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How to Repair the Key Bridge Without Breaking the Bank

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore came as quite a shock. After a massive container ship struck one of the bridge’s...

28.03.2024 3

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David Ditch

DAVID DITCH: The Legislative Sausage Is Crammed With Wasteful Pork

To hear the media tell it, Congress finally passing spending bills and avoiding a government shutdown is a “win.” That’s how low the bar for...

23.03.2024 3

The Daily Caller

David Ditch

DAVID DITCH: How Biden’s Big-Deficit Agenda Guarantees Inflation

Inflation has been a top concern for Americans for years. This is understandable: Inflation-adjusted earnings have declined by thousands of...

19.03.2024 4

The Daily Caller

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How Biden’s Big-Deficit Agenda Guarantees Inflation

Inflation has been a top concern for Americans for years. This is understandable: Inflation-adjusted earnings have declined by thousands of dollars in...

19.03.2024 4

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How All Americans Are Paying for San Francisco’s Pork-Barrel Spending

Washington is once again facing a potential shutdown. Funding for the federal government will run out in early March unless the House and Senate can...

24.02.2024 20

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5 Charts Show Why Congress Must Stop Deficit Spending

Both chambers of Congress are locked in fierce battles over spending legislation. A “supplemental” package has found bipartisan support in the...

13.02.2024 10

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Tax and Welfare Bill Reveals Washington’s Chronic Debt Delusion

Among the major pieces of legislation up for grabs in Congress is the inappropriately named “Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act,”...

31.01.2024 2

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DAVID DITCH: Three Reasons We Can’t Seem To Step Off The Government Shutdown Merry-Go-Round

Congress continues to be the definition of dysfunction. It misses budget deadlines, relies on the threat of government shutdowns to get anything done...

25.01.2024 50

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3 Reasons Congress Can’t Seem to Dismount From Government Shutdown Merry-Go-Round

We’re in a new year, but the headlines from Capitol Hill feel old. Once again, Congress has been debating its annual spending bills. And once again,...

18.01.2024 4

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David Ditch

As Debt Skyrockets, House Eyes New Budget Deal With Negligible Cuts

In May 2023, when then-Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy negotiated a debt limit deal that included spending limits, the gross national debt stood...

10.01.2024 10

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Washington Subway’s Financial Woes Underscore Folly of Virginia Sports Arena Plan

It would be nearly impossible to make the folly of government economic development more obvious than two recent announcements in the Washington, D.C.,...

28.12.2023 9

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Biden’s 4 Worst Wastes of 2023

Americans are strongly dissatisfied with the direction of the country and the economy. According to Gallup, just 19% of the public is satisfied with...

18.12.2023 3

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America Is Taking a High-Speed Train to Bankruptcy

High-Speed Rail David Ditch | 12.12.2023 11:05 AM On December 8, the federal government made two seemingly...

12.12.2023 3

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Biden Admin’s Woke, Wasteful Infrastructure Add-Ons Inflate Costs

This holiday season, millions of American families are still struggling to make ends meet due to the ravages of inflation. The cost of basics, such as...

06.12.2023 7

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The Great Train Robbery: Taxpayer Subsidies for Amtrak Should Be Derailed

As the holiday season approaches, families across America are carefully planning how to spend their hard-earned money on travel and purchases. If only...

16.11.2023 1

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Wake Up, Washington: America’s Credit Outlook Now ‘Negative’

The credit rating agency Moody’s last week downgraded its assessment of the federal government’s debt outlook to “negative.” The move Friday...

16.11.2023 2

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David Ditch

Fake ‘emergency’ spending in Washington winds up costing us all

It’s bad enough that Congress and the White House are making no serious effort to cut spending these days—something we all wind up paying for,...

13.11.2023 2

Washington Examiner

David Ditch

Congress must end federal handouts to radicalized academia

In recent weeks, Americans have been shocked by widespread student protests and statements by professors from colleges and universities that support...

10.11.2023 2

Washington Examiner

David Ditch

Fake ‘Emergency’ Spending in Washington Winds Up Costing Us All

It’s bad enough that Congress and the White House are making no serious effort to cut spending these days—something we all wind up paying for,...

09.11.2023 2

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David Ditch

Congress Must End Federal Handouts to Radicalized Academia

In recent weeks, Americans have been shocked by widespread student protests and statements by professors from colleges and universities that support...

09.11.2023 2

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5 Charts Show Irresponsibility of Biden’s Request for Extra $106 Billion

President Joe Biden has asked Congress for $106 billion in supplemental “emergency” funding. Biden’s Sept. 20 request includes $61 billion for...

26.10.2023 100

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4 Key Things You Need to Know About Government Shutdowns

With the nation’s capital fixated on tense negotiations over funding the federal government, apocalyptic warnings over a possible shutdown are...

30.09.2023 7

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David Ditch

4 Key Things You Need to Know About Government Shutdowns

With the nation’s capital fixated on tense negotiations over funding the federal government, apocalyptic warnings over a possible shutdown are...

29.09.2023 2

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David Ditch

4 key things you need to know about government shutdowns

Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H., joins 'Your World with Neil Cavuto' to discuss what it will take to keep the government from shutting down. With the...

29.09.2023 50

Fox News

David Ditch

How Washington’s $7.5 Trillion Deficit Spending Spree is Bankrupting America

Polls show that Americans are pessimistic about the economy, with inflation as the top concern. That’s understandable, but do they understand where...

25.09.2023 3

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House Budget Panel Republicans Deliver Plan to Tackle $33T Debt

The federal government reached an ominous milestone Sept. 15 as the gross national debt exceeded $33 trillion—or more than $57,000 per household....

21.09.2023 3

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4 Ways Washington’s Spending Spree Caused Inflation With Trillions in Waste, Fraud

Americans are justifiably unhappy with the state of the economy. The inflation figures for August took a turn for the worse—meaning, families have...

21.09.2023 3

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BOONDOGGLES: 7 Examples of Wasteful, Outrageous Earmarks in Senate Spending Package

This week, the Senate will be debating—and will likely vote on—a package of spending bills that covers the departments of Agriculture, Veterans...

11.09.2023 2

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