Government Spending
128 Million Americans Now Depend on Government Programs
Which is great if you're a politician, but not so good for those paying the bills
What Fresh Horrors Await Californians in the Next Budget?
State casts about for new stones to get blood from
An Exercise in Fiscal Evasion
Congress and the White House do nothing about the ever-expanding federal budget.
How Walt Disney Cashes In on Corporate Welfare
Why are taxpayers picking up the tab for Mickey Mouse?
Stop Talking About Freedom and Start Protecting It
Lawmakers pay lip service to liberty while trampling it under foot.
John Boehner Wants to Use Debt Ceiling Debate to Force Spending Cuts
Or just cave as usual; six of one, half a dozen of the other
Obama Signs Defense Bill
2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) comes with a $633 billion price tag
Runaway Federal Spending Continues To Fuel Concern
Observers doubt that officials have the backbone, or sanity, to spend less
PA Lawmaker Seeks To Cap State Spending
Would link it to inflation and population growth, Colorado-style
House Votes to Block Federal Employee Pay Raises
Future unclear amid all the other politicking
To Revive the Economy, Cut Federal Spending
Obama and Boehner are both big spenders. That's the problem.
Congress, Federal Employees to See Pay Raises
Granted, it's only a half of a percent increase
It Takes Less Work to Afford to Purchase Nice Clothes Compared to 1956
Remember when folks bring up the gap between the classes or the "vanishing middle."
Little Urgency in Dealing with Fiscal Cliff
Why you'd think the government cutting spending wasn't the worst thing to ever happen.
Iowa Has $800 Million Surplus
Of course, having learned nothing over the past decade, politicians want to figure out how to spend it
Fiscal Hawks Need to Fight for the Debt Ceiling
It is a constitutional tool to save America from itself
Infrastructure Expenses Loom for PA
The state has been spending on everything but core responsibilities
Top Australian Government Officials Get a $100K Raise
If it was a corporation, the usual suspects would scream
