America’s Biggest Threat Isn’t Coronavirus, It’s Congress’s Response To It
What Congress is doing, as it always does, is attempting to throw money at the problems that we and state and local legislatures have created.
Your Future Earnings Are Quickly Becoming Other People’s Money
Every stimulus grabs control from shoppers and hands control to government people. You will pay again later by getting less for the lower-value dollars as Social Security checks.
Why Republicans Get No Points For Opposing Democrats’ $3 Trillion Coronavirus Bill
Conservatives should demand more than the soft bigotry of low expectations that Republican lawmakers’ miserable track record on spending has led them to expect.
60 Questions Americans Need To Consider About How To Handle Coronavirus
Shutdowns and bailouts are unsustainable for 18 months to two years. We need a new and better set of strategies, and we can’t put it off any further.
Why Congress Should Give People Emergency Loans Instead Of Handouts
Instead of bailouts, Congress should create new safety net programs that largely recover the cash relief from the same households and businesses that receive taxpayer support.
Trump First President To Budget For Sending Education Bucks Back To States
President Trump’s block-grant plan is a bold call to congressional Republicans to not squander their next opportunity to relieve U.S. education of bureaucracy like they did in his first two years of office.
The ‘Cadillac Tax’ Repeal Will Sock Taxpayers With Debt And Increase Health Costs
The current definition of a bipartisan ‘deal’ occurs when both sides get what they want—at the expense of taxpayers, or more specifically future generations.
‘Ponzi Pete’ Buttigieg Proposes Even More Unsustainable Federal Entitlements
Buttigieg recently released an aging and retirement plan that proposed massive amounts of new entitlement spending, when we can’t afford current programs.
Federal Reserve Chair: Our Massive Federal Budget Deficits Are Unsustainable
Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, issued an ominous warning to lawmakers Wednesday that the federal budget is on ‘an unsustainable path.’
Why There Is No Justification For Forcing Taxpayers To Pay For Art
President Trump’s proposed budget eliminates funding for the NEA, and apparently not wanting taxpayers to bankroll endeavors beyond the government’s constitutional scope demonstrates his lack of humanity.
3 Reasons To Oppose The Sickeningly Swampy Budget Deal
Republicans agreed to hundreds of billions in additional spending to ‘win’ something they already had. The bill will raise spending by nearly $2 trillion over the coming decade, most of that not paid for.
The Feds Should Tell Every American Exactly What They’re Doing With Our Money Every Year
Congress should require that, within six months of Tax Day, the Internal Revenue Service must issue to all taxpayers a rundown of how much they paid, and what programs it went to fund.
The Real Threat To Seniors Isn’t Trump’s Budget, It’s Democrats’ Single-Payer Plan
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ single-payer bill would, in addition to ending Medicaid, liquidate the Medicare trust funds, using the proceeds to finance the new government-run program.
The President’s Spending Cap-Busting Budget Shouldn’t Be The Best We Can Do
The president’s budget proposes we spend vastly more money for 15 years than we take in, and lead us to spending more in interest payments than we do on Social Security or defense.
7 Ideas For Making Congress Solve The National Debt Crisis
Congressional salaries should be reduced every time a budget is passed with spending exceeding revenue, a firm cap on spending should be imposed, and entitlement reform should become an urgent priority.
Federal Employees Should Plan For Shutdowns, Not Get Caught Penniless After One Delayed Paycheck
In some cases, living paycheck-to-paycheck is unavoidable. In other cases, people need to wake up and take a long look at their foolish finance habits.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Demands That Congress Stop Pretending To Pay For Its Spending
Republicans may criticize Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for proposing new spending, but the difference between her and most GOP members represents one of degree rather than of kind.
It’s In America’s Best Interests To Stop Overspending On Our Military
We spend gobs of money on our military, so what do we get in return? A lot of foreign intervention that has little clear benefit to Americans.
How Trump And House Democrats Can Work Together On Foreign Affairs
The significant growth in Pentagon spending over the last two decades has been largely driven by the overseas contingencies that candidate Trump saw as wasteful and unnecessary.
To Prove Democrats Run Congress Even In The Minority, Check Out The Latest Spending Fight
The Trump tweet illustrates a much larger problem facing congressional Republicans: They don’t want to fight—about the wall, or about much of anything, particularly spending.
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