On: 07/20/2008 14:23:38 In: Fiscal Responsibility ALG News was not surprised to discover that nearly half of purchases made using government credit cards – dubiously named “SmartPay” cards – were improper according to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit. The stated purpose for the cards was […]

On: 07/16/2008 22:25:16 In: New York News Governor Spitzer’s fall from grace may have unleashed a chain reaction wherein all of Spitzer’s favored tools of State-coercion are finally unraveling like a cheap suit. On Monday, New York State Governor Paterson authorized (Editor’s note: Politicalese for “ordered”) State Attorney […]

On: 07/16/2008 16:07:36 In: Fiscal Responsibility The House of Representatives’ “conservative” Blue Dog Democrats Coalition needs to start practicing what it preaches, lest the self-proclaimed watchdogs become lapdogs.The Republican Study Committee recently posted a list of representatives who have sworn off Congressional earmarks. However, only 1 of the 48 so-called Blue Dogs , a group of Congressmen who supposedly […]

On: 07/16/2008 14:12:03 In: Property Rights Homeowners nationwide know that their property taxes are too high, and are getting higher. But many of them may not realize why: not because of an increase in their property’s value, but the expansion of government spending. Paul T. Wink seeks […]