
It’s painful to see newly-minted House Speaker Paul Ryan’s imprint on the irresponsible trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill, because he used to be one of the GOP’s most effective spokesmen for fiscal responsibility.
by John Hayward21 Dec 2015, 1:59 PM PST0

Economic freedom is the practical expression of liberty – if we’re not free to sell our goods and labor, spending and investing the proceeds as we see fit, we’re not truly “free” to do anything but complain about how the government treats us. And if we don’t have access to valid information about the government, and how its activities distort our markets, we don’t have economic freedom, any more than the victim of a common swindle made a “free” choice to be robbed, themes discussed on Breitbart News Daily.
by John Hayward9 Nov 2015, 8:22 AM PST0

With the signing of the Congressional budget deal on November 2 and sale of at least another $1.5 trillion in Treasury debt before he leaves office, President Obama will have earned title: “Mr. $20 Trillion.”
by Chriss W. Street2 Nov 2015, 8:46 AM PST0

Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) argued that “Congress has become a shell of itself” and gets along too much, in addition to wondering whether debt is more disruptive than uncertainty over the debt ceiling in a speech on the Senate floor
by Ian Hanchett30 Oct 2015, 12:15 AM PST0

Texas Governor Greg Abbott was interviewed by Sean Hannity and the nationally syndicated radio talk show host told Abbott – “Good job in Texas, I’ll tell you that!” Hannity commended Abbott for his tough stance on sanctuary cities, his lawsuit against the Obama administration’s amnesty program, and putting a halt to Obama’s amnesty during his tenure as President. The talk show host also asked the Texas Governor who he was supporting as President.
by Lana Shadwick27 Oct 2015, 1:12 PM PST0

Republican presidential candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush stated his tax plan is “dramatically different” from fellow GOP candidate Donald Trump’s, in part because his plan doesn’t blow “a gigantic hole in the deficit” in an interview broadcast on
by Ian Hanchett30 Sep 2015, 5:24 PM PST0

Donald Trump is currently involved in a vicious argument with the Club for Growth over tax policy. The Club for Growth is running ads against Trump in Iowa accusing him of several offenses against growth-oriented conservatism, including a proposal to raise taxes. They added a bare-knuckle punch proclaiming Trump to be more liberal than Hillary Clinton, or even Bernie Sanders, and called him “the worst kind of politician.”
by John Hayward16 Sep 2015, 11:06 AM PST0

Alabama State Senator Paul Sanford had a novel idea for illuminating the age-old truth that people will vote for additional taxes as long as they don’t have to pay them, creating a GoFundMe page to pay off the state’s deficit.
by William Bigelow11 Aug 2015, 9:17 PM PST0

Just as the last Republican in Detroit or Baltimore will be blamed for every problem faced by those troubled cities, despite generations of unchallenged Democrat rule; just as the public education system will never have enough money, no matter how lavish its per-pupil expenditures, and disappointing its results; just as the War on Poverty needs fresh financial ammunition, despite spending trillions over the course of decades to negligible effect; so everything wrong with Amtrak will be blamed on whoever resists the next demand for subsidy money.
by John Hayward13 May 2015, 11:56 AM PST0

On Monday, President Barack Obama’s budget will include a proposal to impose new taxes on trillions of dollars in profits accumulated by U.S. companies who do business overseas.
by Wynton Hall1 Feb 2015, 5:51 PM PST0