Big Government

The 2020 Census is about to get underway and, as always, there are big concerns about how well the count will go.

Federal laws have beocme so numerous, and so extensive, that there's a chance every one of us breaks a law each day without knowing it. And that's a huge problem, as the nearby video from John Stossel illustrates.

State and local governments have long employed taxpayer money, subsidies, tax breaks, and a host of other lures to land big business developments within their borders. It's officially called "economic development," and its touted as a way to produce jobs, revenues, and so much more.

The Congressional Budget Office recently released its projections on federal spending for the next decade and -- they are grim.

Let's state this upfront: we have always liked trains. But that doesn't mean we have to like - or that taxpayers should continue to subsidize -- the perpetually money-losing Amtrak. 

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For more than 50 years, laws enforcement has been fighting a war on drugs that, some conservatives have argued, is a waste of time, effort, and scarce resources.

A recent report from Social Security Trust Fund's oversight board has some dire news: the system is running a deficit for the first time since 1982, and will continue to do so for at least the next 75 years.

An appropriate story for the summer months from our friends at the Tax Foundation -- just how much does your state tax beer? Though the figures vary from state to state, it turns out no matter where you live, government adds quite a bite to your pint of bitter: