What to make of Gen Z (no, the other one)
By The Washington Post
Plus: Deportations and the rule of law. Deficit…
➔ iCulture warriors see not sick Britain, but a plague of 'overdiagnosis'. How convenient | Rhiannon…
By The Guardian
Instead of dismissing huge swaths of the…
➔ iExpect a lot of talk about Australia’s deficit, but remember the golden rule: budgets are always…
By The Guardian
The world trade system, and our ability to trust…
➔ iI believe Labour cares about those in need, but it must show that. It can’t go on like this |…
By The Guardian
Every Labour government improves the lives of…
➔ iIt’s ‘Maganomics’: Trump’s brash economic strategy is likely to end in crash or crisis |…
By The Guardian
Large tax cuts for the rich, import tariffs, and…
➔ iPentagon Keeps Pouring Cash Into Golf Courses — Even As Trump Slashes Government Spending
By The Intercept
The Pentagon owns 145 golf courses. As Trump cuts…
➔ iTrump Administration Could Test Impoundment Authority
By The Daily Signal
The Trump administration may soon bring the word…
➔ iDemocrats Had Their Own Version of DOGE Under Clinton and Gore. Why Are They Terrified Now?
By The Daily Signal
While Democrats in Congress howl over President…
➔ iDeficit-funded stimulus checks? No thanks.
By The Washington Post
Donald Trump should abandon the idea of paying…
➔ iWhy is Spain’s economy booming? Thanks to migration – which proves xenophobia doesn’t pay |…
By The Guardian
With Spanish GDP growth leading Europe last year,…
➔ iWhy Trump can’t close the trade deficit
By The Washington Post
Tariffs won’t do the trick. He would have to…
➔ iEven if France’s budget doesn’t tackle the public deficit, let’s give thanks it exists |…
By The Guardian
Politics have sunk so low since Emmanuel…
➔ iWith Trump imposing tariffs, suddenly the media is concerned about inflation
By American Thinker
Where were they when Joe Biden ramped up…
➔ iDemocrats weep crocodile tears about tariffs, but ignore how taxes, regulations, and government…
By American Thinker
Democrats have been screaming about President…
➔ iTrump’s federal spending power grab is far from over
By The Washington Post
The administration makes clear that it wants the…
➔ iWhat Trump’s economic agenda means for the US and its allies
By Yedioth News
Opinion: Trump’s second term promises to revive…
➔ iThe spiralling cost of borrowing spells trouble for Rachel Reeves – but she must hold her nerve |…
By The Guardian
There is no need to panic: the government’s…
➔ iOpinion: The case for killing the tax credit for electric vehicles
By Los Angeles Times
It's ineffective at shaping behavior, and it…
➔ iInslee's Last Tax Insult to Washington
By The Wall Street Journal
The departing Governor now wants a wealth tax as…
➔ iTrump 2.0’s impact on social mobility: the good, the bad, and the uncertain
By American Thinker
While it is in vogue to discuss reckless…
➔ iI Have a Suggestion for What Musk and Ramaswamy Could Actually Do to Cut Government Spending
By Slate
If they’re serious.
