Extending the individual income tax portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) is supposed to be a good thing, right? After all, who doesn’t love lower taxes? However, data from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts that, without accompanying spending cuts, these tax cuts are going to cost the government. If the cuts […]
The new “Department of Government Efficiency” (aka “DOGE”), led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, aims to downsize the federal government and tame the federal bureaucracy. DOGE (which is not actually a government department) is seeking help identifying regulations that should be rescinded or repealed. As detailed in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, they aim […]
Marc Andreessen’s 2020 treatise “It’s Time to Build” is one of the most influential pieces written about American dynamism. Published during the dark night of the COVID-19 pandemic, the venture capitalist articulates a hopeful future where Americans embrace optimism. He explains that there are two approaches we can take: One is a fixed mindset that […]
For more than a decade, I have been complaining about how the Court distributes tickets. There are paid line waiters, line cutters, and general chaos when there are disagreements. In November 2019, I offered a series of recommendations of how the process could be improved. One of my ideas was to adopt a lottery: Attorneys […]
When is a news story not a news story? Perhaps when it is disproven prior to publication. Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, lashed out at ProPublica earlier this week after the investigative journalism organization started asking questions about whether Hegseth had ever been accepted to the United States Military Academy in […]
If today’s announcement by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is the final skirmish in the Biden administration’s war on so-called “junk fees,” then it is a fitting end to a misguided and likely ineffective set of economic regulations. Large banks will have to cap overdraft fees charged when customers try to withdraw more money […]
Missouri has legalized sports wagering for individuals aged 21 and older with the passage of Amendment 2. The measure was officially called by the Associated Press last week and passed with 50.05 percent of the vote. Missouri is the 39th state to legalize sports betting, according to the American Gaming Association. The amendment will take […]
The merger between grocery store giants Kroger and Albertsons was halted by Judge Adrienne Nelson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon on Tuesday. Albertsons promptly sued Kroger on Wednesday, alleging that the company provided “insufficient divestiture proposals,” per The Wall Street Journal. This costly antitrust litigation involving the retail grocery stores—not […]
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy want to cut $2 trillion and make the government more efficient. It’s a high priority since the United States is barreling toward a fiscal crisis. Yet despite the mounting evidence of unsustainable spending and deficits, lots of people seem to believe that the goals of the Department of Government Efficiency, […]
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have begun identifying specific government programs that their Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) would target in the next presidential administration, including California’s high-speed rail project. In 2008, California voters approved a plan to connect Los Angeles and San Francisco via electrified high-speed rail by 2030. Since then, the project’s timeline […]