‘Drain the Swamp’: Why Are Some Republicans Still Looking to Further Fill It?
President-elect Donald Trump turns a very memorable phrase. His “Make America Great Again” helped launch his improbable run. “Build the Wall” became […]
Tag: Budget
Trump Has Repeatedly Flirted with Ending the EPA. He Absolutely Should
The $4-trillion-per-year federal government works incessantly against the private sector. Likely no wing is more pernicious than the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). […]
The Obama Legacy: If It Lives by ‘Executive Action’ – It Should Die by ‘Executive Action’
A hallmark – perhaps the hallmark – of the Barack Obama Administration is the “executive action.” The unilateral changes in law – […]
Google Fiber Cashing Government Checks – Bypassing Poor Neighborhoods Anyway
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has a current market cap value of $544 billion. The entire Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Taiwan is […]
New York’s Government Needs to (Re)Learn: You Can’t Spend Your Way to Prosperity
During the passage of the inanity that was the Democrats’ 2009 $878 billion “Stimulus,” Vice President Joe Biden bizarrely uttered in its […]
Election 2016: Do We Really Want Four More Years of This?
Terrible, economy-destroying policy. Delivered not by Congress – but by unilateral executive branch fiat. Delivered as special favors to political cronies. That’s […]
Want a Shortage of Something? Put the Government in Charge of Its Production
The late, inordinately great man and economist Milton Friedman once rightly observed “If you put the federal government in charge of the […]
An Obama Halloween Power Grab: Tricks For Us, Treats for Cronies
Today is Halloween 2016. Which means the Barack Obama Administration is running out of time to issue government power grab payouts to […]
Today’s FCC: Sex, Porn and Power Grabs
Yes, you read that correctly. The hypocrisies and the broader metaphors are opulent. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an outmoded, outdated […]
The Al Sharpton of Power Companies Set to Get a New York State Bailout
The Reverend Al Sharpton is famous. What he should be is notorious. He has many, many life lowlights. The one that pertains […]