by Brian Garst | Sep 19, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
In both 2013 and 2024, I made the shorthand observation that spending restraint is a good default answer for any question about fiscal policy. Today, I’m going to expand upon that hypothesis by introducing by 22th Theorem of Government. Simply stated,...
by Brian Garst | Jul 25, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by RealClearPolicy on July 18, 2025. With all the noise surrounding tariffs and the changing rates for nations threatened weekly, there is a little-noticed war that will hit the consumers of tomatoes. The Department of Commerce announced in April...
by Brian Garst | Jun 8, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by DC Journal on June 3, 2025. When a handful of United Airlines employees banded in 1935 to get loans at fair rates amid the Great Depression, they could not have imagined the modest collective they were forming would grow into a...
by Brian Garst | Apr 4, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by The Blaze on April 2, 2025. Good news rarely comes out of Capitol Hill, but last week’s Senate vote to reject a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposal marked a welcome exception. Lawmakers blocked a plan to impose price...
by Brian Garst | Feb 18, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by American Thinker on February 15, 2025. Joe Biden has left the White House, as have his inflationary policies. Unfortunately, the consequences from his administration’s blame dodging for the high cost of everything remain dangerously intact. One...