House Democrats Block Republican Measure To Ban Blank Check For Green New Deal
Under the proposed Democratic rules, proposals such as the Green New Deal are exempt from the requirements to estimate needed taxpayer funding.
Congress Is On A Chaotic December Spend-A-Thon With The Nation’s Next 50 Years Of Money
If Congress doesn’t have the willpower to regulate its spending—and year after year, it has proven that it doesn’t—then all of us as citizens must act, and hopefully vote, accordingly.
No, Shutting Down Another Stimulus Won’t Cost Trump The Election
What makes Trump look worse before the election: trying to get a deal with no success, or pointing out that the other side doesn’t want a deal for political reasons and pulling out of talks?
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.
In Coronavirus Spending Bill, Democrats Push Massive Tax Cut For The Rich
The Democrat proposal would give an average tax cut of $33,000 to the top 1 percent of income earners, says a Brookings Institution estimate.
No, Congress Shouldn’t Add A State Bailout To Americans’ Coronavirus Tab
Lean, effective government, lower taxes, and pro-growth regulations will revive the U.S. economy far better than bailouts for mismanaged states.
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.
Democrats’ New $3 Trillion Coronavirus Spending Wishlist Is Another Embarassing Farce
Pelosi’s caucus is looking to keep the special interest gravy train flowing, while chucking the average American another deficit-funded check like red meat to a dog they’re trying to get off their trail.
How Medicaid Bails Out Blue States And Weakens Their Health Care Systems
The budget crisis in New York that preceded the pandemic stems in large part from Washington’s overly generous match for wealthy states.
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.
‘Bad Education’ Underscores Why Public Schools Shouldn’t Get Big Bailouts
After getting an extra $13.5 billion in March’s ‘Phase 3’ stimulus bill, the education lobby is now asking Congress for another $175 billion as it ponders a Phase 4 bill.
Pelosi’s Congress Should Shelter At Home For The Rest Of The Year
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is determined to exploit this crisis for political gain, on the well-founded calculation that if Democrats ask Republicans to unleash a horde of locusts, they’ll agree to half the locusts.
Why Bigger Government Is A Worse Threat To Civil Liberties Than Lockdowns
The real threat of government expansion is not lockdown, but the introduction of well-intentioned, but dangerously-designed emergency relief programs.
10 Insanely Wasteful Spending Items In The Coronabailout
Politicians used the largest spending bill in U.S. history to force through a wide variety of earmarks and partisan boondoggles on the backs of future taxpayers.
How Republicans Helped Nancy Pelosi Pass Another Unexamined, Pork-Stuffed ‘Stimulus’
House Republican leaders actively participated in Nancy Pelosi’s successful attempt to deny the American people a public vote on the $2 trillion legislation.
$2 Trillion Coronabailout Proves Crony Capitalism Knows No Bounds
Unfortunately the largest spending package in American history is ample with corporate handouts, opening a potential minefield of corporate irresponsibility.
The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Congress’s Latest Coronavirus Spending Bill
Republicans and Democrats finally stopped squabbling long enough to spend an estimated $2 trillion on what they claim is emergency coronavirus relief.
Why Economic ‘Stimulus’ Only Makes The Economy Worse
While it remains a favorite policy prescription for politicians eager to appear as salvific heroes in times of need, it is untenable as a serious idea to stimulate anything except our national debt.
Stop The Coronabailout From Raining Your Money On Corporate Lobbyists Instead Of Struggling Americans
Congressional leaders are likely to make a very ugly bailout deal, and if it passes, America may be unrecognizable after this pandemic.