The late American satirist P.J. O’Rourke once cracked that “Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” The $32 trillion national debt […]
Tag: COVID relief legislation
Democrats need to break the COVID-funding stalemate. Now
by Jonathan Bernstein Democrats should be pushing hard this week — not next week! — to break the logjam preventing full funding for pandemic prevention and treatment. There’s no excuse […]
Digging deeper and deeper into debt
In his State of the Union address, President Biden claimed he would, be “the only president to ever cut the deficit by more than $1 trillion in a single year.” […]
Despite headlines, Biden is doing more than you think
by James Rosen At a time of pandemic-driven gloom and relentless Republican-driven doom, President Joe Biden is already a flop. That’s the shrill, orchestrated and nonstop message from GOP lawmakers […]
Border influx intrudes on Biden’s victory lap for ARP
by Michael Smolens Alternate partisan political realities are emerging that could go a long way toward shaping next year’s congressional campaigns. President Joe Biden and Democrats are fanning out across […]
Misinformation about COVID-19 bill
by Jay Ambrose Misinformation could ruin America. It afflicts us almost daily, could threaten our future and we have already seen some of the worst of it, we are told. […]
Budget ‘death spiral’ increasing likely
by Chris Reed “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money,” Alexis de Tocqueville supposedly said after an […]
Biden admin beginning to show results
by Carl P. Leubsdorf In less than two months in the White House, Joe Biden has shown the difference an activist president can make. Through both legislative proposals and executive […]
What to cut from Biden’s $1.9 trillion ‘COVID relief’? Plenty
President Biden has challenged those who oppose the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion bill disingenuously dubbed “COVID relief,” or the more deceitful “American Rescue Plan.” “What would they have me cut?” he […]
Sen. Capito discusses COVID relief, transportation bill and minimum wage in virtual meeting with W.Va. press
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., met virtually with the press Thursday to talk about the COVID-19 relief package shaping up in Congress and a handful of other issues, […]
