Government Spending

• Is the Obama Recovery Over? Or Has it Not Really Started Yet?, Nick Gillespie, May 30, 2012
• White House "Explains" the Difference Between Bain's Failures and Solyndra's, Scott Shackford, May 29, 2012
• Honor 9/11 Victims by Helping California Fight Livestock Diseases (and Pay State Employees)!, Scott Shackford, May 29, 2012
• Canada's Free-Market Reforms Provide Model for U.S., Nick Gillespie, May 29, 2012
• Government Shrinkage and Economic Growth, Nick Gillespie, May 25, 2012
• QQ Rhode Island Noobs: You Paid $75 Million for Failed Game Company, Scott Shackford, May 24, 2012
• The Greek Tragedy Continues to Unfold, Matthew Feeney, May 24, 2012
• Why Didn't Greek and European Leaders Think About the Inevitable Greek Exit From the Euro Until Three Weeks Ago?, Matt Welch, May 24, 2012
• California Fixing to Have to Pimp-Slap Cities to Get Redevelopment Funds Back, Scott Shackford, May 24, 2012
• Sen. Alan Simpson Kindly Provides Example of Those Thank You Letters He Went on About, Scott Shackford, May 23, 2012
• Peter Orszag's Secret Service Recovery Plan: "Stimulate Now," Pay Later, Nick Gillespie, May 23, 2012
• Are California Rail Authorities Looking to Cover Their Tracks with Email Purge?, Scott Shackford, May 22, 2012
• Government Spending Claims Two More Victims, Matthew Feeney, May 22, 2012
• Reason Writers on The Alyona Show: Matt Welch Talks Cory Booker, Peter Thiel, and Big Government's Mutual Attraction With Lobbyists, May 22, 2012
• De Rugy: Why "Balanced" Austerity Isn't Helping Europe - And Why Spending Cuts Just Might, Nick Gillespie, May 22, 2012
• Student Loan Subsidies Redux: For Just $10 a Month, You Can Subsidize Privileged Children, Nick Gillespie, May 21, 2012
• July 1: Do or Die for California High Speed Train Funding (Guess Which One We’re Hoping for?), Scott Shackford, May 17, 2012
• No Joke: Stimulus Money Went to Study Erectile Dysfunction In Obese Men, Nick Gillespie, May 16, 2012
• Rhode Island Subsidizes Curt Schilling's Video Games: Who's Buying This Fantasy?, Scott Shackford, May 15, 2012
• California Austerity: $5 Billion Spending Hike: Cavanaugh on Fox L.A., 10 p.m. tonight, Tim Cavanaugh, May 14, 2012
• The 90 Percent Who Work in Private Sector Should Read This About Public Sector Pension Reform, Nick Gillespie, May 14, 2012
• Ron Paul Roundup: Oklahoma Progress, Budget Plan Hit by Romney, and Women! Women! Women!, Brian Doherty, May 12, 2012
• Ron Paul Roundup: Oklahoma Progress, Budget Plan Hit by Romney, and Women! Women! Women!, Brian Doherty, May 12, 2012
• Q and A With California Senate Candidate Rick Williams, a "Ron Paul Republican", Brian Doherty, May 11, 2012
• Feds to California: Spend That Money You Don't Have on High-Speed Rail, Scott Shackford, May 10, 2012
• DOJ Vs. Joe Arpaio, Military Trained for “Total War” Against Islam, Vikings Get Their Cheese: P.M. Links, Scott Shackford, May 10, 2012
• Question for Scott Walker Recall Fans: How Much Higher Should Wisconsin's Taxes Be?, Nick Gillespie, May 10, 2012
• Postal Service Scales Back Scaleback: Will Close Nothing, Nowhere, Scott Shackford, May 9, 2012
• Austerity Lives on in Our Minds and Hearts..., Brian Doherty, May 7, 2012
• Is Austerity - or Decades of Awful Governance - Responsible for Greek Suicides?, Nick Gillespie, May 7, 2012
• 54 Percent Expect New Tax Revenue to Increase Spending, Not Close Deficit, Emily Ekins, May 3, 2012
• 54 Percent Expect New Tax Revenue to Increase Spending, Not Close Deficit, Emily Ekins, May 3, 2012
• Stephen King: Tax Me More or I'll Keep Writing About Rich People Who "Douse Their Dicks in Lighter Fluid" at The Daily Beast!, Nick Gillespie, May 1, 2012
• Updated (4.30pm)!: Feds, Dems Lead Way in Creating More Student Loan Defaults Via Paperwork Screwups, Nick Gillespie, April 30, 2012
