Okay, so I stole the headline from Erika Johnsen, but any other description of this would require inappropriate language: The government has 76 programs to treat drug abuse spread across 15 different agencies. It has 47 programs for job training. And there are three federal agencies that inspect catfish. These are among the findings in…

With things still fleshing themselves out from Tuesday’s election, many proponents of big government are declaring small government principles dead in America. To a degree, they are right – our fiscal crisis is now going to get significantly worse as more Americans receive income from the federal government, and many Americans are thus incentivized to…

Governments in Chicago, San Bernardino, CA, and Suffolk County, NY plan to use eminent domain powers to provide mortgage relief. Created by Mortgage Resolution Partners, the plan being considered would allow local government to seize mortgages on homes of underwater borrowers using eminent domain laws. The bank holding the mortgage would then receive current fair…

Retiring Congressman Norm Dicks is sponsoring a bill to annex over 100,000 acres of land into the Olympic National Forest while Senator Murray is following suite. Norm Dicks (Wa. D) and Patty Murray (Wa. D) toured a Shelton Shell Fish Facility with several County officials last month promoting their latest draft of Wild Olympics Wilderness…

With home prices falling and mortgage borrowers defaulting, four lawmakers are calling for more options to help underwater homeowners. Currently, the Principal Reduction Alternative and FHA Short Refinance offer principal reductions to homeowners that owe more than their home is worth, but are not available for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages. Sen Robert Menendez…

The conventions for the Republican and Democratic parties are fast approaching. Should taxpayer dollars are used to fund them? On your tax forms, there is an option to donate $3 out of the tax paid to the government. The funds are dedicated towards public campaign financing. It’s available for candidates who meet certain criteria but…

The Supreme Court’s ruling on tax increases contained in The Affordable Care Act has galvanized opposition against Florida’s only Senator to vote for it.  The House has again voted to repeal President Obama’s signature legislation, but a Senate vote has not yet been held. Democratic leadership in the Senate has made no indication that a…

We all know our elected officials keep overspending. But every now and then, the Washington Politicians tell us they will ‘cut’ spending. We’ve learned these so-called cuts do not actually ‘cut’ a single dollar, they just slow the rate of growth of spending. But unbelievably 62 US Senators could not even abide by these so-called…

“It did hurt us, there’s no doubt about it. The climate out there was really ugly because of it.” Representative Norm Dicks (D-WA) who is retiring at the end of this Congress admits the damage Obamacare has done to his party’s image. However, other Washington state representatives continue to say Obama’s tax increase does more…

Within days of President Obama’s move to unilaterally implement amnesty for illegal immigrants, Congress has responded by introducing legislation to stop it.  On Friday, June 15, 2012, President Obama and Janet Napolitano, Head of the Department of Homeland Security, announced they will “stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrantswho came to the…