The newest Pig Book is out and if you're interested in fiscal responsibility, then it certainly tells you something about the presidential hopefuls. According to the Pig Book ("The Book Washington Does Not Want You to Read"), New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is our new grand national oinker among presidential contenders for most pork barrel […]
Thursday's Wall Street Journal has an enlightening editorial on American economic history -- history that Democrats would do well to learn before they repeat it. To hear Mr. Schumer and his fellow-traveling columnists tell it, Hoover's great policy blunder was to do nothing, all the while insisting that everything was fine. But the problem with […]
Over at Free Liberal (via VikingPundit) they have some old video of Sen. Harry Reid attempting to explain how paying taxes in the United States is voluntary. Except that it isn't. Except that there are "loopholes" or "incentives." Except that you will go to jail if you don't pay your taxes. Except that it's voluntary. […]
Today's complete moron is Judi Hill, a supervisor in the Tulare County public library system. Hill reportedly fired aide Brenda Biesterfield after she reported to police a library patron using a library computer to view images of child pornography. On March 4, she called police when she saw Chrisler allegedly viewing the same kind of […]
Barack Obama may have what appears to be an ethical problem. Dan Riehl notes, via Amanda Carpenter, that in the list of earmarks he requested, $1 Million was requested for the construction of a new hospital pavilion at the University Of Chicago. The request was put in in 2006. You know who works for the […]
I'm certainly not going to defend the free-spending ways of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress over the past several years, but the unveiling of Bush's new budget plan has proven that while ready cash may be in short supply on Capitol Hill, gall is not. Selected quotes: "Today's budget bears all the hallmarks of […]
I generally don't turn down free money. But if the government really didn't need my $800, then it shouldn't have taken it in the first place. I'd also feel better about a rebate check if President Bush demonstrated some intestinal fortitude and declined to fund a bunch of congressional earmarks. A couple of related, but […]
You may see the dreaded $4 per gallon gas mark reached sooner than you think -- because they're considering raising the gas tax to fund highway projects. A U.S. panel created to recommend ways to fund road construction plans to propose that federal gasoline taxes rise as much as 40 cents per gallon over five […]
The Hill newspaper is reporting on the spending habits of some members of Congress when it comes to their offices and staff. It turns out that Speaker Nancy Pelosi has spent more than $16,000 -- on flowers -- since taking office in January. I won't be spending that much on a used car that -- […]
In Boulder, Colo., they make the Kelo land-grab look like the epitome of government adherence to the rule of law. Despite owning the land, despite living only 200 yards from the property, despite hiking past it every week with their three dogs, despite spraying for weeds and fixing fences, despite paying homeowner association dues and […]