Budget & Tax News Archives

Biden‐McCarthy deal a modest start on reducing federal budget deficits by $1.5 trillion over 10 years, during which spending will exceed revenue by $20...

Veronique de Rugy: Resist Dangerous Political Theater and Look to ‘That Which Is Not Seen’

Heartland Author - June 1, 2023

You're 2,200 times more likely to be killed when traveling by car as opposed to by airplane, columnist Veronique de Rugy says Too many politicians...

Cost of Housing Skyrocketed in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Heartland Author - May 31, 2023

Cost of housing skyrocketed in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas due to inflation and rising demand. by Samuel Stebbins The rising cost of shelter has been one of...

Life, Liberty, Property #19: Bad Deal Rising

S. T. Karnick - May 31, 2023

Life, Liberty, Property #19: bad deal rising as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy advances a bill to lift the federal debt ceiling. To subscribe (free) to LLP. IN...

Debt Ceiling Bill ‘Locks in Inflated Spending’ (Commentary)

Heartland Author - May 31, 2023

Debt Ceiling Bill 'Locks in Inflated Spending' of the COVID-19 pandemic, rather than cut spending, say critics. (Commentary) Fiscal conservatives react to debt ceiling deal....

Ben Shapiro: Our Fake Spending Debates

Ben Shapiro - May 31, 2023

Our budgetary debates are generally about shifting deck chairs on the fiscal Titanic, columnist Ben Shapiro says This week, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy,...

San Francisco’s Financial Crisis

Heartland Author - May 31, 2023

San Francisco’s financial crisis is due to uncontrolled spending and lower tax revenues as businesses close or move. by Sheridan Swanson The State of California isn’t...

Steady Consumer Spending, Income Suggest Fed Will Stay Worried About Inflation

Robert Genetski - May 30, 2023

Consumer spending and personal income remain steady, suggesting the Fed will continue to worry more about inflation than recession. The Week That Was Friday's report on...

David Harsanyi: Media’s Coverage of the Debt-Limit Fight Is Intolerably Dishonest

David Harsanyi - May 27, 2023

The president kept promising he would not negotiate, presumably to apply pressure by scaremongering voters about a potentially ruinous default, columnist David Harsanyi says President...

Life, Liberty, Property #18: GOP Should Hang Tough Regarding Debt Ceiling

S. T. Karnick - May 26, 2023

Life, Liberty, Property #18: GOP should hang tough regarding debt ceiling after passing the Limit, Save, Grow Act. IN THIS ISSUE: GOP Should Hang...

Global Airport Privatization Resumes Take-off

Heartland Author - May 26, 2023

Global airport privatization resumes take-off after the COVID-19 pandemic, except in the United States. By Marc Scribner Having survived the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, the...

GOP Flipping Script On Bloated Federal Bureaucracy (Opinion)

S. T. Karnick - May 26, 2023

GOP flipping script on bloated federal bureaucracy with the House-passed debt limit plan—and driving the Left crazy. by S.T. Karnick It’s not often that I agree...

Veronique de Rugy: Debt Conversation Brings More Pointless ‘Tax-the-Rich’ Talk

Heartland Author - May 25, 2023

The belief that we can reduce the deficit by taxing more revenue also overlooks the actual spending behavior of politicians, columnist Veronique de Rugy...

Eliminating the Debt Ceiling: Is There Anything the 14th Amendment Can’t Do?

Heartland Author - May 24, 2023

The Biden administration threatens to invoke Section 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment to sidestep the longstanding federal debt ceiling in a way that would...