Government spending
I Need a Boat (GOP Spending Version)
You can't torpedo spending if you're torpedo spending. Parody of Morgan Wallen's "Need A Boat," written and performed by Remy. Music tracks mastered by Ben Karlstrom. LYRICSThis draft bill don't…
What should libertarians make of the Epstein files?
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch examine what, if anything, the Jeffrey Epstein saga reveals about the MAGA movement and its ties to conspiracy culture. They debate…
Should the U.S. have a public health insurance plan?
Jacob Hacker and David Goldhill debate the resolution: "The government should offer to all Americans a health insurance plan that would compete with private insurance plans." Jacob Hacker is arguing for the…
NPR CEO Katherine Maher made the best case for defunding it
Federal funding for NPR is no more, at least for now. Early Friday morning, the House approved the rescissions package, which, among other things, clawed back over $1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The…
Debunking the 100,000 Medicaid deaths myth
"More Americans will die—at least 100,000 more over the course of the next decade," wrote Yale law professor Natasha Sarin in a June 9 Washington Post column about the Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's…
How noncommercial radio stations can continue broadcasting without government money
It finally happened: After decades of putting on a show of threatening to pull public broadcasting's federal funds, the Republican Party changed its mindset and decided to actually do it. The rescissions package that the…
Senate approves cancellation of public broadcast funds
Senate approves cancellation of public broadcast funds: This is possibly the only kind of cancellation I can get behind! Early this morning, the Senate voted 51–48 to remove $9 billion allocated for foreign aid and public…
The rescission bill reveals how difficult it is to get Congress to make even tiny spending cuts
At some point on Wednesday evening, the Senate is likely to approve a bill trimming the federal budget by about $9 billion—though the exact total could change as amendments are offered on the Senate floor. On one hand, this…
The Trump administration is spending $130,000 to burn food for hungry children
One of President Donald Trump's hallmark promises during his 2024 campaign was that he would target waste. It's a good goal—the federal government is not exactly famous for being savvy with resources, and few…
The insanity of Trump’s big beautiful bill
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Reason reporter Eric Boehm unpack the passage of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, focusing on its tax carve-outs,…
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