Blog Articles · May 19, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Infrastructure

The Water Resources Bill--A Return to Earmarks?

Proponents of the WRDA legislation have made much about the legislation being "earmark free." Now while the bill seems to comport with the current...

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Blog Articles · May 8, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Cronyism

WATCH: Would Ronald Reagan Have Supported the Export-Import Bank?

In an attempt to appeal to a broader swath of Americans -- especially conservatives -- proponents of reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank are invoking Ronald...

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Blog Articles · Apr 22, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Cronyism

Tennessee: End of Export-Import Bank Long Overdue

A great letter to the editor today in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. Mike Budnick from Winchester, Tennessee called the end of the Export-Import...

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Blog Articles · Apr 19, 2014 · Budget and Spending

Running Away From the Ryan Budget

What practical impact will the House-passed Ryan Budget have on policy making in an election year? Unfortunately, since 2010, there has been a notable...

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Blog Articles · Apr 7, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Cronyism

Yes, the Export-Import Bank Perpetuates Cronyism

As conservatives, we are opposed to the Export-Import Bank of the United States, an 80-year-old institution that allegedly exists to "facilitate exports and imports...

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Blog Articles · Apr 2, 2014 · Budget and Spending, Cronyism

U.S. Export-Import Bank: "A Publicly Subsidized Piggy Bank for Large Corporations"

What is the Export-Import Bank of the United States? Veronique de Rugy, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University...

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