Let’s Make a Deal — to Abdicate Responsibility
If you follow the news, you may be under the impression that nothing ever gets done in Congress and that Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on any serious legislation. You aren’t...
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Infrastructure Insanity
Democrats' $6 trillion infrastructure plan would probably be best described as a package full of progressive items wrapped in magical thinking paper. ...
Demystifying the Magical Multiplier Myth
The hundreds of newspaper reports about COVID relief that called the spending "stimulus" were misleading. ...
Expanding the Child Tax Credit Ignores Historical Precedent
Marketing is everything in politics. It explains why a tax credit that benefits 90% of American families with kids — some of them with income higher than $400,000 — is marketed...
Biden’s Family Leave Plan Is a Permanent Burden for a Temporary Problem
There are many more nongovernmental ideas for helping workers, and even more to be discovered. Let's pursue them, rather than ram through a federal paid-leave program. ...
Uncle Sam’s Lack of Leadership on Debt Cannot Be Ignored
Prudent leaders should take steps now to make sure their actions don't cause a debt crisis in the future. Sadly, there are no such leaders in sight today. ...
The FDA’s Slippery Slope Toward Mandating Raw Broccoli for Breakfast
While it may sound old-fashioned, I don't believe that it's the role of the government to tell fully consenting adults what they can and cannot do with their own bodies, even...
If All the World’s a Stage, COVID-19 Is Writing the Script
We now have pandemic hygiene theater to give uninformed people a false sense of control and sustain their fear of the virus. ...
Just Because It’s Said by Joe Doesn’t Make It So
President Joe Biden says his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan would generate economic growth and jobs, but none of this clever marketing makes any of these claims true. ...
Biden’s Crony Anti-infrastructure Plan
"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 top of...
On Biden, Betrayal, Burdens and Bunk
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 significantly hike...
History Tells Us That Wealth Taxes Don’t Work
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 have one...
On the Pursuit of Tyrannical Policies and Zero-Risk Societies
Lockdowns aren't the only misguided policies that we've had and continue to endure because of this pandemic. ...
Earmarks Expose Self-serving Politicians, Distract Us From Bigger Problems
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 their districts....
Romney’s Family Security Act Redistributes Wealth, Creates Distortions, Grows Government
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. ...