by Brian Garst | Feb 14, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
President Obama unveiled his fiscal year 2012 budget today, and there’s good news and bad news. The good news is that there’s no major initiative such as the so-called stimulus scheme or the government-run healthcare proposal. The bad news, though, is that government...
by CF&P | Feb 14, 2011 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, February 14, 2011 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New CF&P Video Shows that Reagan and Clinton Are Role Models for Restraining Domestic Spending (Washington, D.C., Monday,...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Chalk up another victory – at least on the rhetorical level – for the Tea Party. President Obama will release his fiscal year 2012 budget tomorrow and he’s apparently become a born-again fiscal conservative. Here are some excerpts from a Washington Post story....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 12, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I am pleasantly stunned that GOP leaders have increased the level of cuts in the bill that will fund the government for the final seven months of fiscal year 2011. Kudos to the freshman members, the Tea Party, and the conservatives who have led the charge and achieved...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 11, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Government Waste
This is the type of story that makes me sick to my stomach. I’ve already commented on how I don’t like redistribution from rich to poor, but I really, really hate redistribution from poor to rich. And that’s exactly what happens when taxpayers subsidize the...