Government Spending

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Railroading the Poor

Transit for the rich.

Ted Balaker | 3.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Four More Years!?!?!

7 high hopes and 7 big fears for Bush's second term.

Reason Staff | 2.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Editor's Note: Four More Years…But of What?

Complete print edition now available in digital version on NewsStand.com

Nick Gillespie | 2.1.2005 12:00 AM

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Social Security as Social Engineering

Why private accounts are all about values

Jonathan Rauch | 1.15.2005 12:00 AM

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De Omnibus Disputandum

Who was the last person to know all the ingredients in the pork?

Julian Sanchez | 11.23.2004 12:00 AM

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The New Minority Party

Can the GOP say no to pork when it's living high on the hog?

Julian Sanchez | 11.8.2004 12:00 AM

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Data

Lost Horizon

Julian Sanchez | 11.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Attractive Opposition

Can we count on gridlock?

Julian Sanchez | 10.25.2004 12:00 AM

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School Net Scams

No tech firm left behind.

Lisa Snell | 10.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Higher Goals

Republicans learn to stop worrying and love Leviathan

Jacob Sullum | 9.3.2004 12:00 AM

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Extra Credit

Charge it to Uncle Sam!

Julian Sanchez | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Fat of the Land

Fighting obesity with pork.

Michael De Alessi | 8.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Reagan's Real Legacy

He missed greatness, but nailed rightness

Jonathan Rauch | 6.18.2004 12:00 AM

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Holy Rail

Mass transit boondoggles.

Jacob Sullum | 6.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Editor's Note: In Defense of Drunken Sailors

Nick Gillespie | 4.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Balance Sheet

Absurd news bites, served fresh every day.

Jeff Taylor | 3.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Ernest Money

A drug warrior uses Congress' purse strings to strangle dissent.

Jacob Sullum | 2.20.2004 12:00 AM

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Leviathan's Diet

Unpleasant reflections on the budget

Julian Sanchez | 2.11.2004 12:00 AM

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Sweat the Small Stuff

Looking for signs of fiscal seriousness

Jacob Sullum | 2.6.2004 12:00 AM

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Working Families Fight Back!

Some budget tips from on high

Tim Cavanaugh | 2.4.2004 12:00 AM

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Gigantic Outlay Party

Republicans stuff record pork down federal piehole

Ralph Reiland | 2.3.2004 12:00 AM

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Data: Big-Spender Bush

Julian Sanchez | 2.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Do These Deficits Look Familiar?

Meet Richard Milhous Bush

Jonathan Rauch | 1.26.2004 12:00 AM

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Balance Sheet

Reason Staff | 1.1.2004 12:00 AM

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Ride the Death Spiral

Vicious cycles in entitlement spending

Julian Sanchez | 12.29.2003 12:00 AM

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Medicare Fraud

Reforming our way to bankruptcy

Jacob Sullum | 11.28.2003 12:00 AM

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W Is for What?

Bush may be compassionate, but he's no conservative.

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2003 12:00 AM

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Balance Sheet

Jeff Taylor | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Denial of Service

The battle over AmeriCorps

Julian Sanchez | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Why the States Are Broke

Bloated governments, budget gaps, and Parkinson's laws

John Hood | 10.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Denial of Service

The battle over AmeriCorps

Julian Sanchez | 8.4.2003 12:00 AM

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Data

Government Performance Anxiety

Ted Balaker | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Forcing Freedom

Can liberalism be spread at gunpoint?

Ronald Bailey, Christopher Preble, Christopher Hitchens, and Ivan Eland | 8.1.2003 12:00 AM

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I'm Old! Gimme Gimme Gimme!

Generational warfare and the Medicare drug benefit

Kerry Howley | 7.9.2003 12:00 AM

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Balance Sheet

Reason Staff | 7.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Data: The Spoils of War

Sara Rimensnyder | 7.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Bureaucratic Enrichment Zone

A radical proposal wasted

Jesse Walker | 5.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Overflowing Barrels

The porkiest bill ever?

Jacob Sullum | 5.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Measuring Up

Testing the pretensions of market research and polling.

Brian Doherty | 5.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Emergency Audit

We're spending $80 billion, but it's not all for war.

Sara Rimensnyder | 4.17.2003 12:00 AM

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Tax Day 2004

Introducing the Iraqis to Western governance

Jesse Walker | 4.11.2003 12:00 AM

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Tokers and Terrorists

How many wars can we afford?

Jacob Sullum | 3.28.2003 12:00 AM

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DATA: All the Presidents' Employees

Brian Doherty | 2.1.2003 12:00 AM

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The Day Idealism Died

Fed up with soup kitchens

Sara Rimensnyder | 1.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Data

Hey, Big Spender

Brian Doherty | 1.1.2003 12:00 AM

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Homeland Improvement

Nick Gillespie | 11.20.2002 12:00 AM

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Gravytrain Troopers

Tim Cavanaugh | 11.11.2002 12:00 AM

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Fool's Gold Medals

The Olympics: Hasn't New York City suffered enough?

James Morrow | 11.7.2002 12:00 AM