Government Spending
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Stossel: Departments Grow and Cherries Rot
Most folks have no idea what federal agencies do. John Stossel reports on wasteful programs like the Agriculture Department forcing farmers to let cherries rot.
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Can a Governor Save Rural Regions? Should He?
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Virginia unveiled a plan for economic growth in the rural parts of the state.
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5 Cities That Won't Be Hosting the 2024 Olympics, and Why That Makes Them Winners
Hosting the Olympics is a bad deal, and organizers are having a harder time finding willing rubes.
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Chris Christie Enjoying a Public Beach During a Government Shutdown Is What Politicians Do
It shouldn't surprise you when politicians show their true nature.
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The Illusory Savings From Cutting Medicaid
Congressional Republicans promise to achieve greater frugality in Medicaid without inflicting more hardship. It's not gonna happen.
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California Lawmakers Spend More, Avoid Reform
The latest budget has new spending but no attempts at serious reform.
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Trump's New Line on NATO: Expensive, But Worth It!
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Prison Unions Punish California Taxpayers
Costs are rising even as the prison population gets smaller.
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Trump's Medicaid 'Cuts' Actually Increase Federal Spending
Under Trump's budget, Medicaid spending would reach the highest level in U.S. history.
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Trump's Transportation Boondoggles
Donald Trump's budget calls for cuts to transportation spending, yet his administration keeps giving the green light to dubious projects.
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Trump's Half-Baked Budget
Its projection relies on giddy GDP growth estimates that few credible economists, liberal or conservative, take seriously.
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Trump's Budget Plan: The Good, the Bad, and The Ugly
It doesn't cut overall spending, it's based on gimmicks, but it does slash some programs.
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Vive La Trump? Definitely Not Yet.
The U.S. could be on the path to French-style economic sclerosis.
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Rand Paul: Budget Deal Should Be Renamed ‘The Status Quo Protection Act’
Libertarian-leaners are lonely voices on Capitol Hill opposing the latest bipartisan spending spree
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Congress Reaches Spending Deal; 'Skinny Budget' Goes Out the Window
You didn't think they were really going to defund public broadcasting and slash the EPA by 31 percent, did you?
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Yes, Science, But How About a March for Math?
Innumerates number the ranks of politicians and bureaucrats.
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Forget Reagan: Trump’s Tax Plan Is More Like George W. Bush
Instead of permanent tax reform we get temporary taxcut-and-spend, again.
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France Election Preview: Terrorism, Socialism, Nationalist Socialism, and the Prospects for Economic Liberalization
Voters go to the polls Sunday, where two candidates will advance to the final round.
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Publicly-Funded Ballparks Are for Suckers
The cases of Hartford, Ct., Richmond, Va., and Gwinnett, Ga.
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Trump's Budget Director Confirms: The Export-Import Bank Will 'Continue to Exist' (UPDATE: Trump Declares the Bank a 'Very Good Thing')
If we're going to kill this corporate-welfare program, we can't count on the White House to help.