Government Finance

The American welfare state is built on the idea of taxing those who are better off to give to those…

These columns caught Gavin Newsom’s attention this week, we’re delighted to say. The California Governor is upset that we reported…

As Congress begins a new session, the price of government expansion during the pandemic is coming into sharper focus. The…

Progressive ideas that originate in California have a habit of spreading. So it’s worth paying attention to legislation moving in…

Can House Republicans govern in 2024—even a little—after the lost year of 2023? One modestly promising sign is the budget…

Updated Jan. 5, 2024 7:03 pm ET It’s an election year, so every economic report is going to be filtered…

Can a basket-case economy escape from a 25-year socialist decline? That’s the drama now unfolding in Argentina, where new President…

It didn’t get a lot of attention, but last month the White House awarded $3.1 billion to the California High-Speed…

He’d raise Virginia’s sales tax to offset cuts to income-tax rates.

It’s hard to feel sorry for the Internal Revenue Service, but cleaning up for Congress is never fun. The Covid…