Fraudsters get Caught Buying Luxury Cars, Boats, Trips, and More With PPP Relief Funds
The federal government’s hastily assembled Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was intended to help businesses keep workers on the payroll during the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. It largely succeeded…
Export-Import Bank Puts Taxpayers on Hook for Bailout of Mexico’s State-Owned Oil Company
The Export-Import Bank is back in the news, this time for putting U.S. taxpayers on the hook for a bailout of Mexico’s national oil company – and long-time Ex-Im Bank…
CBO Estimates Debt Will Exceed GDP in 2021
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The bad news keeps on coming regarding the federal debt. A new report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that as soon as…
New Jersey Seeks to Tax its Way to Prosperity
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. New Jersey is about to discover whether a proposed tax intended to raise billions of dollars will prompt the businesses in question to…
Running Empty Buses to Avoid Layoffs
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Fairfax County, Virginia runs the state’s largest public school system. Students have begun the fall semester as they finished the spring: online. One…
Airlines Want Billions More From the Federal Government
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Major U.S. airlines got $50 billion in federal aid to sustain operations – and employment – through the end of September. But without…
Federal Deficit Reaches $3 Trillion
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The federal government’s budget numbers for August are in. Not surprisingly, they show a wave of red ink flowing out of Washington, D.C….
A Cure for California Blackouts: Nuclear Power
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. As wildfires and yet another heatwave roil and boil California, the state’s electricity users are being warned they face rolling blackouts: The state…
Private Sector Steps Up to Help With In-Person Voting
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Mail-in voting and the Postal Service may be getting most of the media attention, but in many areas, the biggest worry is how…
Time to End Uncle Sam’s Bullying Influence Over State and Local Governments
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Long before the coronavirus prompted some state and local politicians to seek a massive infusion of federal aid to help close their budget…