Biden asks for more government spending
Because the federal government just can’t seem to get by on the trillions it spent in the FY 2022 budget, the Biden administration is asking Congress for billions more: President…
Imposing 70s-era restrictions to cut oil use
The rising price of gas and diesel, coupled with supply shocks owing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has bureaucrats scrambling to find ways to ease the pain. Not to be…
Analysts ask if China is helping Putin hide his money
One of Vladimir Putin’s long-term strategies for ensuring Russia would not be at the mercy of foreign markets and Western governments was to build huge cash reserves. These reserves, which…
Cutting off Putin’s cash
The West’s sanctions on the Putin regime are said to be the most restrictive ever imposed. That’s the marketing. The reality as Sen. Pat Toomey writes in the Wall Street…
Elizabeth Warren doubles down on authoritarian economic policy
Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s crusade against the private sector continues apace, with a new proposal to give the federal government the power to block and break-up mergers without first…
More reasons to sink the Jones Act
For politicians looking at new and innovative ways to both combat high gas prices and lower inflation (while doing a solid for infrastructure and the environment, too), they should take…
Sanctions make the case for globalization
While Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has served to further expose him as the murderous tyrant he is, that conflict has also shown us all something about globalization: it’s powerful. And…
Politicians’ answer to high gas prices: send voters checks
High gasoline prices have a tendency to make politicians worried about their re-election chances do the darndest things. Consider the wave of pols who think the best way to help…
How tariffs make us poorer: chicken and truck edition
The tariffs governments impose on imported goods are really taxes on consumers. That’s never how they are sold to the public of course. In that telling, tariffs are to protect…
What’s holding back America’s domestic energy producers
A recurring question about how to fight rising gas prices is why on earth America’s shale oil producers aren’t working at top speed to meet demand. As Paul Tice writes…
