Big Government

The IRS still hasn't fixed all the holes in its taxpayer data files, which means sensitive information is still ripe for hackers to plunder. In response to this rolling bureaucratic blunder, Virginia Rep.

Monday is tax day, and there's nothing good to say about it. But in Congress, there's a bill under consideration to do away with the current tax code almost entirely on December 31, 2019. The aim?

The Tax Foundation has released its Tax Freedom Day report. How long will the average taxpayer work this year just to pay taxes?

The TSA decided it needed a cool, new way to foil terrorists. So, like any foward-thinking organization, it decided to get itself an app to make it harder for the bad guys to game which security line they would use in the TSA's pre-screen process. The problem is how much it all cost:

Official Washington has known for years that it's running out of money to pay for highway maintenance and construction. The problem has been glossed-over with budget transfers, and suggestions for a fix have included hiking the federal portion of the gas tax you pay each time you fill up. 

For the 19th year in a row, the General Accounting Office has flunked the federal government's accounting methods, while warning the feds are putting the nation on a fast track to financial oblivion:

The Food and Drug Administration has decided it's time (yet again) to go after small farmers for using manure as fertilizer:

Most Americans don't like taxes. It's in our blood. But a trend that has really taken off in the Obama years is for Americans -- particularly those living and working overseas -- to renounce their American citizenship entirely, largely because of taxes.

The humble gas can. For years, it was easy to use, and no one thought much about them. That is until the government decided (in the name of protecting the environment) to make the gas can almost completely useless: