A rare acknowledgment that intentions are not the same thing as results.
Daily Analysis
Balanced Budget Requirements Don’t Work as Well as Spending Limits
Balanced budgets are fine. Spending caps are better.
Government-Subsidized Third-Party Payer Is a Great Recipe to Make a Sector of the Economy More Expensive and Less Efficient
A look at how subsidies can result in costly distortions.
Which States Are Most Drunk on Beer Taxes?
Winners and losers in the beer tax contest.
Governor Walker Is Right to Support Easier Immigration for Rich Foreigners Who Invest and Create Jobs in America
We should welcome foreigners willing to invest money and create jobs in America.
Fiscal Fights with Friends, Part II: Grading AEI’s Big-Picture Tax and Budget Reform
Finding the good and the bad in AEI’s plan.
Fiscal Fights with Friends, Part I: Responding to Reihan Salam’s Argument against the Flat Tax
Friendly fire hits the flat tax.
Instead of Ending Poverty, Big Government Subsidizes Dependency
Obama’s unimpressive call for more statism
Amtrak Needs Privatization, Not More Handouts and Subsidies
It’s time to wean Amtrak from the public teat.
Another Edition of Great Moments in Government Waste, Malfeasance, and Foolishness
Another government agency exposed for mismanagement and waste.