- Fraud in government spending is even worse than what has been reported.
- Jobs under Trump: private sector jobs up; public sector jobs down.
- What state gasoline taxes look like.
- Pharmaceutical and health products industries spent $457.3 million on lobbying last year.
- The Community Development Block Grant program is “one of the nation’s most wasteful and ineffective domestic-spending programs”
Category: Policy & Legislation
In Praise of (Outgoing) FDA Commissioner Marty Makary
When the Senate set about confirming Dr. Makary, the view was that Trump had appointed a qualified, talented, noncontroversial commissioner. Yet, the mood inside the FDA turned sour immediately, although this was not necessarily Makary’s fault.
We can’t afford to let Democrats lead health care ‘reform’
The battle over Big Insurance is only beginning. If Republicans fail to lead, Americans may once again be left with Democrats’ same failed formula: more bureaucracy, more complexity and less control.
Saturday Links – 9 May 2026
- How AARP profits from rising Medicare costs.
- Biggest wealth transfer in US history.
- New PEW results: 40 percent of Americans — and half of adults under the age of 50 — get medical and/or wellness information from social media accounts
- Trump loosens restrictions on foreign doctor immigrants.
- Steuerle: Why the US has so much debt.
- In covert tests, TSA has done poorly. Testers reportedly got mock explosives or banned weapons through checkpoints in 67 of 70 tests, a 95% failure rate.