Earmarks Poised for a Comeback
House Democrats are openly pushing for the return of earmarks – the special spending requests from individual members that were abolished in 2011. The reason for bringing them back? Supposedly,…
The $1.9 Trillion Relief Package Could Add Trillions More to the Debt
The $1.9 trillion relief package Democrats are sending to the president’s desk for approval isn’t just a potential inflation catalyst. It could also add upward of $4 trillion to the…
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….
Exposing the Federal Government’s Annual September Spending Binge
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Official Washington is entering a very special time of year – the annual end of the fiscal year spending binge on federal contracts….
Paul Proposes Federal Education Money Follows the Child, Not the Bureaucracy
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has introduced legislation that would direct federal money currently sent to states for use in public education and instead,…
The Mountain of Debt Gets Even Bigger
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. While Congress is squabbling over a fourth round of fiscal stimulus, elsewhere, there’s a growing concern that propping up the economy in the…
Get Ready for Round Four of Government Bailouts
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The federal government is only just beginning to distribute the more than $2 trillion if funds from the third round of government relief…
The Magical Thinking Behind Federal Budgets
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. One of Official Washington’s oldest, and thoroughly bipartisan, parlor games is pretending to cut federal spending, even as spending levels continue to rise. …
SHOCK POLL: Americans Hate Government Spending
Article by FLN Staff. Americans seem to hate government shutdowns. Inside the Beltway, politicians lose sleep over whether a government shutdown will weigh on voters’ minds when election day comes…