➔ iEconomic Growth Won't Reduce the Deficit Enough
By The Wall Street Journal
Trump and Scott Bessent should embrace PAYGO+ and…
➔ iWhat do the latest GDP figures tell us? That the RBA is still getting it very wrong | Greg Jericho
By The Guardian
It’s time the reserve started undoing the…
➔ iTrump understands that curbing monstrous government spending is what will halt inflation
By American Thinker
We seem to have a massive leak in the bucket and…
➔ i‘Accountability Is Coming’: Iowa’s Ernst Sends Musk’s DOGE $2T Worth of Ways to Gut…
By The Daily Signal
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Sen. Joni Ernst…
➔ iThe UN has failed us on Gaza. We need to decolonize and radically reform it | Omar Barghouti
By The Guardian
By decolonizing, I mean a transformative process…
➔ iWes Streeting, you must have a better plan for ailing hospitals than public humiliation | Rachel…
By The Guardian
The plan to introduce league tables is a…
➔ iHow to Grow Out of America's Debt Woes
By The Wall Street Journal
Infrastructure investment, particularly related…
➔ iRussia Can’t Keep Spending Like This for Long
By Foreign Policy
Moscow is depleting its rainy-day savings to plug…
➔ iAll that Biden-Harris spending on student loan forgiveness and illegals brings us a near-record…
By American Thinker
Illegals and student loan debt forgiveness will…
➔ iWashington Racks Up Another $1.8 Trillion Budget Deficit
By The Wall Street Journal
Government spending rises 11%, more than…
➔ iTrump’s latest tax pandering reveals a dismal debate on the debt
By The Washington Post
Neither Trump nor Harris seem willing to take on…
➔ iHow Fox News sane-washes Trump
By The Washington Post
Plus: Taylor Swift’s clear message. The…
➔ iHow would Trump and Harris affect U.S. debt? The difference is huge.
By The Washington Post
Trump would add $4.5 trillion to the deficit with…
➔ iBankrupt and ravaged by student mental illness, Britain’s universities are badly in need of…
By The Guardian
Tough questions need to be asked of these…
➔ iHere Comes the $2 Trillion Deficit
By The Wall Street Journal
That’s now likely for fiscal 2024, despite a…
➔ iJob Growth Slows, Stocks Slump
By The Wall Street Journal
August job growth was dominated again by…
➔ iNow the Australian economy is on its knees, will the RBA finally start cutting interest rates? |…
By The Guardian
So far we have not gone into recession – but…
➔ iIt's Time to Short AMLO's Mexico
By The Wall Street Journal
The deficit has swelled, the peso is weaker, and…
➔ iKamala Harris’ $1.7T spending plan exposes her pixie-dust fiscal policy
By New York Post
Someone must have mentioned “return on…
➔ iHow the Biden-Harris Economy Left Most Americans Behind
By The Wall Street Journal
A government spending boom fueled inflation that…
➔ iWhistling Past a $1.9 Trillion Federal Deficit
By The Wall Street Journal
If Trump won’t press Harris on too much…
➔ i‘Slightly Less Bad Version of Democrats’: Chip Roy Rips House Republicans for Enabling Big…
By The Daily Signal
ATLANTA—For too long, Republicans have caused…
➔ iWhat RFK Jr. Says About Government Spending and Debt
By The Daily Signal
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won applause at the…
➔ iLetters to the Editor: The Republican obsession with budget deficits
By Los Angeles Times
Readers point out what they deem faulty logic in…
➔ iThe left’s $7 trillion lie: Biden far outpaces Trump in racking up the national debt
By New York Post
We saw a classic case of projection in…
➔ iOpinion: A value-added tax is one solution to the crippling debt problem
By CNBC
There is only one way to raise the amounts needed…
➔ iLetters to the Editor: Budget deficits are a bad excuse for California to kill single-payer…
By Los Angeles Times
Our healthcare system is extremely expensive…
➔ iOpinion: California's budget deficit will force difficult cuts. This one should be the easiest
By Los Angeles Times
While Gov. Gavin Newsom has closed corrections…
➔ iSocial media lies can unleash a dangerous contempt for others. We can stop it | Max Jeganathan
By The Guardian
In our atomised society, we don’t just reject…
➔ iThe U.S. Munitions Deficit Is a Political Problem
By Foreign Policy
Just three U.S. states receive one-third of all…
➔ iThe Guardian view on globalisation’s discontent: it’s not right for poor countries to fund the…
By The Guardian
Wealthy nations exploit their position as the…
