Farm Bill: You’ll Never Believe Where the House Wants to Spend Your Tax Dollars
The House split up farm-related programs and food stamps, but they didn’t make a single reform to farm programs — and House leadership is hoping America… Read More
Speaker Boehner: What’s “Free Market” About the Farm Bill?
The latest House action on the $1 trillion farm bill comes straight from the playbook “Do as I Say, Not as I Do.” House Speaker… Read More
Why Wind Power Has Low Economic Value
Michael Goggin, manager of transmission policy at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), posted a second response to my report “Wind Intermittency and the Production… Read More
Friedman Foundation Takes a Critical Look at Administrative Bloat in Public Schools
The Friedman Foundation has published an excellent report detailing the administrative bloat plaguing our nation’s public schools. The School Staffing Surge: Decades of Employment Growth… Read More
Education Savings Accounts: “The Way of the Future”
Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) are “the way of the future,” writes Matthew Ladner in a new report released this month. While vouchers give parents the… Read More
American Studies in India: Cross-Dressing, Anyone?
In a depressing reflection of American studies at left-dominated American university campuses, Indian students will soon be learning not only about U.S. history, the Constitution,… Read More
“Pass This Bill” Not the Answer to Nation’s Education Woes
About $60 billion more federal education dollars. That’s President Obama’s latest proposal to fix schools—this time in the form of his $447 billion jobs bill…. Read More
What Next? Taxpayers Buying Humor Edition (Updated)
While America debates rising deficits, rising debt, and reckless spending bills, the mood in Washington is understandably sour. For the Americans fortunate to have jobs… Read More
U.S. Taxpayer Dollars for Italian Automaker?
Will the United States government fund Italy’s Fiat’s attempt to own a majority stake in Chrysler? While most people were following other news on Tuesday,… Read More
The Auto Bailout: What’s Behind the Wheel?
As discussed in Senior Research Fellow in Regulatory Policy James L. Gattuso’s recent blog post, the House this week approved a new $25 billion loan… Read More
