State Budgets Overflow With (Borrowed) Federal Relief Funds
A key component of the Biden Administration’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan was giving $350 billion or so to state and local governments to plug the coronavirus-related holes in their…
How Millions of Dollars in PPP Loans Went to Phony Farms
It’s no secret that when government unleashes a wave of cash and low- or no-cost loans on the countryside, criminals and grifters will swarm to it. That’s exactly what happened…
L.A.’s Six-Figure Lifeguards
It’s not clear whether this is an example of President Joe Biden’s repeated vow to create good-paying private-sector union jobs. But it most certainly is an example of how some…
Biden’s Plan for a ‘New Suburban Entitlement’
The Biden administration has made clear it wants to expand government, costs be damned. Included in those plans is a new child care entitlement that is designed to hand government…
Nation’s Fiscal Health got $10 Trillion Worse in 2020
It’s no secret the federal government’s spending binge during the coronavirus pandemic was one for the record books. But now that some of the fiscal dust has settled, and before…
Amtrak’s Maintenance ‘Black Hole’
One potentially big winner in the president’s proposed $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan is a perennial money loser, Amtrak. The passenger service could scoop up the bulk of the $80 billion…
Mr. Biden’s Costly Wish List
Among the laundry list of spending items inside the Biden infrastructure plan are proposals that are really about making government bigger. FEE’s Brad Polumbo looked at some of the…
Biden’s Blowout ‘Infrastructure’ Plan
The White House has rolled out its eight-year, $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan. But how much of what people normally think of as “infrastructure” – roads, bridges, tunnels, ports, and the…
Stacking the Political Deck to Fix a Non-Existent Transportation Crisis
The next big-ticket item on Joe Biden’s wish list is an infrastructure program. And not just any infrastructure program, but one that will cost trillions of dollars. To help grease…
The Gig Economy Tax Hike Tucked Inside the Relief Bill
Crammed inside the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” is a tax hike on workers who very likely can afford it least: those working in the gig economy. According to Ronald…