Poison Pill: Importing Foreign Drug Price Controls
In response to recent regulatory and legislative proposals to benchmark US prescription drug prices to prices found in other countries, we looked at the underlying legal and economic issues. As…
Support the Retirement Freedom Act, H.R. 6703 and S. 3560
On behalf of FreedomWorks activists nationwide, I urge you to contact your representative and senators ask them to support and co-sponsor the Retirement Freedom Act, H.R. 6703 and S. 3560,…
All the Lights Are Flashing Red on America’s Fiscal Situation
The alarm is sounding once again on federal spending, and few in Congress are paying attention serious problems that America faces if it doesn’t get the nation’s finances into order.
Trustees Report Confirms Looming Social Security and Medicare Insolvency
It is no secret that Social Security and Medicare will soon be insolvent. The updated Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report released earlier this month has confirmed that insolvency…
Almost 62 Percent of Federal Spending in 2018 Is Baked in the Budgetary Cake
Fiscal conservatives rightly opposed the Bipartisan Budget Act, H.R. 1892, because it blew through the spending caps by nearly $300 billion over two years and set the tone for…
Growing Guts Cured by Growing Corporate Gluttony?
Deficit spending by the federal government is growing almost as fast as the waistline of average Americans according to recent data. While it is no secret that obesity rates…
Cronyism is Killing America
The growth of America’s government may soon be outpaced by growth of the average waistline new indicators reveal. Rates of obesity have been increasing over the past several decades,…
The White House’s Pro-Growth Budget
Last week, the White House unveiled its budget proposal for FY 2018. The proposal has been received coldly by most in Congress, including many Republicans. The budget isn’t perfect,…
Trump Administration’s Proposed Spending Cuts Are a Good Start
So-called "progressives" are absolutely losing their collective minds about proposed spending cuts that the incoming Trump administration is planning. The Hill reported Thursday that the administration, which will take…
CBO Report Increases Urgency for Entitlement Reform
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report last month projecting an increase in the federal budget deficit relative to the gross domestic product (GDP) for the first time…