Will the Export-Import Bank Rise Again?
The top foreign beneficiaries of Ex-Im were a Who's Who list of giant and often state-owned companies. ...
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Pull the U.S. out of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The EBRD was set up in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet empire, ostensibly for the purpose of promoting capitalism in the post-communist world, and the United States is its...
Eliminate, Don’t Expand, Electric Vehicle Credit
EV manufacturers aren't the only ones pushing for expanding the tax credits. Utility companies hoping to boost demand for electricity also want to keep the handouts flowing. ...
Air Travel Protectionists’ Wings Clipped by Open Skies Agreements
Though competition is great for consumers — as they get more and better goods and services for less money — some companies dislike the constant pressure it creates for them to...
Are Health Officials Strangling the Lesser of Two Evils for the Benefit of the Greater?
Tobacco kills 480,000 people a year in the United States. Yet when an innovative alternative that delivers nicotine and eliminates 95 percent of the harm of smoking is available, the wary...
The Seattle Head Tax Is Idiotic
The tyranny of local government was on full display this week. The culprits are some greedy members of the Seattle City Council. Backed by their union friends, they just voted to...
Taming the Tyranny of the Agency
The tyranny of the administrative state is real and hard to tame. Americans would be horrified if they knew how much power thousands of unelected bureaucrats employed by federal agencies wield....
Is Ethanol Cronyism on the Ropes?
While then-candidate Donald Trump did participate in the usual campaign ritual of bending knee to Iowa farmers with a promise to protect the Renewable Fuel Standard, there was reason to hope...
Kelo’s Demolished ‘Little Pink House’ Stands as a Monument to Injustice
The United States is supposed to be the "land of the free," a country where individualism and private property are sacrosanct. Yet it's difficult to maintain this belief while watching Courtney...
Are the Supremes Ready to Rule on Online Sales Taxes (Again)?
If you think internet companies aren't paying any taxes for online sales and that's killing bricks-and-mortar retailers and states' budgets, you, my friend, have been duped. ...
To Infinity and Beyond: Are Trillion-Dollar Deficits the New Norm?
Trillion-dollar deficits are coming back faster than originally projected. Though it's fair to complain about the impact of the recently enacted tax cuts on our red ink, the ultimate culprits for...
Swamp Spending 101: The Omnibus Spending Bill
Republicans are once again proving why they actually deserve the label of the biggest swamp spenders. ...
Should Infrastructure Spending Be State, Local or Federal?
Now is the time to rethink the way we fund our infrastructure. The best place to start would be to end the federal gas tax and let state and local governments...
Making the Federal Government Lean Again
We are not in a full-scale war. We are not in a recession or fighting a high unemployment rate. But the federal government is spending as if we were a teenager...
SpaceX and Uncle Sam Shrug Off Billion-Dollar Blame Game
Did you know that the government doesn't insure the cargo it sends into space? That means that when a satellite carrying government cargo explodes during or after launch, taxpayers are left...