The Senate just passed the tax bill compromise that would extend the Bush tax cuts... continue reading »

GMU economist Tyler Cowen and The Atlantic's Megan McArdle point to a new Harvard study that surprised them... continue reading »

Now that the deed is done, we know which of the politicians' brilliant ideas will become law. Here are three of the most harmful: 1) The ban on “discriminating” against anyone with a pre-existing condition. This is popular, and yet one of the most damaging part of the bill. It forbids insurance companies to charge sick people more for insurance. The result: I will wait until I get sick to get insurance... continue reading »

Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska was a swing vote on passing health care in the Senate, so he demanded, and got, a provision in the Senate bill that takes $100 million from taxpayers all over the country and gives it to the state of Nebraska... continue reading »

As worries mount over record deficits, more details come to light about how the $787 billion stimulus plan wastes your tax dollars... continue reading »

GOP gasbags love to lecture Democrats about earmarks. Politico points out that last November House Republican leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor formed a committee on earmark reform to bring “meaningful change to the process by wh... continue reading »

I’ve reported that majority leader Harry Reid and other senators have adjusted the health care bill to exempt their states from all sorts of new taxes. Now comes Brian Faler with a report on how Senate Democrats added goodies to their $829 billion health care bill to win certain states’ and special interests’ support. continue reading »

The infamous "Bridge To Nowhere" eventually got so much attention that it was canceled. But the "Airport For Nobody" still happened. It's official title is the "John Murtha Airport", named after the congressman -- fitting, because only a politician spending someone else’s money would ever build something like it... continue reading »