Can anyone balance America’s books?
Modern governments like to imagine that their spending helps to boost growth, thereby easing the burden of debt. Yet the opposite is true
Taxes
Tuesday
Friday
Trump is playing a high-stakes game of international poker
He is right to complain about tariff disparities and to do something about them
Thursday
Can Kamala Harris answer a single question?
Not if her CNN town hall is anything to go by
Tuesday
Kamala’s brand new, same old last-minute policy platform
She has been shrewd to avoid stating much beyond traditional Democratic talking points
Tuesday
The trouble with the progressives’ proposed wealth tax
The Roman Empire suffered its own version of America’s current out-of-control spending
Tuesday
The real reason people are flocking to red states
State and local Republicans actually do a pretty good job of what those at the national level promise
Tuesday
Why public schools never have enough money
The funding is, indeed, ‘inadequate,’ because it’s mostly spent on nonsense
Wednesday
How teachers’ unions could unwittingly usher in school choice
By supporting wealth taxes, they’re showing they don’t understand the math — naturally
Wednesday
A closer look at Biden’s State of the Union proposals
How can you stem the flow of fentanyl without securing the border?
Friday
The numbers are in: red states are winning
People are moving away from California and into Florida and Texas
Wednesday
Gavin Newsom does not want to pick a fight with Florida
No one believes he rules over a magic kingdom
Wednesday
The nothingburger investigation into Trump’s finances
So much for the SDNY
Friday
Higher taxes won’t fix inflation
Chuck Schumer overlooks the real problem: government spending
Tuesday
Biden’s budget doesn’t matter
It’s a distraction from what really matters
Wednesday
New Jersey’s nothingburger governor underperforms
Democrat Phil Murphy should have been a shoo-in but another anti-tax rebellion is brewing
Tuesday
The trouble with unrealized capital gains taxes
Ron Wyden’s wealth tax is as flawed as it is flatly unconstitutional
Wednesday
A lament for the overtaxed smoker
Democrats prepare to ‘tax the rich’ by whacking cigarettes, but their moralizing is selective
Monday
Who wants Biden’s massive budget?
The President wasn’t elected to carry out such a vast expansion of centralized government
Monday
Mark Sanford’s hopeless politics of debt
Libertarianism can’t deliver when it’s so indifferent toward nationhood
Friday
What if Congressmen weren’t allowed to hire accountants to do their taxes?
Maybe then they’d make the tax code simpler
