Just in time for Thanksgiving, Senator Rand Paul has released his latest waste report - serving up a heaping helping of government waste. $230 million worth. Let’s dig into to … READ MORE
Archives for November 2019
Congress Can’t Keep Up
Congressional job approval is notoriously abysmal. The latest polls show only 20% of voters are satisfied with our Legislative Branch. Some level of frustration with Congress will always exist, because … READ MORE
Health Care Price Transparency Will Force Long-Overdue Reform
The Trump Administration recently announced a historic shift toward greater transparency and openness in our healthcare system. On November 15, the administration released a final rule requiring hospitals to post … READ MORE
A Good Tax Idea and a Bad Tax Idea From the GOP
While all eyes are on impeachment, some folks in Washington are still continuing to propose legislation on bread and butter policy issues. Notably, there are two tax policy ideas some … READ MORE
Report: Half of NIH Grantees Failed to Follow Conflict of Interest Law
Two years ago, our organization co-published a report with White Coat Waste on universities’ failure to comply with a federal law requiring them to disclose the source of funding in … READ MORE
Congress’s Love Affair with Judicial Supremacy Continues
“I love the tax bill and a lot of the other things we did...but I think lifetime appointments — not only to the Supreme Court but to the circuit courts … READ MORE
How Do We Pay for the Medicare We Have Now?
When it comes to Medicare, the only subject circulating in the news these days is the debate over Medicare For All and whether there is any way to pay for … READ MORE
Lonely Stances for the Next Generation
News about the sorry state of America’s fiscal affairs is often so frequent and met with such an unenthusiastic response from our political leaders that the warnings appear anticlimactic. This … READ MORE