Happy Birthday, Amtrak! Here Are Your Presents. Love, The Taxpayers.
Amtrak, the federally subsidized passenger rail service, made headlines in recent months after an Inspector General report said it offered $428,000 worth of free wine,… Read More
Why Your Boss Probably Isn’t Speaking at This Conference
American companies like Boeing, General Electric, Caterpillar, and John Deere are in the club. What about your company? These are just a few of the… Read More
We Give Foreigners Taxpayer Money to Import Stuff from America. What?
Sen. Mike Lee will deliver a speech at The Heritage Foundation on Wednesday, April 30 at 12:30 ET to discuss how “conservative anti-cronyism reform is… Read More
Getting Your Neighbor’s Mortgage Off Your Lawn
Did you know you are probably responsible for your neighbors’ mortgage payments? What? Heritage expert Norbert Michel explained: Nearly all new residential mortgages are currently… Read More
Printing Money: Adopt a New Typeface and Save $136 Million in the Federal Budget
The federal government can make a decision that would save taxpayers millions of dollars, and it wouldn’t have to cut programs, furlough workers, or even… Read More
The Four Key Things Every Taxpayer Needs to Know About Fannie and Freddie
Five years ago, Congress used nearly $200 billion to bail out the housing finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. These companies are still operating… Read More
Should Government Watch the Terrorists — or Americans Reaching for a Snack?
With recent news of various government agencies wanting to monitor our nation’s newsrooms and our children’s eating habits, and with a $17 trillion debt that… Read More
How to Free the Housing Market from Government—and Lower Your Mortgage Payments
President Obama said something truly great in his State of the Union Address this year. He told Congress: [S]ince the most important investment many families… Read More
Explosive Report: How Obamacare Will Drive People Out of the Workforce
Obamacare moves people further away from jobs and shifts their health care costs to taxpayers. Good news or bad? The White House took up defensive… Read More
What Congress Did While You Were Talking About the State of the Union
Congress is very fond of two things: throwing a bunch of stuff into one bill and rushing bills through while Americans are focused on other… Read More
