by Brian Garst | Aug 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Government Spending, Health Care
The big news is the deal reached to extend the debt ceiling. That politicians reached a deal amongst themselves to extend the nation’s credit so they can borrow and spend more money should not come as a surprise, nor should the fact that the deal, being spun as...
by Brian Garst | Jul 28, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
The federal government fires so few of it’s workers that bureaucrats at a number of agencies are more likely to die in office than get a pink slip: Death — rather than poor performance, misconduct or layoffs — is the primary threat to job security at the...
by Brian Garst | Jul 27, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs
New York Times columnist Mark Bittman is having a jolly good time contemplating ways to control other people. “It’s fun — inspiring, even — to think about implementing a program like this,” he declares. And what kind of program is he talking about? One...
by Brian Garst | Jul 26, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations, Taxation
Sound tax policy is hard to find these days. As CF&P has extensively covered, Congress included the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act as part of the HIRE Act, passed in March 2010. FATCA takes a fundamentally wrong-headed approach to tax policy. Rather than...
by Brian Garst | Jul 13, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Tax Havens, Taxation
Senator Carl Levin is revitalizing his crusade against so-called tax havens. In a press release yesterday, he announced the reintroduction of his Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, while touting the support of labor lobby groups and advocates of big government. As the Center...
