"A crony anti-infrastructure plan" is, sadly, the best description of the Biden administration's proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. It's insanely expensive and unnecessary, especially coming, as it does, on...
Politicians betray their campaign promises all the time. So, it's no surprise to see President Joe Biden go back on his word that, in spite of his plan to...
A detailed analysis by the Tax Foundation shows that while many Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries have tried a wealth tax, only five of those countries still...
Lockdowns aren't the only misguided policies that we've had and continue to endure because of this pandemic. ...
A fight is brewing over bringing back earmarks — provisions that are inserted into spending bills by individual members of Congress to send money to politically favored entities in...
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, recently introduced a universal child allowance in an effort to reform federal welfare programs. That goal is worthy, but his means would be counterproductive. ...
With his policy announcement about another COVID-19 relief bill, President Joe Biden declares loud and clear that he will not shy away from spending blowouts and fiscal irresponsibility. ...
The chief driver of government expansion doesn’t come from the identities of the officeholders but, rather, the incentive structures within politics. Personalities and party affiliations matter less than people...
Why people continue to trust government officials is a mystery. ...
While there is talk of bailouts for airlines, Regal Cinemas will not be getting one. Airlines should be allowed to go bankrupt ...
As the saying goes, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” Nowhere is this truth more evident than in the recent behavior of the allegedly “reformed” Export-Import Bank...
America’s national debt now stands at close to $27 trillion. Yet nobody in Washington seems to care about this disease of chronic profligacy, and COVID-19 has only made things...
The federal government should refuse another airline-industry bailout. ...
A few weeks ago, President Donald Trump proposed a payroll tax holiday to Americans earning less than $100,000 per year. The gesture is better described as a deferral of...
While flawed arguments for more government spending and more debt are reemerging, some economists offer a blueprint for us to regain control of our spiraling debt in a way...