Government Spending
Congressional Budget Conferees Fail To Meet Deadline
Increasing the chance a stopgap spending bill will be needed to keep government going after January 15
Two More Rulings Hamper Calif. High-Speed Rail Plan
State ordered to redo funding plan before spending any state bond money
California Judge Sends High-Speed Rail Plan Careening Backward Into the Station
State not allowed to spend bond money until the plan comes into compliance with authorizing ballot initiative
How Much Would War in Syria Cost?
Defense budgets are out of control. Adding another war won't help.
U.S. Government Keeps Shelling Out Money to the Dead
Yup, those Social Security numbers sure have been handy, eh?
Federal Aid Slow to Get to Homeowners
Three years after launch of foreclosure assistance program, only 22 percent of money has been distributed
Hurricane Sandy Federal Aid Finally Trickling In
"A painfully slow and opaque process," you say?
How Special-Interest Legislation Created a Government Behemoth
From farm subsidies to NEA grants, the federal budget is littered with needless programs.
Latest Calif. High-Speed Rail Defense Banks on Folks Not Grasping Sunk Costs Fallacy
State argues that trains that aren't even built yet can't be stopped
The Abysmal, Pathetic Obamacare Rollout
"A colossal, expensive failure that projects a 1970s-era DMV experience into cyberspace."
The Specter of Bankruptcy Haunts California
Will state lawmakers heed the lesson of Stockton?
Any Debt Deal Should Be As Dirty as Possible
It's time to stop spending like there's no tomorrow.
Government Shutdown: Don't Believe the Hype
Life goes on without all 3.4 million federal workers.
What Are Those "Anarchists" at the Republican Party Up To Now?
Touting votes for Head Start
The Upside of the Government Shutdown
The shut-down elements that are attracting much of the news attention turn out to be fairly easily replaceable.
Welcome to the Era of Unlimited Government!
What Obamacare and the latest NSA scandal have in common.
