An audit shows that public housing residents are double dipping to game the...
WASHINGTON — Federal auditors found some public housing residents are gaming the system designed to help the poor, sometimes collecting extra money and multiple checks for their rent. They found it’s...
View ArticleThe debt will be an even bigger problem for Donald Trump than it was for...
The United States is nearly $20 trillion in debt. To put that in perspective, America has a debt-to-GDP ratio of 104 percent, which means our country is more in debt than it outputs. The last two...
View ArticleBlame government protectionism for how United Airlines treated that passenger
We’ve all been shocked and horrified by that video of a passenger being dragged off a United Airlines flight last weekend. But the incident is merely a symptom of an airlines industry that’s lately...
View ArticleThe White House wants us to vote to eliminate federal agencies. But is it a...
If you’ve ever seen a magic show, you understand — in principle, at least — how sleight of hand works. If the magician is clever enough, understanding the theory of the trick doesn’t mean you’ll catch...
View ArticleNew York City’s proposed tobacco crackdown will likely make the city more...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed series of measures to crackdown on tobacco use in the Big Apple. He wants to hike the minimum price of a pack of cigarettes from $10.50 to $13, create...
View ArticleTrump’s conflicts of interest are only a problem because the presidency is...
The overgrowth of presidential power is a regular theme of mine, and especially in the age of President Trump, it seems to be perpetually relevant to the news of the day. See, for example, ongoing...
View ArticleThe U.S. corporate tax rate needs to be lowered
One of the things the business community was expecting from the Republican controlled government is a lowering of tax rates, and the U.S. corporate rate does need to be lowered. According to the Tax...
View ArticleBipartisanship: Republicans and Democrats unite to pass calamitously awful...
I might be the most naive person in Washington. Back during the Obama administration when the tea party was demanding budget cuts and Republican leadership was coming back with empty hands, I...
View ArticleThe federal government doesn’t need to be relocated, it needs to be cut
“Getting rich has become the great bipartisan idea.” So writes Mark Leibovich in “This Town,” his scabrous field guide to Washington’s upper-crust menagerie of media personalities, revolving-door...
View ArticleMost Americans think Trump is abusing his power, and they’re right
President Trump’s brief tenure in office has been plagued by low approval ratings that are undoubtedly a source of serious frustration for a man who loved nothing more than to tout his positive poll...
View ArticleThis high school senior’s ridiculous suspension over a shirt can teach us an...
What’s the appropriate punishment for a high school dress code violation? At Hickory Ridge High in North Carolina, arrest is apparently on the table. That’s what a senior named Summer learned this...
View ArticleThis town wants to charge kids $110 for a business license to mow lawns
One of the great things about living in a city where the standard lot size is 30 x 100 feet — and at least half of that is house, garage, deck, and garden — is how easy mowing the lawn becomes. True,...
View ArticleThe feds spent the past 17 years preparing for the Y2K bug because government...
What were you doing when you got the memo that the world was safe from the Y2K bug? Personally, I don’t have the faintest memory of New Year’s Eve 2000 — not because I was inebriated; because I was...
View ArticleWant to make the military stronger? You can start by cutting spending
Earlier this week, I went to a event starring Senator Tom Cotton at the Center for the National Interest here in Washington. The Arkansas lawmaker was dry but direct, monotone but sharp, taking every...
View ArticleWhen government says your baby has to die
Meet Charlie Gard. He’s a 10-month-old baby from London who was born with infantile onset encephalomyopathy mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS). Thanks to the British state, it’s possible he’ll...
View ArticleWhen it comes to economic predictions, beware of “experts” like the Federal...
Speaking in London, Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen Tuesday predicted that the “the system is much safer and much sounder” and explained that the Federal Reserve is prepared to deal with numerous...
View ArticleCongress is about to pass a shameful milestone on the federal budget
It is no secret that the federal government spends a lot of money. Many were hoping with Republicans in control of Congress and the White House that the issue of government waste would finally be...
View ArticleDodd-Frank has been a disaster for the poor and Republicans are right to roll...
Last month, House Republicans passed the CHOICE Act, which would roll back large portions of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul that was passed in 2010. While politicians like Senator Elizabeth Warren...
View ArticleWithout earmarks, Congress is still handing out plenty of pork with less...
Following scandals such as the “Bridge To Nowhere” in Alaska, Congress in 2011 imposed a moratorium on the practice of “earmarking.” An earmark is a provision that’s inserted into an appropriations...
View ArticleA mother of four should never get a $1,200 fine for the “crime” of hair...
By David Barnes If the White House wants to carry out its promise to boost American jobs, it can start by removing the government-imposed obstacles that stand in the way of job seekers. Encouragingly,...
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