Poor accounting rules and flagrant irresponsibility have sped up the states' day of reckoning.
Separating economic myth from economic fact
America is spending more money on education while producing worse outcomes.
Obama's uninspired State of the Union Address
The Republicans have retaken the House, but that doesn't mean you should expect the government to get any smaller.
As cities and states boost their debts by 800 percent, a housing-like crisis looms.
Unbelievably, the administration and its allies keep insisting that a failed policy was a success.
When the government tries to help small businesses, it hurts businesses (and taxpayers) of all sizes.
Why left-wing economists' warnings against austerity programs are wrong
Reductions in military spending are both necessary and possible.
It's been a long time since economic policy was forged in the states.
Legislators have a lousy track record of keeping costs anywhere near their initial projections.
The 2011 budget contains more rosy scenarios than a romance novel.
The "millionaire's tax" will affect more people than you think.
The government's own job creation data reveal the dangers of a second stimulus
The monetary base has ballooned, yet inflation remains far off. Or does it?
Obama's corporate tax "reforms" make a bad situation worse.
Barack Obama's first budget promises "fiscal responsibility"-and delivers the opposite.
While Democrats and Republicans switch sides, economists try to pin down a tipping point.
Why Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Austria caved on protecting its foreign investors.
There is very little to be happy about in Obama's first budget
The final stimulus package is the final insult to taxpayers.
The Senate stimulus bill should only stimulate taxpayer anger
Obama's assertions to the contrary, the 43rd president was the biggest regulator since Nixon.
Government has grown, but freedom has grown faster.
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