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

Federal worker compensation is rising faster than compensation in the private sector.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has released data on worker compensation for 2016.

Recent Senate testimony on the Trump administration’s plans to reform federal spending.

Congress is set to approve a multi-billion dollar aid package for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

Maryland wants to spend $5.6 billion building and operating the Purple Line light rail at a time when transit ridership is declining, and that decline appears poised to accelerate.

The federal government spends more than $4 trillion a year on programs in hundreds of agencies. Which are the largest agencies, and how fast are they growing?

The federal government plays a large role in the nation’s highways through the funding of aid programs for the states and the imposing of top-down regulations

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) spends $10 billion a year on “community planning and development” subsidies to state and local governments.

For years, Randal O’Toole has warned governments that urban rail systems usually make no economic or practical sense.