Taxpayers must be included in the clean transition
Earth Week marks the annual reminder of our responsibility to leave the planet in better shape than we inherited it. This year, it falls amid stark reminders that we are failing another moral obligation: fiscal responsibility. With Congress accomplishing little more than spending other people’s money these days, fiscal and environmental responsibility are seldom viewed […]
On their dime: Bowser’s ‘economic development trip’ to the Masters was funded by taxpayers
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser traveled to and attended the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, “as part of a sports and economic development visit” on official mayoral matters. The airline flights to and from the tournament were paid with city funds, a spokesperson told DC News Now. The cost of the fights was not […]
Illegal Immigration Costs American Taxpayers over $150 Billion
Tax Day passed on Monday, and under President Joe Biden’s watch, the cost of illegal immigration to U.S. taxpayers has reached unprecedented levels. The millions of illegal aliens living in the United States cost taxpayers more than $150 billion annually, according to the latest estimates released last March by the Federation for American Immigration Reform […]
Warren slams TurboTax for upselling taxpayers during filing process
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) criticized TurboTax on Monday for charging taxpayers with a relatively simple tax return and repeatedly selling them higher taxes during the filing process. Ahead of Monday night’s tax deadline, Warren pointed to a sample of taxpayers in “simple filing situations” who are eligible for the IRS’ new Direct File tool, a […]
Why are Wyoming taxpayers funding an R-rated drag show?
“Civil War” was released in theaters over the weekend. The much-hyped film depicts an America divided between a strange alliance between California and Texas and a group of “Western Powers” fighting the remnants of the federal government, led by Ron Swanson of “Parks and Recreation.” I’m drawing. If any state in the West is resisting […]
Southwest Houston IRS office turns away taxpayers amid deadline – KHOU.com
The office on South Gessner Drive was scheduled to open Saturday to assist last-minute filers. Just before 11 a.m., everyone waiting was told that no aid would be available. HOUSTON — Houston taxpayers considering free access I.R.S. Assistance from the southwest Houston office was declined Saturday. The sudden closure of the IRS office on South […]
Should NPR rely on listeners rather than taxpayers like you?
It’s been a rough week for National Public Radio (NPR) after esteemed editor Uli Berliner wrote: pathetic account Political bias in the media. Although it’s NPR answered The denial of the allegations reignited debate over the dangers of selective government funding of news organizations. It is not simply an issue of bias, but a more […]
Taxpayers shouldn’t subsidize NPR’s bias
An insider account of National Public Radio published last week provides the latest evidence that the federal government should stop contributing money to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The original reasons for taxpayer support for TV and radio programming have long since been superseded by technological advances. With federal debt levels as large as the […]
Taxpayers shouldn’t be funding the State Department’s DEI pseudoscience
The federal government increasingly looks like an Ivy League classroom, combining therapy for fragile souls with indoctrination into specious ideology. Nowhere is this more apparent than at the State Department, in which employees are encouraged to take courses in the name of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, or DEIA, that stress their differences, trauma, and […]
Joe Biden’s ‘secret’ flights of 33,000 migrants to New York passes buck to city taxpayers
newYou can now listen to Fox News articles. Mayor Eric Adams continues to blame Texas Governor Greg Abbott for the city’s immigration crisis, which has drained millions of taxpayer dollars. In a recent broadside article, when Mr. Adams dared Mr. Abbott to suggest that he spend the night in a New York City immigrant shelter, […]