The federal government spends more than $700 billion a year on 1,386 subsidy programs for state and local activities such schools, transit, and housing.

The federal government is enormously inefficient. Agencies have little incentive to control costs or improve quality, and Congress does little serious oversight.

Opportunity Zones have divided our cities and towns into winner and loser zones, while encouraging political corruption.

Federal aid-to-state programs fuel political corruption and should be eliminated.

The economy is too complex and uncertain for even the best economists to predict, so politicians stand no chance.

President Trump is tweeting about NASA today. He is worried about “all of the money we are spending” on the agency.

Mail volumes are falling and the U.S. Postal Service is losing billions of dollars a year while accumulating large liabilities.

If anyone in Congress is focused on the deficit problem and pushing spending cuts it should be the Freedom Caucus.

One of the problems with federal hand-out programs is that individuals take advantage of them and scam artists outright loot them.

The Washington Post magazine has a lengthy piece on American Indian policy, focusing on the challenges faced by people living on reservations.