Op-eds
The USPS needs to stop delivering financial losses
The USPS third quarter financial report will likely continue the postal service’s run of financial losses.
The Disaster at Lina Khan’s FTC
FTC Chair Lina Khan's anti-capitalist views have upended more than 100 years of antitrust law enforcement.
IRS should stop wasting money on its own tax filing software
The IRS should not be spending a penny to build and promote its own tax preparation program.
Boeing’s Starliner struggles vindicate space competition
Private firms operating under contract with the federal government have formed the new backbone of space commercialization and exploration.
As it plans NGAD fighter, Pentagon must learn from past failures
The classified and secretive NGAD will cost “multiples” of the F-35, meaning each aircraft will cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Debt ceiling deal should include spending cuts across the entire government
The first place to start cutting every area of discretionary spending would be to eliminate earmarks.
Earmarks approaching new record
The 31st edition of the Congressional Pig Book tracks the rise of earmarks to near-record levels of spending.
Actions Congress should take to restore fiscal sanity
Congress can stop unnecessary government spending by rejecting the new taxes and pet projects that litter Biden's budget.
Protect Missouri employers from legislature's misguided Rx proposal
Government interference will increase costs for consumers.
FTC Should Stop Fighting Consumers
The FTC has been laser-focused on opposing every possible acquisition and merger.
The president’s skinny budget is heavy with costs
President Biden has proposed more spending to expand the size and scope of the federal government.
The IRS has no business entering the tax preparation business
$15 million for the IRS to conduct a feasibility study on how they can develop its own tax preparation software is a complete waste of taxpayer resources.