Big Government

A non-exhaustive review of government spending over the last quarter century.

Many of the same Democratic lawmakers now condemning the shooting of survivors of the alleged drug boat strike had no problem when presidents they liked greenlit even worse strikes. But that doesn’t excuse Trump’s awful escalation in the Caribbean.

A vacancy tax is a charge imposed on property owners who leave residential or commercial properties unoccupied for a specified duration. As usual, a statist violation of property rights.

The excitement of DOGE’s early days has mostly dissipated, in large part because Republicans still completely accept the fallacious paradigm of their progressive opponents about how all these government programs are providing necessary services for the American people.

Thinking clearly about the state requires us to think differently than what is typically believed. The state is not a “necessary evil,” but rather it is just evil.

Is minarchism an antidote for the growing statism and socialism infecting our body politic? Think of it as “statism lite.”

Is minarchism an antidote for the growing statism and socialism infecting our body politic? Think of it as “statism lite.”

The government “shutdown” and the so-called threat to the food stamp program may be abated for now, but we need to understand why this program has metastasized in recent years. James Bovard tells us why.

Neither Congress nor President Trump speak anymore about a balanced budget. Instead, the Republicans and Democrats compete with each other to see who can spend the most.

The government “shutdown” and the so-called threat to the food stamp program may be abated for now, but we need to understand why this program has metastasized in recent years. James Bovard tells us why.