Veronique De Rugy: Let’s Make a Deal — to Abdicate Responsibility
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If you follow the news, you may be under the [...]
In the event that a group of U.S. senators cannot [...]
For several decades now, politicians around the world have tried [...]
The scale and scope of government spending expansion in the [...]
Some emergencies require an increase in government spending, but that comes with an understanding that the higher levels of spending are unusual and will not be sustained. Unfortunately, this understanding seems to be lost on the Biden administration. Exhibit A is his proposed $6 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2022 and the accompanying huge budget deficits on the books for the next decade.
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If you're a politician peddling big new government programs for [...]
I'm always amazed to hear people say that the national [...]
The Biden administration has made the fight against climate change [...]
Take the latest news that the FDA is thinking about requiring tobacco companies to lower the nicotine in all cigarettes sold in the United States. Its goal is to fight nicotine addiction. The paternalists at the FDA are also considering whether this proposal should be paired with a ban on menthol products.
The 9/11 attacks gave us the heightened security theater now [...]
While President Joe Biden's administration doesn't seem to need an [...]
"A crony anti-infrastructure plan" is, sadly, the best description of [...]
Politicians betray their campaign promises all the time. So, it's [...]
With Democrats now in control of the House, Senate and [...]
Several of my friends have expressed relief now that Joe [...]
A lot has been said about the harm to people [...]
A fight is brewing over bringing back earmarks -- provisions [...]
In his autobiography, "Up From the Projects," the late economist [...]
A seemingly effective way for politicians to justify our need [...]
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, recently introduced a universal child allowance [...]