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.

The federal government spends $750 billion a year on 1,386 different subsidy programs for state and local governments. The number of aid programs has tripled since the 1980s.

Despite rising federal deficits, Congress is set to pass another budget-busting spending bill. This time it is a $19 billion package of disaster-related subsidies.

The Economic Development Administration (EDA) is a small agency within the Department of Commerce. Its purpose is to give money to governments and businesses to fund local activities, such as $2 million to “repurpose the West Frankfort Mall” in Illinois and $150,000 for the Brick River Cider company in St. Louis to make “authentic hard cider.”

Former Ohio Governor John Kasich paves the way for sound thinking on highways in his new Wall Street Journal op-ed.