➔ iDiagnosing yourself with a mental health issue may bring comfort, but it can be dangerous | Ashwini…
By The Guardian
What seems like a shortcut to understanding can…
➔ iMargaret Thatcher set Britain’s decline in motion – so why can’t politics exorcise her ghost?…
By The Guardian
MPs on all sides pay homage, while her failures…
➔ iSix-Month Federal Budget Deficit: $1.1 Trillion
By The Wall Street Journal
Interest on the public debt rose 43%, and now…
➔ iThe ‘Twin Deficits’ Risk the American Way of Life
By The American Conservative
Bidenomics hasn’t yanked at the fundamental…
➔ iBiden’s budget calls the bluff of supposed GOP budget hawks
By The Washington Post
Republicans need to show their hands. What do…
➔ iBiden’s economic 'success' is costing America’s future
By American Thinker
Unless federal officials prioritize lowering…
➔ iHow to stop profligate states before they can sap the Fed
By The Washington Post
California’s projected 2024-2025 budget deficit…
➔ iCalifornia Gets Another Budget Deficit Shock
By The Wall Street Journal
The state’s budget gnomes now project a $73…
➔ i5 Charts Show Why Congress Must Stop Deficit Spending
By The Daily Signal
Both chambers of Congress are locked in fierce…
➔ iDonald Trump doesn’t understand how tariffs work
By The Washington Post
But the U.S. trade deficit lies not truly in our…
➔ iThe Guardian view on universities: Australian lesson might spark much-needed change | Editorial
By The Guardian
The Conservatives have inflicted serious damage…
➔ iGerman government quietly requests €200 million for three new VIP helicopters
By American Thinker
With heightened scrutiny on government spending…
➔ iLetters to the Editor: Leave the rainy-day fund alone. Tax services and oil extraction instead
By Los Angeles Times
Using reserves from the state's rainy-day fund to…
➔ iMitch Daniels and the national budget
By The Washington Post
War spending and tax cuts in the George W. Bush…
➔ iThe Guardian view on strikes and protests in Germany: this is no time for austerity
By The Guardian
Olaf Scholz needs a new economic approach to heal…
➔ iWhy cutting IRS funding is not a conservative move
By The Washington Post
With budget deficits rising steadily, enforcing…
➔ iThe California Budget Bust Arrives
By The Wall Street Journal
The state’s progressive tax code strikes again...
➔ iRepublicans must shame Dems into slashing bloated government spending — before it’s too late
By New York Post
The latest short-term government funding bill…
➔ iWhen it comes to the New York state budget, there’s no room for sacred cows
By New York Post
New York state faces a $4.3 billion budget…
➔ iCalmes: The GOP shutdown drama in Washington costs us plenty, even when Congress averts a stoppage
By Los Angeles Times
Republicans' fiscal brinksmanship has real…
➔ iMike Johnson hasn’t earned our trust
By The Washington Post
The proposed staggered approach to government…
➔ iThe most expensive mistake by the United States
By The Washington Post
Cheap imports have left us with the biggest trade…
➔ iThe U.S. Budget Deficit Has Rocketed. Does It Matter?
By Foreign Policy
Germany and Britain have lower shortfalls, but…
➔ iBiden has doubled the deficit, putting us on a drive to disaster
By New York Post
President Biden likes to boast about how much…
➔ iExpanded outstanding government securities are nothing to worry about
By The Washington Post
Federal government spending is not akin to a…
➔ iTo tame the deficit, America needs a national sales tax
By The Washington Post
There is a simple solution staring us in the…
➔ iMetro is dangling from a fiscal cliff. Regional leaders can’t sit by.
By The Washington Post
Metro is facing an enormous deficit. The D.C...
➔ iIt isn’t hopeless. We can fix our debt and deficit problems.
By The Washington Post
Yes, we are deeply divided. But we can still…
➔ iBidenomics Is Keynesianism Without Constraints
By The Wall Street Journal
Deficit spending to cure a recession is…
➔ iThe cold hard reality is we must rein in drunken government spending
By New York Post
Government spending is driving the nation up to…
➔ iPresidents' Words of Wisdom
"When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were—to the very last minute—a chance to lose it."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
"He serves his party best who serves the country best."
- Rutherford B. Hayes