Budget and Deficit

The federal government estimates that 7.5 percent of spending on traditional Medicare in 2022 was for “improper payments,” which includes both fraud and errors in billing. For Medicaid, it was 15.6 percent.

Biden uses every new tax and regulation, regardless of how small, as a stepping stone to soon demand even more.

The current push for more clean energy efforts is being driven more by government subsidies than consumer demand.

If some Republicans have suggested a type of means-test for Social Security, be assured that Joe Biden beat them to it by 40 years.

Can Republicans embrace earmarks and gain voters' trust that they are fiscally responsible? There may be one way.

Congress needs to keep a debt limit on federal spending because it is the only forcing mechanism to make Washington face how much money it's spending. 

What specifically do Republicans plan to do now? Where’s their five-point or 10-point plan for tackling inflation or crime? What’s their plan for crimping Biden’s spending spree? 

Biden sees massive welfare spending for as many people as possible as a success, not a failure.

Families, like Congress, must pay their bills. But they also make important decisions about controlling their spending, something Democrats don't want to do.

Big government that hands out trillions of taxpayer dollars should expect to be targeted by hackers and scammers—and even the Chinese got their share.