by Andrew F. Quinlan | Mar 21, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
When it comes to frivolous and wasteful spending, Congress just can’t get enough. Even a development program for missiles that no one wants with massive cost overruns can’t be cut off. Every time it’s de-funded, as it was by last year’s NDAA,...
by Brian Garst | Nov 11, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
These are dark times for advocates of sane fiscal policy. The President and other Democrats have interpreted the recent election as a mandate to raise taxes, and if the past is any indication, the instinct from Republicans will be to cave. As if that isn’t bad...
by Brian Garst | Sep 18, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
Pending sequestration cuts are hanging in the air over DC, with politicians squirming under the prospect of actually putting a limit of any kind on spending. There’s a particular debate raging over the propriety of the spending cuts set to hit defense and what...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 18, 2012 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in The Washington Examiner on August 18, 2012. Imagine you’re a legislator in a country with a bloated budget of almost $4 trillion and a record level of spending that requires massive deficits and could mean job-killing tax increases. Now...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 23, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
The left wanted to get one thing from the Supercommittee, and that was to seduce gullible Republicans into a 1990-style tax increase deal in order to enable bigger government. But I was pleasantly surprised when GOPers failed to surrender, which means that taxpayers...
