Earmarks are a corrupt and corrupting system for spending taxpayer money. Transportation projects, for instance, shouldn’t be prioritized due to which member of Congress has more power or seniority. Federally funded projects, rather, should be able to stand on their own merit, right? We agree with our friends at the Cato Institute, that Congress should keep earmarks out of the December omnibus …
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When President Biden announced this summer that he would use executive power to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars of student debt the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) took notice. The “One-Time Student Loan Debt Relief Plan” promised to cancel debts owed to the U.S. Treasury by tens of millions of borrowers, all without authorization of such a program by Congress or federal …
To no one’s surprise, the federal government should follow the lead of states. With inflation at 8.3% and at a 40-year high, it’s reasonable to expect that Washington would be pursuing policy to curb inflation rather than fan the flames further. But instead, as State Policy Network senior policy advisor Michael Lucci notes, a federal government run by single party control is pursuing tax and …
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