Government Spending

• Highlights of Obama's 2013 Budget Plan: Flat spending, Higher Taxes, Nick Gillespie, February 13, 2012
• "The Time for Austerity is Not Today" (And By Today, I Also Mean Tomorrow)., Nick Gillespie, February 13, 2012
• Synfuel Company With $25 Million Green Loan Calls Emergency Conference, Tim Cavanaugh, February 8, 2012
• Did You Know U.S. Federal Tax is More Progressive Than Most of Europe's?, Nick Gillespie, February 6, 2012
• Takers vs. Makers in Today's America, Nick Gillespie, February 5, 2012
• It's Not What You Owe, It's Who You Owe, Brian Doherty, February 3, 2012
• Chrysler CEO Whines That Uncle Sam Has Not Treated Him Generously Enough, Shikha Dalmia, February 2, 2012
• If Housing Was Overpriced, Is It a Bad Thing Fewer Americans Own Houses?, Nick Gillespie, February 1, 2012
• Tim Cavanaugh Talks Golden State Stagnation on Good Day L.A., January 27, 2012
• Smart City Logic: Ten Tall Buildings Worth More Than 20,000 Family Homes, Tim Cavanaugh, January 27, 2012
• Ener1 Goes Bankrupt, Becomes Second or Third Next Solyndra, Tim Cavanaugh, January 26, 2012
• Matt Welch Discusses the Buffett Rule and His Favorite Beatles Songs on Varney & Co., Joshua Swain, January 26, 2012
• Breaking: Obama's SOTU Will Be Same-Old, Same-Old, with Cliched GOP Response, Nick Gillespie, January 24, 2012
• Surprise: "Tax Breaks for Jobs: Half Fall Short", Nick Gillespie, January 17, 2012
• Historic Do-Nothing Congress Still Found Time to Propose $1 Trillion in Spending, Nick Gillespie, January 17, 2012
• Reason Writers on the Air: Matt Welch Disses Mitt Romney's Government-Cutting Cred on Cavuto, January 13, 2012
• Obama Belly-Flops Into Political Silly Season with Bold Plan For "leaner, smarter and more consumer-friendly" Govt, Nick Gillespie, January 13, 2012
• 3 Reasons Conservatives Should Cut Defense Spending Now!, Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg, January 10, 2012
• What Are Mainstream Views on Defense Spending and Foreign Policy Today?, January 6, 2012
• Sixty Two Percent of Americans Prioritize Spending on Roads Over Public Transit, Emily Ekins, January 4, 2012
• Sixty Two Percent of Americans Prioritize Spending on Roads Over Public Transit, Emily Ekins, January 4, 2012
• 11 Things Washington Post Readers Think Government Screwed Up in 2011, Katherine Mangu-Ward, December 27, 2011
• New at Reason: Sheldon Richman On Government Job Creation, December 23, 2011
• Nick Gillespie Talks Payroll Tax Cut on Judge Napolitano's Freedom Watch, Nick Gillespie, December 23, 2011
• Why Not Abolish Payroll Taxes Altogether Instead of Screwing Around With a Short-Term, Low-Percentage Cut?, Nick Gillespie, December 21, 2011
• Biggest Handouts to 1 Percent Are Social Security and Medicare, Nick Gillespie, December 12, 2011
• How Conan O'Brien Sees Ron Paul, and How Ron Paul Rises in Iowa, Brian Doherty, December 8, 2011
• Reasoners on the Tube: Nick Gillespie on Payroll Tax Cuts, Nick Gillespie, December 7, 2011
• Wall Street Journal: Luis Fortuño for VP!, Matt Welch, December 7, 2011
• Obama Gets His Teddy On, Matt Welch, December 6, 2011
• GOP Message-Massager Frank Luntz, in the Wake of OWS: Don't Defend "Capitalism," Don't Rail Against "Government Spending", Matt Welch, December 5, 2011
• Why Cops Cost So Much: Overtime for Weekend Events is Part of the Job!, Nick Gillespie, December 5, 2011
• On the Super Committee Trigger, It's Cut for Cut (Except the Cuts Aren't Cuts), Peter Suderman, December 1, 2011
• Better Paul Krugman: Why Not Tax Financial Transactions Opinion Columns?, Nick Gillespie, December 1, 2011
• RFK Jr., Green Energy Boondoggles, & Socialism for the Rich, Nick Gillespie, November 30, 2011
• Goodnight, Solyndra: $1/2 Billion Swindle Delivered $1,015.25 Entertainment, Tim Cavanaugh, November 29, 2011
