SNAP Challenge is Not So Challenging – Unless You’re an Out of Touch Congressman
This past week more than two dozen Democratic members of congress decided to compete in the SNAP Challenge and in their words "call attention to the necessity…
Vicious Sequester Cuts Causing Flight Delays?
Over the past several days travelers have been experiencing longer than normal wait times and more frequent flight delays. We've heard time and time…
Texas and Medicaid Hypocrisy
Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) linked to this instructional video produced by Texas State Rep.Lois Kolkhorst, the Republican chairwoman of the House Public Health Committee. In the video, Kolkhorst says…
Tell Your Senators to Support Amendments to Stop Washington’s Accounting Gimmicks
Dear FreedomWorks member,…
Democrats Introduce First Formal Budget Proposal in Four Years
Congressional Democrats have finally gotten around to proposing a federal budget - the first one in four years - and you can probably imagine what it includes. According to…
How Many Demons Can Dance On the Head of a Sequester?
Our government is too big. The crisis of the moment, the so-called sequester, won't do anything to change that. Our…
Cut Government Spending – No Tax Increases
Democracy and Power 104: Future Debt BurdenA government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property – an unpaid tax bill. —Hans F. Sennholz…
Opposition Grows As Jack Lew Proves He Doesn’t Understand Budgets
Jack Lew, President Obama's choice to replace Timothy Geithner as Treasury Secretary, has been in Washington DC a long time. Anyone in public service that long will have quite…
Jack Lew, Architect Of Budgets Receiving Zero Votes, To Replace Geithner As Secretary Of Treasury
It has been widely reported this week that President Obama will nominate Jack Lew today for Secretary of the Treasury, replacing Timothy Geithner, expected to step down next month. It…
Fiscal Cliff: Two Cheers for Boehner’s Plan B (But Oppose It Anyway)
Update December 20th, 11:30 p.m. ET: Speaker Boehner's "Plan B" tax bill died today, just hours after FreedomWorks sent Congress a letter and launched a national…