Armed with Irony
September 24, 2012 | If lawmakers really want to stop blank checks for spending binges, they should start with the Pentagon.
Articles by Ryan Alexander
The Drought Lottery
September 10, 2012 | Our lawmakers should spend the next month figuring out how to reduce our $16 trillion debt instead of showering special interests with even more wasteful subsidies that have nothing to do with the drought.
Green Scissors for Congress
July 23, 2012 | The United States can't afford giveaways for mining and oil companies anymore.
Drinking MOX-Laced Lemonade
July 9, 2012 | The government is spending $15 billion to create a nuclear fuel derived from plutonium that we have to bribe companies to take.
We Can’t Afford Energy Subsidies and Tax Breaks
May 21, 2012 | Energy subsidies are obsolete, ineffective, and a huge waste of valuable public resources at a time when we are rummaging through the couch cushions to find loose change to pay for our ballooning deficits and debt.
Defending Bloated Military Spending
October 24, 2011 | The Pentagon is scrambling to protect its flank in these budget-cutting times.
Solyndra’s Implosion Burned Taxpayers
October 3, 2011 | We need to put the brakes on the Department of Energy's flawed loan guarantee program before taxpayers lose billions.
Nuclear Power Rips off Taxpayers
March 28, 2011 | Whether you support nuclear power or not, subsidizing and thereby artificially lessening the nuclear power industry's financial risks is just plain fiscally irresponsible.