Biden Budget Proposal Eyes Big Boosts in Domestic Spending
Among the wave of spending proposals coming out of the Biden administration, it’s easy to overlook the release of a new federal budget request for 2022 that would boost outlays…
The Biggest Crony Capitalist Game in Town
With Republicans publicly feuding with corporations over state election laws, there was some slight hope that the GOP’s pique might take root just long enough to end the decades-long crony…
Abolish the FDA?
There are plenty of reasons to examine why and how the Food and Drug Administration carried out its responsibilities during the coronavirus pandemic. Was it too slow to approve new…
Ditch the Old Regulations That Limited Choice and Raised Prices
One unexpected, but welcome, development during the early phases of the coronavirus pandemic was governments lifting regulations on businesses in order to help them survive. Now that governments are easing…
Biden Toys With Moral Hazard and Backlash
The Biden administration is looking for a legal path that would allow the president to use an executive order to cancel as much as $50,000 in individual student loan debt….
Georgia Election Law is Not a Return to Jim Crow
There’s been an awful lot of counter-productive shouting over Georgia’s adoption of a new voting law. Is this law – which has angered corporate chieftains, major league baseball, and a…
New Mexico Ends Qualified Immunity Defense for all Public Officials
New Mexico took a big step toward protecting its citizen’s rights and tackling the pernicious problem of qualified immunity with the enactment of the New Mexico Civil Rights Act. According…
About Those 19 Million New Jobs…
It’s traditional for politicians to say their big new legislative proposal will create lots of high-paying new jobs. It’s no different with Mr. Biden’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal. Team Biden…
Biden’s Infrastructure Numbers Might Work if Government Cuts Waste
The Biden administration’s $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan is supposed to generate enough economic benefit to the country to easily overcome any economic harm a tax hike or corporations/the wealthy/and others…
Manchin Vows Not to End Filibuster
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says he will not bow to a progressive push to eliminate the Senate’s filibuster rule. Writing in the Washington Post, Manchin says: Every time the…