government spending

From Kavon Nikrad:

Recent reports that GOP presidential nominee John McCain is vetting Congressman Eric Cantor (VA-07) for the vice-presidential slot has prompted inquiries from the Club for Growth PAC about Rep. Cantor’s record on economic issues.

Ralph Nader thinks things have gone so sour that ideologically dissimilar enemies of the permanent regime may be ready to work together:

Terry Frank wants to know why Tennessee’s GOP Senators are not on board with Senator Tom Coburn’s plan to reign in government spending:

Reaganomics is dead.

Here are the four pillars of the thing:

Reduce the growth of government spending
Reduce government regulation of the economy
Reduce marginal tax rates on income from labor and capital
Control the money supply to reduce inflation

Let us break it down...

I'm inclined to lean more towards Martin Lewis's final salute to Jesse here than I am the folks who paid tribute to the man in the ABC news story...

I'm inclined to lean more towards Martin Lewis's final salute to Jesse here than I am the folks who paid tribute to the man in the ABC news story...

from the American Conservative Union

Vote "NO" on the Farm Bill

I usually have at least a modicum of respect for the Christian Science Monitor, but I've got to tell you, many more articles like this one and I'll have to begin wondering if they've been taken over by Fox News.

Chris Sanders calls out the libertarian Tennessee Center For Policy Research for pandering to knee-jerk conservative attitudes in their Pork Report:

In honor of today being April 15th, likely the most reviled day on the calendar (after January 1st and the necessity to make all those fleeting resolutions - not to mention the hangover) , I thought to direct you to an excellent piece on taxes by a friend of mine, Doug Bandow.