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Greek Disease in the House
One day Team Obama announces a plan for enhanced rescission authority to impound wasteful spending, and the next day the House surfaces a plan for $200 billion in “stimulus” spending on transfer...
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Record Number of Americans Receiving Food Stamp Benefits
The number of Americans receiving federal aid through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, soared to a record 40.8 million in May, according to government data...
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Renewed Riots Break Out in Greece as Protesters Clash With Police
Last month's riots revived fears of a resurgence of violence by shadowy far-left militant groups. On Monday, a riot policeman was shot and seriously wounded as he stood guard outside the Culture...
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The Case for Social Security Personal Accounts
Last but not least, it is important to understand that personal retirement accounts are not a free lunch. Social Security is a pay-as-you-go system, so if we let younger workers shift their payroll...
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House Freshman Call For Spending Cuts
The time to start cutting is this week on the Continuing Resolution (CR) while the House has an opportunity to send a bill to the Senate with at least $100 billion in cuts. Today is a big day in the...
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House Republicans Push Stopgap Budget to Avert Shutdown
Though a deal has been elusive, Senate lawmakers indicated Wednesday they think a stopgap is do-able to prevent the government from having to turn the lights off at the end of the day Friday -- when...
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The Return of Van Jones and Marxist Street Protests
Once a top figure in a Marxist group called Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM), Jones predicts “an American fall, an American autumn, just like we saw the Arab spring. You...
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Where Your Rights End and Mine Begin
As a child, I used to play with the neighbors across the street in one of the coolest sandboxes one could imagine. It was built into the landscape, with giant boulders lining the back and sides. Five...
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Mitt Romney, the Value-Added Tax, and America’s European Future
Unsurprisingly, President Obama is favorably inclined toward a VAT, having recently claimed that it is “something that has worked for other countries.” And yet it’s unlikely that the president would...
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