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Lots of data, facts, and pictures on government spending in the U.S.  Interesting to look at, and more than a little disturbing. Here...

Email from W.H.: Many times when people discuss Milton Friedman's fourth category of spending they do so in a mistaken vacuum. How s...

Gamebill gets a quote in the WSJ. And he's right, of course. A Silver Lining in Europe; And the political lesson for America. Kamins...

People, the federal government wastes a crap-ton of money. Let's get serious about cutting spending over the next 10 years. Here's a...

This is quite interesting. Two studies say that government subsidies appear to be associated with increased childhood obesity. Of course, ...

The problem is not that we spend too little on infrastructure. The problem is that our very large spending on infrastructure gets diverted ...

In the U.S. there have always been centers for frenzied entrepreneurial activity, creating value, wealth, and employment. It's what we ...

"The Law on Prevention of Extravagance in Wedding Ceremonies [in Afghanistan] would limit the number of wedding guests to 300 and the a...

This is a picture of our government, waiting for someone to do something. Can I have a deal now? Now? How about NOW? (UPDATE: Not yet! R...

No, really, this time will be different. The Republicans promise. Gag me. Nod to Angry Alex, who gets it. As I said for a McClatchy story,...

So President O and the Congressional Republicans have displayed their latest arrangement of the deck chairs on the USS Titanic. There's ...