Budget and Government on Townhall

• WH on FAA delays: There is a way out Thu Apr 25
  Washington, D.C.
  Pressure is building to end the delays at the nation's airports - and now, the White House says there is a way out. ... more
• There's Nothing Fair About the Marketplace Fairness Act Wed Apr 24
  Jeff Jacoby
  If truth-in-labeling rules applied to Congress, the proposed law giving states the power to collect sales tax from out-of-state online retailers would be named the Marketplace Unfairness Act. ... more
• More Sequester Manipulation: Unnecessary Air Traffic Furloughs Tue Apr 23
  Dalton Vogler
• Minimum Wage Hurts Unskilled Black Workers Tue Apr 23
  Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
  Did you know that there was a time in our country, after the Civil War, when white unemployment was higher than black unemployment? It seems almost unfathomable now, but that was the case in the early decades of the 20th Century. ... more
• FAA Furloughs Prompt Flight Delay Concerns Mon Apr 22
  Washington, D.C.
  Air travelers are concerned about flight delays and cancellations, with mandatory furloughs impacting air traffic controllers and other Federal Aviation Administration employees. ... more
• Wasteful Programs that Make You Want To Pull Your Hair Out Fri Apr 19
  Tim Phillips
  This week we finally reached Tax Freedom Day - the day after which American workers begin to make money for themselves and their families instead of the government. ... more
• America's Just Not That Into Obama Fri Apr 19
  Jonah Goldberg
  Whether it stems from a grandiose overconfidence in his own powers of persuasion, or the lessons he took from his years as a community organizer, or his own messianic conviction that he is on the right side of everything, including history itself, the president has operated under the theory that he can move the American people to his causes. ... more
• Obama Sails On, Oblivious to Economic Paralysis Fri Apr 19
  Donald Lambro
  The national news media have been in hyper-drive since President Obama's inauguration, trying to convince us that the U.S. economy is getting stronger. ... more
• Redistribution of Wealth Popularity Not to Be Taken Lightly Fri Apr 19
  Matt Towery
  A Gallup poll released this week shows that almost 60 percent of adults in America believe that wealth is distributed unfairly, with over 50 percent saying that "the rich" should be taxed heavily to accomplish a fair distribution of resources. ... more
• Warren Buffett Has His Secretary—and Barack Obama Has…Me Fri Apr 19
  Charlotte Hays
  Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has his secretary—and Barack Obama has…me. Like countless other U.S. taxpayers, I was interested but not at all surprised to learn, when I paid my annual visit to Mr. Block, that my effective tax rate for 2012 was higher than Mr. Obama’s enviable effective rate of 18 percent. ... more
• Is the U.S. Economy on the Verge of Epic Collapse? Thu Apr 18
  Wayne Allyn Root
  How far behind can America be? Our media says we are in a “recovery” incessantly. We are told that because the stock market is rising, because housing is enjoying a few signs of life (at bankruptcy prices), and because cars are selling better than the terrible rate they sold at last year, that the U.S. economy is doing well. ... more
• As the Gold Price Falls the Great Debate Over The Gold Standard Rises Wed Apr 17
  Ralph Benko
  Amid an ongoing decline in the price of gold, a major brawl recently broke out in the elite media over…the gold standard. What is this free-for-all all about? And why does it matter? ... more
• NLRB Bill Key Test for the Senate Tue Apr 16
  Phil Kerpen
  On April 12th the House passed H. R. 1120, the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor Management Relations Act, on a narrow 219 to 209 vote. ... more
• The World (America) Is Upside-Down, Part 2 Tue Apr 16
  David Limbaugh
  Recently, I wrote a column arguing that the world is upside-down -- by which I meant "our" world, America. Today I offer more exhibits in support of my case that our culture is unraveling. ... more
• America's Founders vs. the IRS Tue Apr 16
  Chuck Norris
  Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request revealed that agents for the Internal Revenue Service are bypassing warrants and sifting through the email and other electronic communications of American citizens. ... more
• The Progressive Income Tax Turns 100 Mon Apr 15
  Paul Kengor
  Maybe it’s a measure of progressives’ refusal to look back, to always move “forward.” Otherwise, they should be celebrating right now. In fact, President Obama and fellow modern progressives/liberals should be ecstatic all this year, rejoicing over the centenary of something so fundamental to their ideology, to their core goals of government, to their sense of economic and social justice—to what Obama once called “redistributive change.” ... more
• Lead, Follow, or... Mon Apr 15
  Rich Galen
  President Obama has tried his version of leading - which has been mostly attempting to bully Congressional Republicans into submission. It hasn't worked. ... more
• Do We Really Have to Pay for All This? Mon Apr 15
  Bruce Bialosky
  There are legitimate debates about public policy issues. Those discussions do not have to be turned into demonizing the other side as Al Gore stylized regarding Global Warming and Paul Krugman now personifies regarding our massive deficit and debt. ... more
• Dame Margaret Thatcher & the Heroine in History Sat Apr 13
  Brian Birdnow
  Margaret Thatcher’s death on Monday, April 8th at the age of 87 brought a flood of reminiscences from many in the chattering classes who are old enough to remember her and her remarkable eleven-year tenure as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ... more
• Thatcher's Enemies Sat Apr 13
  John C. Goodman
  In Britain they are mourning the death of Margaret Thatcher. They are also celebrating. Celebrating? Yes, celebrating. ... more
• Obama's April Fools Joke Fri Apr 12
  Tim Phillips
  When President Obama declared April to be “National Financial Capability Month” and described plans for his administration to teach young people “how to budget responsibly,” it was easy to mistake the announcement for a Stephen-Colbert-style April Fools’ prank. ... more
• Chicago Teachers Union Prez Attacks Individualism, Free Markets in Education Fri Apr 12
  Kyle Olson
  MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry isn’t the only one cheering for collectivism in education. Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis thinks that idea is pretty swell, too. ... more
• Thatcherism: The Cure for An Ailing America Fri Apr 12
  Brian and Garrett Fahy
  With the passing of Margaret Thatcher, and the commemoration of Winston Churchill day, world attention this week was rightly focused on the greatest Prime Ministers of the 20th century. ... more
• Obama's Bloated, Tax Happy Budget Is Dead And Buried Fri Apr 12
  Donald Lambro
  .Let's not mince words. President Obama's nearly $4 trillion, big spending budget is dead on arrival. ... more
• Better Never Than Late Fri Apr 12
  David Limbaugh
  The old adage "better late than never" might not apply in the case of President Obama's tardily filed budget. ... more
• The Pursuit of Happiness, the Pursuit of Virtue, and the Right of Conscience Thu Apr 11
  Bradley Abramson
  In the American Declaration of Independence, our Founding Fathers proclaimed that we are endowed by our Creator with the unalienable right to the pursuit of happiness. ... more

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