Taxing Our Future Selves

The U.S. Treasury Department upped its estimate of the amount of money the federal government will need to borrow in the second quarter of this year. And not just by a little. People need to remember that borrowed money has to be paid back. Reminder: When government...

Tax Increases Are a Natural Extension of Big Government

Joe Biden announced a plan for big increases in capital gains taxes last week. Republicans have united in opposition to the tax hikes as well they should. But they need to realize that they are part of the problem because they have supported much of the big spending....

Budget Deficits Are More Than Just Big Numbers

I talk a lot about budget deficits and the national debt. A lot of people just shrug and go on their way. Deficits are just a bunch of meaningless big numbers. When we talk about "budget deficits," we're really talking about growth in government that...