The new science fiction movie Downsizing with Matt Damon opens at theaters this week. Here is an idea for Downsizing 2.

When it comes to mass transit, politicians never learn. Last month, Nashville Mayor Megan Berry announced a $5.2 billion proposal that involves building 26 miles of light rail and digging an expensive tunnel under the city’s downtown.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is one of the costliest welfare programs at about $70 billion a year. Not only is it costly, but a large share of the benefits are not used as intended.

The federal government has suffered from wasteful spending since the beginning.

A headline today in the Washington Post is “Voter Database Alarms Experts.”

In our recent study on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), Vanessa Brown Calder and I discussed how subsidized housing projects usually cost more than market-based ones.

The current tax reform debate has focused on economic growth and the value of cuts to different groups of taxpayers.

You can learn about how the federal government works from Washington Post obituaries.

A Trump friend wants a subsidy from the Department of Energy (DOE) to complete a nuclear power plant in Alabama, reports The Daily Caller.

Yesterday HUD Secretary Ben Carson tweeted that “The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit [LIHTC] is one of the most effective tools we have to create affordable housing.”