Boeing Lost $660 million in Air Force One Deal With Trump
Boeing’s chief executive said the company should never have taken on the unique set of risks it negotiated. “You know, Air Force One, I’m just going to call a very…
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…
Big government research AWOL for COVID
One might expect that when a global pandemic strikes, the federal government’s vast, and well-funded, research lab complex would drop (just about) everything and focus on the health crisis at…
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…
GAO report looks at emerging issues confronting U.S.
The Government Accountability Office has issued a new report looking at a dozen issues and trends that could affect the nation in the next four years. Among the topics: how…
Blaming all the wrong things for inflation’s rise
The Biden administration’s search for an inflation scapegoat has taken a number of turns as the data have continued to worsen. The most recent inflationary cause: Vladimir Putin, who is…
Earmarks roar back to life in spending bill
Congress recently approved a catch-all, $1.5 trillion spending bill that, for the first time in years, includes earmarks. And not just a few. According to reporting in The Hill, there…
The extent of stimulus theft gets bigger by the day
The $6 trillion worth of federal stimulus money that washed through the economy in the pandemic’s wake created an obvious and enduring problem: how to make sure it didn’t end…
Uncle Sam’s reach is greater than we think (or are willing to admit)
It’s no secret to supporters of limited government that Uncle Sam burst his constitutional fetters a long, long time ago and now reaches into almost every nook and cranny of…
Refusing federal money with strings attached
How often do you see stories about local governments turning down millions of dollars in federal aid? Rarely to never. Except that’s exactly what a small Texas town (among others)…
