Congress is currently debating the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act. The committee which oversees education has so far conducted hearings on the affordability of college, the cost and risk … READ MORE
Archives for February 2018
12 Items the Feds Still Found Money For Within the “Devastating” Budget Caps
If you haven’t heard, Congress recently voted to increase their annual spending levels by hundreds of billions of dollars – citing that the caps were so low that their consequences … READ MORE
Rediscovering the Pursuit of Happiness
Common Sense 2.0 is a series by former Senator Tom Coburn that will look at modern issues through a first principles lens. Although our founders were imperfect people who ignored women’s … READ MORE
Millennial Homebuying Showing Signs of Momentum
As the largest population age group in the country and perhaps the most studied generation of all time, millennials and their purchasing habits have been closely watched by corporate America, … READ MORE
Budget Experts: Fix Entitlements, Fix the Budget
Recently, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) held a hearing about government funding titled, “Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Ways of Funding Government." While the title of the hearing was comedic, its … READ MORE
Federal Energy Funds Spent on Liquor, Spas, and Aboard Private Jets
This week, the Department of Energy released a report on the Texas Clean Energy Project. But this report’s findings were anything but clean. According to the report, Summit Power Group … READ MORE
Why You’re Dissatisfied With Government
A recent Gallup poll says the top problem for Americans is ‘dissatisfaction with government’. While that number is certainly driven up by the polarizing figure in the White House, recent … READ MORE
If Trump Were King
A common refrain about the President’s annual budget is that it is “dead on arrival” in Congress. This is often considered a pejorative dismissal of the document as an unrealistic … READ MORE