Econ/Tax/Spend/Big Govt

Republicans: Repent!

By John Biver

I’m not sure but the Cato Institute’s Dan Mitchell might have set a new length record with the following title on his Townhall.com post today: Democrats Admit their Top Goal Is Luring GOP into…

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“America’s Byzantine Tax Code”

By John Biver

One of the many telling conversations I had with Republican Party leaders over the years included an exchange with newly elected U.S. House Speaker Denny Hastert in early 1999. I asked him how soon…

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Slaves to the Government Class

By John Biver

Kyle Olson hits it out of the park with this one: Over the past year, a lot of people have been talking about “the 1%” versus “the 99%.” But if you’re concerned about one…

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The CBO Says We’re Screwed

By John Biver

The above straightforward headline is from a post by George Rasley that begins with this… The most recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the federal government’s dire fiscal situation indicates that the United…

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