Big Spenders Get Worse Every Year: The History of Growth Since 1940
For nearly the last century, there has been an undeniable, dramatic trend upward in government spending in real and in nominal terms.
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Pres. Trump’s Bad Foundation will Lead to Even More Spending
Pres. Trump will never be able to heed James Madison’s warning unless he has a foundational shift in core beliefs and embraces his real “highest duty.”
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Has the Tea Party Sold Out to Big-Government Republicans?
Unfortunately, the tea party was quickly coopted by the GOP. As a result, while tea party groups still opposed Republican policies, they began muting their opposition to all but the worst Republican politicians.
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The Military Industrial Complex Strikes Again
America’s war spending has already bankrupted the nation to the tune of more than $20 trillion dollars.
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Earmarks Are Not the Problem
Earmarks are not the cause of runaway spending, and removing them has done little or nothing to shrink government and regain our liberties.
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How Fiat Money Fuels Government Spending
In the years ahead, the Federal Reserve will undertake the gargantuan task of keeping the system going despite its insolvency – in other words, bailing out the government itself.
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The Time to Rein in Spending is Now!
The debate in Congress over the extension of the Bush tax cuts has obscured the issue of government spending. After all, it is because members of Congress love to spend money that isn’t theirs that we “need” an income tax to begin with.
DetailsObama’s Fake “Spending Freeze”
If government would stick only to what it was authorized to do, and leave the rest to the people, most of our economic problems would resolve themselves.
DetailsThe Need for Greater Transparency
A naive person who did not maintain a healthy sense of skepticism would quickly adopt the point of view that almost all elements of government are terribly underfunded and much good would be accomplished with higher taxes and more debt spending.
DetailsTowards a Smaller and More Effective Government
In order to qualify for federal dollars, states frequently have to pass laws that expand their reach and authority. And they often need to continue to pay for new programs after federal funding is phased out. Short run money that appeared “free” often ends up becoming a long run obligation to state taxpayers in the end.
DetailsGiving a Voice to the Jeffersonian Tradition
Thomas Jefferson: “the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies”
DetailsHow Much More Will We Take?
One of the things most abhorrent to us sovereignty-seekers is the incredible amount of bloat in Washington, D.C. While some of us are coming around to seeing that Washington, D.C. is killing this country on a non-partisan basis, the following chart illustrates this fact.
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