How is it just to pass a law penalizing you for something you've already done?

True poverty is a lack of freedom to make your own choices.

AIG's troubles are not entirely their fault; paying the bonuses is actually in the taxpayers' best interest.

The taxpayers profit not only from paying the AIG bonuses, but from hoping that they're even bigger next year.

Our government is trying to regulate all risk out of our investment system. Unfortunately, the only way to get rid of risk is to get rid of profit.

California has spent beyond its means for years, and doesn't plan to stop.

Sure enough, struggling Americans do cling to guns, religion, and family.

Even "just words" have real consequences.

What sort of organization loses more money with every customer they serve?

Tax cuts are not an expense for the government.