• Should New Student Borrowers Be Charged What Older Ones Are?, Nick Gillespie, April 27, 2012
• Isn’t America Already Financially Repressed?, Tim Cavanaugh, April 26, 2012
• Postal Service Could Cut Saturday Delivery in Two to Three Years, No Guarantees (Like Priority Mail)..., Nick Gillespie, April 26, 2012
• Hysterity! Global Panic about "Austere" 9 Percent Spending Hike, Tim Cavanaugh, April 25, 2012
• Government Hooker Scandal Spreads to Brazil, Ed Krayewski, April 25, 2012
• Did TARP Really Happen? Auto Bailouts? The Stimulus?, Nick Gillespie, April 24, 2012
• NJ Gov. Chris Christie Won't Beg NBA Nets to Stay But Happy to Shower Corporate Welfare on Others, Nick Gillespie, April 24, 2012
• Sen. Kent Conrad, Senate Dems Punt on Producing Budget Because GOP is Obstructionist, Needs Document to Vote On, Nick Gillespie, April 23, 2012
• Photos and a Lawsuit in the Secret Service's Hooker Scandal, Ed Krayewski, April 19, 2012
• Space Shuttle Sent to Museum, SpaceX Launch Set For April 30, Ed Krayewski, April 17, 2012
• Reason Writers on Cable TV: Matt Welch Talks Mitt Romney and Spending on MSNBC and Fox Business Network, Matt Welch, April 17, 2012
• Nothing Left to Cut! California Spends $205,000 to Move $15 Shrub., Tim Cavanaugh, April 16, 2012
• Barney Frank: Even Hayek Agrees With Me! (That Only Increasing Federal Spending by 35 Percent Over A Decade Means the State Is "Just Doing Nothing"), Brian Doherty, April 16, 2012
• New Video Reveals Bankruptcy of California High-Speed Rail, Tim Cavanaugh, April 16, 2012
• Secret Service Agents Should be Allowed to Rent Hookers, Tim Cavanaugh, April 15, 2012
• Should Germany Dump the Euro?, Tim Cavanaugh, April 14, 2012
• GSA Scandal Reflux: Obama Admin Blames Bush or, More Proof That Frat-Boy-Style Spending is a Bipartisan Problem, Nick Gillespie, April 12, 2012
• GOP "Social Darwinism" Quantified! Spend 50 Percent More than Clinton, Pennies Less Than Obama!, Nick Gillespie, April 6, 2012
• Reason Writers at CNN.com: Matt Welch on the GSA Scandal and the Real "Sin City", Matt Welch, April 4, 2012
• "You're not stabilizing the market. You're creating more chaos.", Tim Cavanaugh, April 3, 2012
• Did the $3,200 Mindreader Hired For a Gov't Conference See The Firing of GSA Head Martha Johnson Coming?, Nick Gillespie, April 2, 2012
• Loan-Modification Scams Only News When There’s Hotness Involved, Tim Cavanaugh, March 30, 2012
• Municipal Corruption as a Tourist Attraction, Anthony L. Fisher, March 30, 2012
• Nick Gillespie Talks Paul Ryan-GOP Budget with Fox Business' Tom Sullivan, Nick Gillespie, March 26, 2012
• Recovery In Action: Nearly $300 Billion Student Debt In Default, Tim Cavanaugh, March 25, 2012
• Why the new GOP/Paul Ryan Budget is Better Than Obama's But Still Ain't Good Enough For Gov't Work., Nick Gillespie, March 21, 2012
• AP: "Buffett Rule" Would Raise Just $3 Billion Per Year, Matt Welch, March 20, 2012
• The Horrible (and Continuing) Waste of 9/11, Tim Cavanaugh, March 19, 2012
• Reason Writers on the Air: Matt Welch Talks About the Symbolic Presidency on Varney & Co., March 8, 2012
• Nothing is Certain but Debt and Taxes, Brian Doherty, March 5, 2012
• Do-Nothing Congress Ignores Threat from the Sun, Tim Cavanaugh, March 2, 2012
• Monetary Apocalypsageddon Update: U.S. Debt to GDP Ratio Over 100 and and Rising, Brian Doherty, February 24, 2012
• Reason Writers on The Alyona Show: Matt Welch Talks Obama Budget; Wears Questionable Sweater, February 15, 2012
• Obama's Budget: More Phantoms than a Lon Chaney Flick, Nick Gillespie, February 14, 2012
• Obama's Spending 'Freeze' Leaves Room for an NEA Hike, Jacob Sullum, February 13, 2012
• 3 Must-See Charts About Obama's Budget, Nick Gillespie, February 13, 2012