americans Paid Last Year? Jul. 15, 2020
Back in fiscal 2019, which ended last September before COVID-19 hit, the federal government set two ... Read More
As Bastiat Would Say, Peer Past the Obvious With Pandemic Policies Jul. 02, 2020
This week marks the 219th birthday of the great 19th-century French economist Frederic Bastiat. It's... Read More
In 2,000 Days as Speaker, Pelosi Has Increased Debt a Record $9.6 Trillion Jun. 24, 2020
In the 2,000 days that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has now served as the leader of a division of the federa... Read More
Stop the Madness of Congressional Spending Jun. 23, 2020
The coronavirus shutdown has flattened multiple industries across America — everything from ai... Read More
The Federal Government Cannot Bail Out the Blue States May. 05, 2020
Battle lines are getting drawn up between the two parties on the next round of "stimulus" for the ec... Read More
$5 Trillion Down the Drain Mar. 24, 2020
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, everyone should read Robert Higgs' economic classic "Crisis... Read More
Politicians Have Not Stolen Social Security Money Feb. 19, 2020
I give lots of talks about Social Security. I've given thousands of them over the past 45 years. And... Read More
Defusing the Debt Bomb Feb. 11, 2020
President Donald Trump's new budget confirms that without corrective action, trillion-dollar deficit... Read More
Uncle Sam Doubles Down on His Spending Addiction Feb. 06, 2020
My fellow taxpayers, this is your quarterly warning that Uncle Sam is not a good steward of your mon... Read More
Our Coming Debt Crisis Jan. 31, 2020
Ten to 20 years from now, we will not be talking about impeachment, and believe it or not, we won't ... Read More
Wasn't a $4.4 Trillion Federal Government Big Enough? Oct. 30, 2019
The leaders of both the Republican Party and the Democratic Party in the U.S. Senate proved again th... Read More
$3.22 Trillion: Federal Programs That 'Transfer Income' Projected to Hit Record in FY20 Oct. 23, 2019
Federal spending programs that are "designed to transfer income ... to individuals or families" are ... Read More
Why the Fed Is Right to Inject the Economy With More Dollars Jul. 30, 2019
Suddenly, nearly everyone wants the Federal Reserve Board to cut interest rates. I've been arguing f... Read More
Immigration: Crisis or Not, It is a Problem Mar. 16, 2019
So, what is the reality of immigration into the United States? Is it the "humanitarian crisis at the... Read More
Being a Socialist Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry Aug. 01, 2018
"So, how are you planning to pay for that?" This should be the first question asked about any politi... Read More
The Battle of Budget Ideas Rages On Jun. 01, 2017
Love it or hate it, the recently proposed 2018 federal budget is dead on arrival. Some say that's be... Read More
