Supersizing the IRS Will Hurt the Working Rich, Not Fat-Cat Tax Evaders
And it also won't help us recover from the recession we're definitely not in.
And it also won't help us recover from the recession we're definitely not in.
The proposal reportedly hikes taxes by over $730 billion, with $300 billion of that money to be used for reducing the federal budget deficit.
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The risk of broad and overcautious policies is one we should take more seriously.
Dissecting the president's misleading claims about falling deficits
Here's hoping we don't wind up with more of the spending and favoritism that's become so common.
Poor accounting practices mean the Department of Defense can't even tell how much money or equipment it has lost.
Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in weapons aid for Ukraine following last week's news that CIA personnel are directing intelligence in Kyiv.
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Texas taxpayers might be stuck footing the hefty bill for Abbott's busing scheme.
The inconvenient truth behind all the COVID-19 relief fraud and waste is that these government programs never should have been designed as they were.
Democrats passed trillions in pandemic relief but continue to cry poor.
A new paper reveals that the state and local bailout was not only unnecessary but incredibly wasteful.
Road maintenance and construction don't suddenly become free because gas hits $5 a gallon.
Rising interest rates will only make it harder to balance the budget in future years.
Interest rates and servicing costs could push us into worrisome territory sooner than we think.
Lawmakers are avoiding important debates about America's role in the conflict and the potential for misuse of funds and weapons.
A Urban Institute research brief found that affordable housing developments in Alexandria, Virginia, were associated with a small increase in surrounding property values.
...and why government spending is like an infestation of cicadas.
New SIGAR findings shine a light on America’s dysfunctional efforts to train the Afghan National Police, which “actually contributed to increasing criminality” in Afghanistan.
Only 6 percent of Americans say the federal government is extremely "careful with taxpayer money," yet those same Americans consistently report that they want the government to do more.
Under Biden, Trump, and Obama, government federal spending almost doubled.
A new report from the Government Accountability Office found that nearly $80 billion was paid out to ineligible beneficiaries or outright fraudsters.
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans wouldn't have to show any link between their service and a long list of medical conditions to obtain government-funded healthcare.
A new GAO report finds that the government lacks a "national strategy with clear roles, goals, objectives, and performance measures."
Perhaps the government shouldn't be running golf courses in the first place?
The president's argument is amazing for its tone-deafness, inconsistent thinking, and sheer economic ignorance.
The federal bailout of state and local governments padded the paychecks of many public employees.
Biden's three-point plan to tackle inflation is really a one-point plan: Let the Federal Reserve handle this mess.
Lawmakers stuffed more than $8 billion in pet projects into an omnibus federal spending bill passed in March. But wait, didn't Congress ban earmarks back in 2011?
The president is trying to claim credit for falling deficits. Actually, his administration has overseen a $2.4 trillion increase in the long-term deficit.
Republicans have thrived since Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to 2.7 million mostly Mexican illegal immigrants in 1986.
There is seldom any meaningful accountability for government incompetence.
When politicians break the economy, they hurt us in the short term but also create future opportunities to do harm in the name of undoing the damage they inflicted.
The department lost nearly $2.4 million on data plans for iPhones and iPads that sat in storage.
Several studies have found that the vast majority of costs incurred by increased corporate taxes are passed along to workers in the form of lower wages.
Biden gloats over a historically astronomical budget deficit as if he's accomplished something significant. He hasn't.
New CBO report shows that the longer Congress waits to deal with the debt, the bigger the problem becomes.
Mourn the end of a too-brief interlude of relative peace and prosperity.
However wonderful it is to imagine a world in which these things are possible, the government shouldn’t be shelling out millions to entertain speculation.
No matter how you slice it, no one person or policy is solely to blame for surging inflation.
The White House is making it harder for people to request waivers from cost-increasing Buy America requirements in the $1.2 trillion infrastructure law.
The Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act would give restaurants another $42 billion in grants to cover the lingering costs of the pandemic.
Certain politicians would do well to learn that inflation is not caused by corporate "greed."
The president's $5.8 trillion budget shows he wants more of the same government spending that is already sending prices through the roof.
Some want to solve the problem with subsidies for gas, housing, child care, and more. That only risks greater stagnation.
Joe Manchin keeps saying out loud the part that Joe Biden would rather keep quiet.
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