Federal Spending on Townhall

• Subsidizing Disaster Fri Jun 14
  Mona Charen
• The Return of Limited Government, ObamaCare is the Empire Striking Back Fri May 31
  Tim Phillips
• Americans Deserve the IRS Wed May 29
  Walter E. Williams
• Counting Up the Future Sun Apr 14
  Rich Tucker
  In the early 1990s, toy maker Mattel got into hot water for manufacturing a talking Barbie doll that warned children: “Math class is tough.” Yet 20 years later, if we could pull their string, most politicians would probably say just that. ... more
• Change: White House Urges Flexibility on Sequester Reductions Fri Apr 5
  Guy Benson
• Imperial Washington Wed Mar 27
  John Stossel
  The Senate did something this past weekend it hasn't done in four years: passed a budget. The law requires the Senate to pass a budget, but Congress often ignores its own laws. For most of Barack Obama's presidency, a series of continuing resolutions kept the money -- your money -- flowing. ... more
• Tax and Steal Sat Mar 23
  Bill O'Reilly
  So my vacation plans to Cyprus have been canceled. Something about the government there seizing everybody's wallet because the country is bankrupt. Another nanny state bites the dust. When will they ever learn? ... more
• DHS Official: Fine, Maybe We Could Have Cut Costs Without Releasing Aggravated Felons Wed Mar 20
  Guy Benson
• Ryan’s Plan Deserves Kudos, Not Boos Wed Mar 13
  Bob Barr
  Instead of wailing and gnashing of fiscal teeth, Congress and the President ought to be heaving a sigh of relief and heaping kudos on the former vice-presidential nominee, for doing what they collectively and separately have failed to accomplish. ... more
• How Baseline Budgeting is Bankrupting My Generation Sat Mar 9
  Charlie Kirk
  Too often we hear politicians boasting about "cutting" spending and how they are "reducing" the federal deficit. During the recent sequestration debate, the vast majority of the media, Congress and President Obama all referred to the sequester as "cuts." ... more
• The Budget Battle: Some Cutting Remarks Sat Mar 2
  Ed Feulner
  “Sequester.” It’s a word that used to come up rarely. And it nearly always referred to a jury being locked away to deliberate a verdict. ... more
• Boehner: Senate Democrats Should "Get Off Their Ass" and Do Their Job Wed Feb 27
  Guy Benson
• Poll: 45 Percent Say Spending Cuts Alone Are the “Best Way” to Reduce the Deficit Tue Feb 26
  Daniel Doherty
• Embrace the Sequester Fri Feb 22
  Mark Davis
  Something odd happened a few months ago as I weighed the various aspects of the dreaded Sequester Monster, a creature vilified across party lines. ... more
• Surprise: Tax-Hiking Dem Senator Forced to Pay Tax Penalty on DC Mansion Wed Feb 20
  Guy Benson
• To Government, Every Penny Is Sacred Wed Feb 20
  John Stossel
  President Obama has new priorities. That means new spending. ... more
• Pelosi: We Don't Have a Spending Problem Mon Feb 11
  Guy Benson
• CBO: Debt Spiral Deepening, Health Costs Soaring Wed Feb 6
  Guy Benson
• Education Spending That Isn't Smart Wed Feb 6
  Jonah Goldberg
  Not long after President Obama proclaimed in his second inaugural that "an economic recovery has begun," we learned that the U.S. economy actually shrank in the last quarter. Many economists believe this is a temporary setback. This recovery may be the weakest in American history, but the economy isn't cratering either. ... more
• Pumping Up the Liberalism Sat Jan 26
  Bill O'Reilly
  So now the president is a committed man of the left. No longer is he faking moderation or even trying to bring the nation "together." Nope. As he made clear in his inauguration speech, Barack Obama is dedicating himself to achieving "social justice" no matter what the cost. ... more
• Obama's Health Care Problem Sat Jan 19
  John C. Goodman
  President Obama made a remarkable statement to John Boehner in the middle of their negotiations leading up to the fiscal cliff. "We don't have a spending problem," the president said. We have "a health care problem." ... more
• An Imperial President Thu Jan 17
  Cal Thomas
  One definition of "imperial" on dictionary.com is, "of the nature or rank of an emperor or supreme ruler." At his news conference Monday, a petulant, threatening and confrontational President Obama spoke like an emperor or supreme ruler. All that was missing was a scepter, a crown and a robe trimmed in ermine. ... more
• Obama Wants to Pick a Fight, Not Cut the Deficit Wed Jan 16
  Donald Lambro
  President Obama thinks the debate over raising the $16.4 trillion debt ceiling isn't the place or the time to be discussing runaway spending. ... more
• The Escalating Effect Tue Jan 15
  Armstrong Williams
  Sometimes, looking at the political discourse in this country, I wonder if we really understand the ratchet effect of increasing government programs and power over time: unlike in business, unlike in nature, unlike in, well, real life, failure is not punished, but at best ignored, at worst rewarded. Once a program is in place, it is almost never repealed, even when Republicans obtain political power because voters become dependent on it. ... more
• Obama is at Fault Sat Jan 12
  John C. Goodman
  Do you remember what the mainstream media mainly talked about as the country careened toward the fiscal cliff? Did they talk about the harmful economic effects of impending tax increases? Did they talk about which tax increases would be worse than others? Did they talk about the need to get rid of waste in government without causing economic harm? ... more

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