Federal government keeps racking up more debt
Even as more economic focus is placed on roaring inflation, a familiar, but just as destructive, story on federal spending and debt continues to play in the background: The federal…
Democrats and the ‘gimmick Olympics’
The framework agreement the White House and congressional Democrats are (for now) using as the basis for a slimmed-down spending proposal has taken center stage. It’s supposedly more restrained, more…
Four decades of fiscal recklessness
The United States government is $28 trillion is debt – and counting. But it’s easy to forget how recently it was that the debt seemed manageable – a paltry $1…
The Real Impending Doom is Fiscal, not Viral
The Center for Disease Control’s new director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, recently said she had a “recurring feeling I have of impending doom” regarding the coronavirus. While the positive news about…