Two months ago, it had been mandatory in my local grocery to use only shopping bags brought from home. Plastic bags were illegal by local ordinance. Then the virus hit. Suddenly the opposite was true. It was illegal to bring bags from home because they could spread disease. Plastic bags were mandatory. As a huge…
Politicians are known for telling voters how bad things are. It’s a refrain that never seems to change regardless of the actual economic condition of a nation or community, and it’s practiced by those on both the political left and right. “The average American is working longer hours for lower wages,” Senator Bernie Sanders is…
The economy is growing, revenues are growing, unemployment is low, and yet the U.S. government’s budget deficit is exploding. According to the Department of Treasury, nine months into the beginning of the fiscal year, the U.S. budget gap has increased to $747 billion. Since there are another three months to go, it will very likely reach…
By Rachel del Guidice The Senate Republican Conference adopted an amendment Thursday, pushed by Sen. Ben Sasse, to retain the Senate’s ban on spending earmarks. “The last thing taxpayers need is for the same politicians who racked up a $22 trillion national debt to go on an earmark binge,” the Nebraska Republican said in a statement….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read Secretary of Defense James Mattis took his first steps toward creating a more efficient and effective military by issuing two memos which aim to streamline operations and free up capital. The first memo called for the reorganization of certain undersecretary roles, a chief innovation officer, an improved chief…
by Kody Fairfield Republican Senator from Kentucky Rand Paul has come out swinging at the “use it or lose it” philosophy on government spending in a conversation with The Daily Caller News Foundation. Paul argued that the government should encourage fiscal responsibility in its agencies by spending less in federal dollars, instead of championing frivolous spending for…
Cruz Was Supposed To Be the Chosen One by Elias J. Atienza For a time I thought that Ted Cruz was going to stand by principle. That he was going to stick to his guns and not endorse Donald Trump. He made headlines all across the nation by telling voters to vote their conscience. To vote…
Russ Read The final text of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will cut the size of the National Security Council (NSC) from over 400 employees to just 150 for fiscal year 2017. The provision intends to curb the exponential growth the NSC staff has seen over the past 25 years. Since the start of…
Kathryn Watson on September 30, 2015 Sen. Rand Paul on Wednesday slammed federal officials’ practice of rushing to spend leftover budget dollars in September so they don’t risk losing the money. The Kentucky Republican said Wednesday that “perverse” incentives for “use it or lose it” spending by federal agencies at the end of the federal…
More bad news for conservative supporters of Donald Trump. The newly released casino mogul’s tax plan would add a massive $10 trillion to the national debt over the next decade if enacted. To put that in comparison, Obama’s profligate spending has only thus far racked up $9 trillion in debt—that’s more than the combined debt…