Inflating the Costs of Government’s Fiscal Irresponsibility
Inflation has reached its highest level in decades. While we’re not yet in a situation like we had in the 1970s — and we can hope that the Federal Reserve will...
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Government Isn’t Required to Build Back Better
While the cost of the Build Back Better legislation is astronomical, the so-called benefits turn out to be costs, too. ...
Thinking Through the Trade-offs of Federally Mandated Paid Leave
The nonsensical coverage of the debate over paid leave continues. ...
Giving Is an American Tradition; for That, I Am Thankful
I am most grateful to live in a country where we are wealthy enough that people have the luxury to care for one another. But this caring goes beyond helping and...
Pouring Fuel on the Spending Fire
The impact of inflation on people's pocketbooks and concerns over the expanding role of government are important in explaining Biden's low approval numbers. ...
Haste Still Makes Waste, Even for Pundits
“The quality of the punditry is abysmal.” That’s the title of an excellent letter recently shared with me and submitted to the editor of the Washington Post by George Mason University...
Here Comes the Hypocritical Global Minimum Tax
There is a certain irony to a group of rich countries pushing for policies that will disadvantage poorer countries. Yet this is exactly what the leaders of the world's biggest economies...
For Some Politicians, Enough Spending Will Never Be Enough
As irresponsible as Republicans have been with our finances, today's Democrats seem committed to making the spendaholic GOP look like Uncle Scrooge. ...
Cronyism’s Critics Continue to Miss the Point
Government subsidies give an artificial competitive edge to big companies that have no problems accessing capital, and this comes at the expense of smaller and truly innovative competitors, of consumers and...
Who’s Really at Fault if the Government Defaults?
The battle over the federal debt ceiling that’s currently being fought by government officials and legislators is yet another example of the political posturing that’s so prevalent these days. On one...
Spending Gluttony Is Washington’s Deadly Sin
Democrats are ready to raise taxes. They want more revenue, in part to fund an out-of-this-world amount of new spending. Some simply want to soak the rich, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...
When Government’s Foolish Errands Turn Into Fiascoes
Another government failure, another outrage. This time the scandal is brought on by the less-than-orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the realization that 20 years of military presence in...
The United Federal Administrative Units of America?
We're continuing to move even further down the road toward the states effectively becoming administrative units of the federal government. ...
Why Spending Matters in Times of Inflation and High Debt
If inflation ever gets out of control, it's easier to deal with it in a lower-debt environment. ...
The Return of the Tax Gap Hype
When Uncle Sam's coffers are empty, everyone suddenly remembers the so-called tax gap — the difference between the tax revenues Congress expects versus those it actually collects. ...