Trump Administration Spends U.S. to May Budget Deficit Record
If you were thinking maybe federal government spending might slow down a bit after the national debt crossed the $22 trillion mark – well, it didn’t. Last month, the federal budget deficit came in at $208 billion, according to Treasury Department data. It was the...
Too Much Bipartisanship in Washington
by Ron Paul Washington is once again gripped by the specter of a government shutdown, as Congress and President Trump negotiate an end-of-year spending deal. A main issue of contention is funding for President Trump’s border wall. Sadly, but not surprisingly, neither...
20 Things Republicans Could Have Done but Didn’t
Another Republican majority has come and gone. And with nothing to show for it. Although Republicans controlled both Houses of Congress under a Democratic president during two years of Harry Truman’s presidency, the last six years of Bill Clinton’s presidency, and the...