Zohran Mamdani—Bastard Son Of 33 Liberty Street
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Sure, Zohran Mamdani, surprise winner of the Dem primary for New York City mayor, is an ultra-left-wing wackadoo. But it occurs to us that this veritable assault... Read more.
Washington’s Fiscal Doomsday
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If Washington does nothing except leave current tax, spending, and structural deficit policies in place, the publicly-held debt will grow by $102 trillion over the... Read more.
The Gross Fiscal Negligence of the GOP
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In short, the main impact of the TCJA was to bury the US electorate even deeper in debt—a condition that the GOP shows no interest in ameliorating. And now in... Read more.
It’s Rescission Time
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The so-called “clean CR ” that Speaker Johnson is apparently cooking up will ratify the entirety of the runaway spending in the last Biden budget, thereby cancelling... Read more.
Slash The Fat: 16 Agencies To Terminate
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Under our three savings bucket scheme, "Slashing the Fat" from the Federal payroll and bureaucracy would account for just $400 billion or 20% of DOGE's $2 trillion... Read more.
The Historic First Days
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The Donald’s Day One thunder was superb but his blunder in ignoring the big issues—taming the Warfare State, reining in Federal spending and debt, and throttling... Read more.
America’s Fiscal Doomsday Machine Must Be Stopped
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Lists of outrageous anecdotal items provide color about the waste that is rampant in the Federal government. But they have nothing to do with the fact-based analysis... Read more.
Wildfires and the Hoary Hoax of a Burning Planet
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The current raging California fires are largely a function of misguided government policies. Officials have essentially curtailed the supply of water available to... Read more.
How to Cut $2 Trillion of Fat from the Federal Budget
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A goal of $2 trillion of budget savings is crucial to the future of Constitutional democracy and capitalist prosperity in America. The Federal budget threatens to... Read more.
Trump’s 19th-Century Solution to Fiscal Disaster
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Notwithstanding its shortcomings, a revenue tariff is a start in the right direction. Trump’s bold stance in favor of taxing consumption rather than income and... Read more.
Housing Versus “Housing” in Fed Data
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The Fed’s vaunted pro-inflation policy of 2.00% or higher annually is not an equal opportunity punisher. The interest cost of a standard mortgage on a median-priced... Read more.
Rate Cuts Will Achieve Nothing
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Notwithstanding the deleterious impact of rate cuts on investment trends, the Wall Street mantra still claims that rate cuts are necessary to prevent the economy... Read more.