EconomyCommentary
Last week, the House passed an $8-billion bailout of the Highway Trust Fund using gimmicky offsets and tax increases to finance new highway and transit… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Some in Washington appear to be convinced that government spending can fix all the world’s ills, from underemployment to human error. Last month’s fatal Amtrak… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Today the House will take up a short-term “patch” measure to shore up the Highway Trust Fund, which is set to dip below critical levels… Read More
EconomyNews
Last week, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. to give drivers the option to be taxed by the mile instead of by the… Read More
EconomyNews
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal tells The Daily Signal that any renewal of the Highway Trust Fund needs to come without any tax increases. “I don’t… Read More
EconomyCommentary
America’s interstate highway system, which broke ground in 1956 and was completed in the early 1990s, enables us to affordably travel more than 3 trillion… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Congress has a particularly bad habit of bailing out federal programs without addressing the underlying problems that caused failure in the first place. This round,… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Every American who buys gasoline pays 18.3 cents per gallon to the federal government’s Highway Trust Fund, which was created in 1956 to pay for… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Another day, another punt on important policy matters by members of Congress. Faced with a May 31st deadline, lawmakers’ latest “fix” for highway funding—a two-month… Read More
EconomyNews
Unlikely to reach an agreement by the end of the month, Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would temporarily… Read More
