October 3, 2024
America’s political leaders have a spending problem. They know entitlement programs feature benefit promises far exceeding their tax base, but have done nothing to make them sound. Meanwhile, both parties demand more spending increases — despite the national debt soaring to $35 trillion, or more than $100,000 for each American, rich and poor alike. Under rosy assumptions, over $20 trillion in…
August 29, 2024
Given her liberal record, it’s no surprise that Vice President Kamala Harris’s recently released economic agenda calls for vast increases in benefits for low-income adults. But it should be surprising for that spending to be cast as tax relief since low-income adults pay few, if any, federal income taxes in the first place. That’s the spin Harris…