• New at Reason: Steve Chapman on the Delusional Support for a Balanced Budget Amendment, November 28, 2011
• If You Assume That the Stimulus Created Jobs, Then It's a Safe Bet You'll Find That the Stimulus Created Jobs, Peter Suderman, November 23, 2011
• Nick Gillespie Talks Phony Spending Cuts on Freedom Watch, November 22, 2011
• The Important Thing About #SuperCommitteeFAIL is That Harry Reid & Chris Dodd Poured Whiskey on Ted Kennedy's Grave, Nick Gillespie, November 22, 2011
• Why We Should Fear Bathtubs More Than Terrorists-Authors John Mueller and Mark G. Stewart on Security Spending, Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg, November 21, 2011
• Surprise: Obama and Boehner Just Say Yes to Automatic Sequester Cuts! As If That's Worth a Damn!, Nick Gillespie, November 21, 2011
• Three Reasons We Shouldn't Bail Out Student Loan Borrowers, Nick Gillespie & Meredith Bragg, November 19, 2011
• Dems and Reps Agree: Let's Spend Tons More on Defense!, Nick Gillespie, November 18, 2011
• Slouching Toward the Inevitable Failure of the Super Committee, Peter Suderman, November 18, 2011
• Is Our Bridges Crumbling? Maybe, But Definitely Less Than They Used to Be., Nick Gillespie, November 18, 2011
• George Will: Spending Wins, Even With Mandatory Sequester Cuts, Nick Gillespie, November 17, 2011
• Reason Writers Around Town: Privatize the Postal Service, November 11, 2011
• Sequester Cuts Biggest Anticlimax Since Release of Segway, Final Fatima Revelation, Last Two Matrix Movies, Nick Gillespie, November 10, 2011
• What Berlusconi's Offer to Stop Humping Meter Maids, Italian Economy Should Teach U.S. Pols (and Voters), Nick Gillespie, November 9, 2011
• Print Media Still Excellent Source of Yesterday’s News, Tim Cavanaugh, October 28, 2011
• Nick Gillespie Talks Honest Budget Act B.S. on CNN's Out Front with Erin Burnett, Nick Gillespie, October 24, 2011
• Q: How Can Spending 30 Percent More Be “Austerity”?, Tim Cavanaugh, October 23, 2011
• Social Security COLA Increase vs. Wage Decline or, No Wonder Kids Hate Their Grandparents, Nick Gillespie, October 20, 2011
• Americans Are Like Vinny Barbarino When it Comes to Runaway Government Spending: So Confused and So Goddmaned Awful, Nick Gillespie, October 17, 2011
• What Does President Obama's Jobs Bill Tell Us About the Federal Budget Deficit?, Peter Suderman, October 11, 2011
• Why the Stimulus Tanked: Untimely, Untargeted, Untemporary, Nick Gillespie, October 6, 2011
• You're Not Respecting Thomas L. Friedman's Authoritah, Matt Welch, September 28, 2011
• Government Spending In Your Own Words, Emily Ekins, September 28, 2011
• Government Spending In Your Own Words, Emily Ekins, September 28, 2011
• Do Budget Cuts Kill People? Or Do People Kill People?, Nick Gillespie, September 28, 2011
• How Housing Policy and Public Pensions are Bankrupting America: Anthony Randazzo and Adam Summers at FreedomFest, Joshua Swain, September 27, 2011
• Americans Say Federal Government Wastes Over Half of Every Dollar, Emily Ekins, September 27, 2011
• Government Shutdown Averted to at Least October 1, or Maybe October 4., Nick Gillespie, September 27, 2011
• How State Legislators Bilk Taxpayers For Pensions, Nick Gillespie, September 23, 2011
• On What Do You Think The Government Spends the Most Money?, Emily Ekins, September 22, 2011
• On What Do You Think The Government Spends the Most Money?, Emily Ekins, September 22, 2011
• Nick Gillespie & Judge Napolitano Discuss Jobs on Freedom Watch, Nick Gillespie, September 22, 2011
• Reason Writers on the Internet TV: Matt Welch Talks Ron Paul, 2012 Election, With The Real News' Paul Jay, September 22, 2011
• In Less Than 20 Minutes, President Obama Will Lay Out Another Meaningless Program to Marginally Trim Federal Spending..., Nick Gillespie, September 19, 2011